ROOOoooOOOooooo! Roo! Roo!
September 2009: I am so tired of being in this noisy, crowded place. I get tired of being brought back time and again, and I've learned to be hostile to other dogs because there are always so many faces, and I don't trust any of them. What's this? Why are we in big toy store? Are you going to give us all these toys? Who is this human I don't know who you're giving the leash to? Are we going for a walk??! I LOVE walks!
October 2009: That human put me in a car and we rode for a very long time. I was very bewildered, but when we finally stopped we were in a pretty park and there was another dog there that I met who already lived with this human. I didn't trust him at all! But we went back to his house, and I was so scared but I wouldn't let it show. I was being very brave and growled if that other dog came near me, I was going to teach him I'm not to be fooled with!! The human person seems okay...she keeps giving me treats, and lots of hugs and petting, and the best part is she takes me on super-long walks everyday!! I sure hope it stays this way, but I am only used to change, so I will stay suspicious to stay a step ahead of them!
November 2009: That human person sure is fantastic, I like her a lot, she spends a lot of time talking to me and petting me, giving me special treats and of course those nice long walks in the woods that I ADORE. She takes the other dog with us when we walk. We got in a big fight this month over a bone, and that human person seemed very upset with us for it. I don't understand the words "How did you manage to break a fifteen hundred dollar laptop over a bone?", but she was not happy, we had to go into "time out" in our kennels for a short time. I guess fighting with this other dog isn't the best idea. Maybe I should just leave him alone and hope he leaves me alone too!
December 2009: OH MY OH MY OH MY!!! I LOVE THIS FLUFFY WHITE STUFF!!! I don't know what it is, but I know it's so much fun!! I think I'm in love with this human person. She keeps taking us on walks - almost every day! Even if it's raining or this fluffy stuff is on the ground, which is nice because I have a beautiful coat that keeps me warm while I play in it!
I don't like that's she now brings home other dogs to our house which seem to stay for just a short time, then leave. Human Person calls them "fosters". I don't know them and they are in my human's house. Human person gets onto me if I start getting grouchy, so I try to be nice. When I'm nice I know she gives me treats! But I still don't like these other dogs...is she going to get rid of me like she gets rid of them also. Am I a "foster"?
January 2010: Ever since I got here, human person has been giving me food if I do certain things. Silly human, makes it so easy for me to get food! I don't speak human very fluently, but I know "sit", "lay down", "stay", "speak", "shake", "gee" (turn right), "haw" (turn left), "easy", "heel", "on by" (keep going - SO SO useful when meeting those other dogs), and a couple others. Guess that make me Bi-ligual! Now she harnesses me to this big round thing and has me pull her around in the fluffy white stuff...this is so much fun, i've never done this before! And when we are done playing in the cold white fluff, we go back inside and I snooze on the Human Person's bed, that she says is "Queen size" but I say is "KING size", cause it fits me just perfect.
February 2010: Human person still bringing lots of fosters in and out of the house. I've gotten to meet a lot of new dogs! One looked kind of like me, I didn't like him very much, but I am learning now that these new dogs won't hurt me and than human person will keep me safe. I now understand Human Person is the pack leader, so I am now trusting her to take care of me. After all, she pays special attention to me still, and we still go on those walks every day, and ...WOW...after this long I'm starting to forget the cold and loud metal place I was in before I met my human person, I think I can trust her not to take me back there.
March 2010: The white fluffy stuff is going away, and everything is wet and muddy now. At least the temperature is still cool because my coat has grown and it looks beautiful. Human person brushes it once a week to make sure my thick coat stays beautiful. My days are so routine now that I forgot about the days when I wasn't too sure what was going to happen next! I love my bed, and my Kong (human person keeps filling it with yummy brown sticky stuff - YUM YUM!), and I even am starting to love my brother, Sam. He's not so bad, and I've learned a long time ago that he can fight back, so I respect his boundaries now, and I know he won't hurt me. He goes on every walk with me!!
April 2010: Sam is an okay-dog, we now sleep together at night, and we help each other out all the time. I know a long time ago I disliked other dogs, but human person has shown me that she only brings nice doggies around me, doggies I can trust. She won't put me in a situation that could hurt me. I love human and she loves me - life is wonderful for a dog like me!
May 2010: It's starting to get HOT! All of a sudden all my fur is coming out, and human person is brushing me a lot more! I don't like this heat at all. Human person shaved off all the fur on my stomach this month, it's soooo embarrassing!! You try going out in public naked! But it does make it feel better with the air getting warmer. I miss the fluffy white stuff! I wonder if it will come back soon?
June 2010: Holy SMOKES it's HOT! Human person showed me something wonderful today! It's called "SWIMMING" and it's so much FUN!! Now when human person takes us on our walks, she now walks us down to a BIG OLD LAKE and she lets me swim out as far as I want and back, it's the most fun ever, even more fun than the fluffy stuff. What a wonderful treat, i love cold water in the hot summer, so human person takes me and my brother Sam swimming a lot during our walks! Sam likes to swim too, and sometimes we play in the water together, splashing each other!
July 2010: What's this?! Why is there this big dog here?!! I sure hope he's a "foster" cause he's a boy, and he's bigger than ME already, and he's an obnoxious puppy that just wants to play, play, play....human person, please get rid of this one too. WHY is human person making me get along with this puppy? She says he is my new brother, and calls him "Har-lee". "Har-lee" better understand this is me and my human's house.
August 2010: Well it's been a year now since Human Person picked me up from that big toy store. I don't remember that too clearly, but I trust people and other dogs now, even strange dogs...I ignore strange dogs when human person is around, she is the pack leader and will keep me very safe. I feel a lot smarter now than I was then (after all, I AM a bi-lingual dog!), and I'm so happy here with my brother's Sam and Harley, even if I'm not entirely friends with Harley yet, I'm best friends with Sam, so that give human person a lot of hope for my relationship with my brother Har-lee.
I sure miss the people I used to know in that noisy place I stayed in with all the other dogs, I wonder what they are doing now. I want to thank them for taking care of me until my human person found me, Sometimes human person takes me to this place where strange voices come out of a little box, and it smells DELICIOUS. I learned if I make really really loud noises here, I get this cold sweet thick creamy stuff that is yum-yum-yummy, that I used to get at that noisy place which reminds me of the human people that took care of me there. I hope my human person tells them I'm so happy now, and secure in a routine that's full of love and treats and good surprises. I am so excited to see what happens in the next 12 months!!
~~ Sincerely ~~
Your Malamute, King
RoooOO ROOOO!