Scarf Attack

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Teli

Mom and I were lying in bed. She was doing her normal thing playing with her little square thingy she calls Kindle.

Out of the corner of my eye I noticed something that was different, out of place, just not quite right. I wanted to show my bravery and alert my mom just in case it was something bad. This black blob that did not belong there was atop the room divider.

I jumped up and growled some more, my hair standing up on my back to show extra effect. Mom grabbed her stick she keeps by the bed. I was brave and ran into the living room to get some speed up so I could attack full force this invading black blob.

I returned, jumped on the bed and was really showing my strength by growling with my hair up on my entire back this time. I really looked tough. Then my mom reached up and pulled the black thing down onto the bed. I jumped up for the attack then realized that it was just a scarf. Relief.

I really knew what it was the entire time. I just wanted to show mom that I could be brave and that I notice when something is different in the room.

Teli holding the attack scarf

Teli holding the attack scarf

I attacked the scarf and threw it around a bit while mom laughed and called me her viscous attack dog afraid of a little scarf. Didn’t she realize that I was just doing that to make her laugh and show her how brave I could have been?

Moms…I just cannot figure out humans. (Mom wrote her own version of this story on her blog Life and Times of the Dominican Gringa)

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Rolling in Dead Things

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Teli

I love going to the little beach, Playita Montecinos, in the mornings to play with my friends. My friends teach me new things sometimes. They taught me to run around and jump on stuff. They taught me to chase after stuff. They taught me how to dig in the sand.

Digging in the sand

Digging in the sand

Today I was alone on the beach. None of my friends showed up. Mom and I were walking along the edge where the surf hits. I like to get as close as I can without getting wet. While we were walking I got a whiff of something sweet to my nose.

Now my mom likes to put Lavender or Tee Tree scented oils on my collar as she says it keeps the bugs away. I sort of like those smells but when I smelt this new odor I thought I would just use it as my own little perfume and went over to check it out.

I remember one of my friends rolling around on his back and wiggling around. It looked like fun so I thought I would give it a try when I came across this smell. It was the only way I could get it on my body because remember I don’t have hands like my mom does.

I was really enjoying rolling around. The smell was getting stronger on my body that my mom had just bathed a few days before. Mom came over to check it out and she had a terrible look on her face. Like she did not like my choice of perfumes. Hmmm.. I liked her smells wonder why she did not like mine.

She looked down to see what it was and she noticed the little worms crawling out of the sand. Someone put a dead thing under the sand and I found it, worms and all.

Well, we did not stay at the beach for long. She put the leash on me and we headed for home. The entire walk back my mom was making yucky sounds like “oowwhhh” and “eewww” while holding the back of her hand to her nose and making funny squinchy faces.

We got home and she took me directly to the bath. I was soaped down and dried off. She had a nice look on her face again. All was well with the world and my choice of perfumes was washed off my body and I was permitted to go to the bed and sit on the sofa.

If she was not sure she liked my new perfume she does not have to worry. I remember where my ripe buried treasure was and will probably go there again for a roll upon as soon as I get another chance.

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My Friend Mandy Sings

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Teli

This is a video my friend Mandys mom and dad made about her. Mandy has a really great voice. I wish I could sing like her. For a little tiny dog she sure has a big mouth! lol! Keep singing my friend Mandy.

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My Paper Crunching Video

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Teli

Mom took a video of me this morning before we went on our walk.

I was waiting patiently for her to get her clothes on so we could go outside and I could go down to the beach at Montecinos and run around with my friends Blanco and Lula. But she HAD to get out the camera and take a movie of me doing one of my favorite things.

Lula, Blanco and I on the beach at Montecinos on a grey morning playing.

Lula, Blanco and I on the beach at Montecinos on a grey morning playing.

Ok. You might think this is strange but you humans spend hours looking at a stupid box with meaningless pictures of people you do not know all day long. You sit at another box and hit little square things that make letters and laugh at something on the box that you said another human wrote in the same fashion.

So, me chewing on a bone or chewing on some crinkly paper to you is strange. I will never figure out the human way. But, I still love most of you.

If you turn the volume up you can hear the sound of me, as mom calls it, “typewriting”. Mom says that tat sound can be relaxing at night when all is quiet.

I am so glad she enjoys it.

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10 Things Your Dog Would Tell You

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Teli

My mom found this on Facebook. She was sitting in her computer chair with tears in her eyes and she read this to me. I love my mom.

It is serious conversation time now listen up.

It is serious conversation time now listen up.

10 Things Your Dog Would Tell You.

1. My life is likely to last 10 to 15 years. Any separation from you will be painful: remember that before you get me.

2. Give me time to understand what you want of me.

3. Place your trust in me – it is crucial to my well being.

4. Do not be angry at me for long, and do not lock me up as punishment.

5. You have your work, your entertainment and your friends. I only have you.

6. Talk to me sometimes. Even if I don’t understands your words, I understand your voice when it is speaking to me.

7. Be aware that how ever you treat me, I will never forget.

8. Remember before you hit me that I have teeth that could easily hurt you, but I choose not to bite you because I love you.

9. Before you scold me for being uncooperative, obstinate or lazy, ask yourself if something might be bothering me. Perhaps I might not be getting the right food, or I have been out too long, or my heart is getting to old and weak.

10. Take care of me when I get old; you too will grow old. Go with me on difficult journeys. Never say: “I cannot bear to watch” or “Let it happen in my absence.” Everything is easier for me if you are there, even my death.

Remember that I love you.

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