bite,bite,bite,bite.

hi all! i have continued to grow at a breakneck pace, and now can reach into my "toybox" (i.e. cardboard box that they let me chew and hold my stuff in) without jumping. i still am terrified of stairs (cry and bark at the bottom until they pick me up and carry me). i still don't sleep through the night (but do make it unbelievably unpredictable for mum and dad to figure out when i'll get up). i love to stop during walks to eat dried-up sidewalk worms as if they were chewing gum, and, now that they're blooming, dandelion flowers as well. i sleep in bizzare fashions on occasion, and love the sunbeams (cat-dog they're sure). i absolutely love that they let me have plain yogurt in my dinnertime food (see the evidence on my nose below). last but not least, i have begun to discover furniture legs as delicious treats. mum and dad hate that... almost as much as they hate my new habit of continually jumping up onto the leather sofa, being told "off", then jumping right back up. i'm only nine weeks old, what do they expect!?

cute, with a capital c

more photo-share to enjoy from the weekend... i really enjoy lying in the sunbeams- some might think that's a bit cat-ish, but i disagree. despite my appearance of laziness, i have also spent my weekend perfecting the commands, "oliver, come!", and "sit". mum and dad think i'm a genius, but i mix things up a little bit by pretending to be dumb-- peeing on the floor, ignoring them, and the like. i met a neighborhood 2 year old while in the front on my tether (after i stopped chewing on it incessantly). i think i did well. they haven't traded me yet!

weekend update

for those of you who have thought that i have been away for a while, i'm here to tell you that indeed i have not! i have been keeping mum and dad running their pants off after me the last several days- and true to form, we had a very busy weekend. let me explain. friday, after they got back from work, i was pretty well-behaved; no freak-outs really to speak of. i did, however, find it difficult to sleep through the night (again) and it took mum quite a long time to help me feel cozy enough to fall back asleep. saturday morning found mum sick with dad's crummy cold, so with the two of them worn-out, i was in control (or so i thought)! they snuck up on me with the fantastic idea to make me have a bath. mum kept mumbling that i smelled like a dog. hmmm. here's the photojournalistic recap:

aaaaahhhh.... FREAK OUT.

hi everyone. no new photos to show today, as i was quite naughty this morning (i peed on the office carpet as mom was trying to get a picture of me). maybe tomorrow if i decide to be a good puppy-- i have had so many adventures so far that i am really exhausted right now. fell asleep on my food mat, i guess. off to the kennel.

oliver-0, robin & andy-1

hello, friends. my first day at home went something like this- wake up, pee, eat, poop, play, walk, pee, nap, eat, poop, play, pee, the vet, the petshop, pee, play, nap, christy/sidney, RAGE, pee, eat, poop, nap, play, walk again, play, fall over from exhaustion. what a life. i'm trying my hardest to be smart yet sassy yet irresistible- andy and robin think it's working as they crack up with all of my antics (such as pawing at the air in my first attempt to tell them this evening that i had to go o-u-t). i'm much more comfortable with things than last night- no indoor messes since early this morning. and, the vet said my eyes and heart were "perfect". no objection here.

looking coy...

my family...

surrender.