Pictures with Santa!

Next weekend -- pictures with Santa Paws or Hannukah Hound (I just love it!). I don't know where I'll take Woody -- maybe we'll go to a couple of places! LOL

http://www.santainchicago.com/petswithsanta/petpics.htm

We also went to Petsmart today. I don't normally take him with me but he wanted to go for a car ride. My mistake...peed all over the doggie snuggie display. I guess that was his commentary on snuggies for dogs! Nothing like scrubbing the floor in Petsmart! Woody takes his hatred of clothing to the extreme!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I have a fair amount to catch up on...The 1st Annual Got Woody Day was a rousing success. We didn't have it when originally planned due to me being sick but we had brunch a week later. Woody didn't seem to mind. It was his first encounter with a 2 year old -- Emmett. E loved Woody and Woody seemed to be pretty fond of E. He tolerated everything Emmett did to him -- which was a lot -- and never nipped. Emmett petted him, put his hands near his mouth, fell on him (it was an accident) once, stepped on his tail (again, an accident) and was even curious enough at one point to touch his penis! LOL! It was hilarious. We gave Emmett a stuffed Snoopy, which he immediately started to call "Woody". It was cute.

Then he went to sleepaway camp at my mom and dad's while we were in NC. He was really good -- didn't misbehave and my mom and dad adore him. My mom said my dad loves to take him for his afternoon walk. The two of them just go out together and trot off into the sunset. Too cute. I love it.

My mom said Woody missed us because there was one day there was someone with a black SUV and two people standing outside of it talking and as soon as he saw it he went buh-nan-ahs! She said it was really cute but then she was sad for him because it was clear he missed us.

Then we went to Holland for Thanksgiving. He had a blast. He got to sleep with us -- a total treat. He's a good bed warmer!

Got mad at Maggie. She's going to get rid of her cat and I read her the riot act. If she can't handle one cat then how does she expect to handle kids? Unbelievable. I hope I made her feel bad. I don't care.

I didn't take any pictures over Thanksgiving. I'll have to take a few. All my pictures are old ones -- I think. Not good!

Tomorrow IS GOT WOODY DAY!

Today is, officially, the day I first saw Woody -- on the West Suburban Humane Society website. :) I can't believe it's been a year. Feels like he's always been a part of our family.

I sent a thank you note to WSHS today for bringing him into our lives. He is the bright spot of each and every day. Well, so is Maxie...

So tomorrow we're celebrating Got Woody Day AND Max's sweet 16 -- which happened in July. We'll have Beagle Dogs, Woodychuck Cider, Catcakes and who knows what else?

We'll have this shindig if I can shake the bronchitis/sinus infection I have right now. Good times! Otherwise we'll have to postpone until next weekend and then it'll be brunch.

Happy Birthday Woody!

It's Almost Got Woody Day

It's been awhile. I guess, after the month we had, no news was good news. This Sunday is "Met Woody Day" when we met him at the shelter. On Tuesday it's "Got Woody Day". This Sunday we're having a party -- beagle dogs and Woodychuck Cider. :) It'll be low-key but I promised him (I know...he's a dog) that if he made it through surgery we'd have a party for him. So, this is also a celebration that he made it through surgery and he's doing so well.

He had a bit of a relapse on Sunday -- started to lick the floors and drool profusely. We just gave him some Pepcid and Pepto and it calmed him down. I think that's just likely to happen from now on from time to time.

He had a Happy Halloween. He wore his Halloween scarf and didn't get any treats but got lots of pets and belly rubs -- even better than food, but only marginally.

I'll try to get my act together and post the lessons this crazy little dog has taught me over the past year. It's been plenty!