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Eli’s Winter Adventure
January 12th, 2010
Hello to mom Connie and all my friends.
Mom Maggi told me my half brothers and sisters are in their forever homes now. Oh, my, when I think of all I’ve learned since I left Florida a year ago December, it makes me realize how busy they will all be. Hope their new folk’s appreciate there is a learning curve involved in this puppy stuff. Hint hint-hide the toilet paper and tissues!!! And remember-it takes a while to understand that two paws on the pee pad is not a guarantee for success;but, it definitely shows we’re trying to do the right thing.
Since I last wrote, we’ve had the holiday season. Last year I spent part of it safe and sound in my x-pen. This year I was in the middle of everything. DC, Hot Shot, Daisy and I are great supervisors of holiday activities.
We had an extra treat a Christmas. Cousin Hav Zoey came to visit. And I love her!!!!! She is little; but, has the Hav spirit and knew just how to play hav tag with all of us. We had such a good time. Uncle Mike laughed himself silly at our antics.
Mom Maggi sometimes watches a silly man named David Letterman on TV. She always laughs at his top ten. Well here’s my top 5 ways to tell you have Havanese in the house at Christmas.
Drumroll, please:
#5 Nothing can be wrapped in tissue paper
#4 it takes a few-”no you don’ts” to help boy Havs distinguish a Christmas tree indoors from the pine trees outdoors
#3 The kitchen floor is lick spanking clean even with all the cooking going on (also a sign there’s a bull
mastiff around)
#2 Several packages under the tree have oddly placed bows and name tags to hide little puncture holes
made when some Havanese walked across the paper while helping mom Maggi wrap
#1 No one leaves our house without a smile on their face-we are just to cute to resist
As most of you know, I haven’t been to a show in a long time. One reason was the holidays, the other was Grandma June got sick right before we were going to the Cleveland and Clemson shows. But mom has high hopes we are going to get to go to Erie, PA with Aunties Ronda and Karen. Don’t tell her; but, I kind of miss Auntie Ronda. She’s going to be showing me for a while. Which, as you know from my last epistle, is ok with me.
Grandma June is now staying at a great big house with other people who have trouble staying at home. DC went to see her there first and he explained it all to me. Grammi June might not know who we are. But she for sure knows she likes to see us and pet us.
Tonight I got all brushed and I went with mom Maggi. I think I surprised her on how well I behaved. I was very gentle with all the people there and made lots of them smile. I think I even brightened the nurses’ and aides’ day. They all wanted to talk to me and pet me. I even gave the resident kitties a superior look and went on my way .Did you all know that many people have never heard of Havanese? It always amazes me since we are such special dogs!! Believe me, DC, Hot Shot and I are trying to remedy that ignorance in our neck of the woods!
Pappy Walt came in and was very happy to see me. DC, Hot Shot and I think we also help mom adjust to having Grammi June there. She says, “when the relief far outweighs the guilt, it must be time for this change.” But it is hard when her own mommy doesn’t know her. So we help by letting her share us with the residents and bring smiles to their faces. And you know us-it’s another place to go visit. We love that!!!
Our days are pretty routine right now. We’ve been playing in the snow a lot. It’s been pretty cold: so, we go out for a run and then come back in to get warmed up. Then it’s out again. Daddy Sam shoveled us a race track around the yard. What fun!!!
And then there is the job of guarding the yard from deer. If we are inside, we run from window to window telling them to go away. They really kind of laugh at us. So we get Daisy, and let me tell you, those deer stop laughing and run like heck out of the yard when she tells them to scoot lol.
Wow, with guard duty, snow playing. Hav tag, toy tug of war,visiting, and making certain mom Maggi isn’t out of site too long, it’s no wonder I sleep like a baby. Oh, how I hope all my Havanese family and all of your doggie families sleep the sleep of contentment we do here.
Love to you all.
Eli
Guu’s Poets-Five Weeks
November 1st, 2009The poets are five weeks!
Eli’s World-Havanese Telepathy
October 30th, 2009Hello to all my Havanese friends!!! and a special Hi to all my half brothers and sisters!!
Life is soooo good here in my Ohio home. It’s fall and the weather is cool and crisp. It’s wonderful for hav tag, keep away games and just “joy” running. DC, Hot Shot and I play and play (under Daisy’s watchful eye); and then, we stretch out on the porch and watch the world go by. If any deer or bunnies or squirrels get too close to the fence we run at them and tell the to bug off. One evening we all found a young possum in our yard-the nerve of him!! Instead of running, he just laid over and died; or, so we thought. Mom Mag saw us standing around him and made us come inside. When we went back out he was gone!!!! He was a faker and not dead at all. We havs talked it over. The next time a possum tries this trick, we’re getting Daisy. She hates possums. He won’t be faking being capoot-he will be when she’s through with him.
Mom Mag and I have been showing some. At the moment I’m not particularly interested. Well, that’s not quite true. I’m interested in all the other Havanese showing, and the Pomeranians waiting to show, and the Afghans- and just about any girl dog within 20 feet of me, even those naked ones with the puffy heads. I’m just not interested in Mom Maggi or the judges.
And this my friends may cause me some problems. Woe is me.
You see, Auntie Ronda and Auntie Karen and even beautiful Amy have mentioned to Mom Maggi that I am a bit spoiled and a bit ”mommyfied.” They don’t know I have been listening. They think I don’t pay enough attention to Mom Maggi since she is ALWAYS with me. Now just because I sleep with her, sit by her chair when she’s on the computer, scratch on the door until I’m in the bathroom with her, try to help her shower by licking the soap off her, stand with my nose through the gate when she takes compost to the other side of the property, have a car seat in the car and get to go to town with her 75% of the time, and howl at being left at home the other 25% of the time does not mean I am overly dependent. Don’t I run outside and play with DC and Hot Shot while mom is safely in the house? Do I go to the basement when she’s doing laundry? NO. I am content to sit at the top of the stairs and wait for her. But these women are trying to convince her I should go out with a handler.
DO YOU KNOW THAT THE HANDLER MOM IS CONSIDERING WANTS ME TO LIVE AT HER HOUSE FOR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS????!!!!!! The excuse is I get use to being without mom and learn to care for the handler. Like that’s going to happen. I must admit, she seems very nice; but, don’t think the soap licking would go over well at her place.
I was so upset. DC and Hot Shot sat me down and told me about Havanese Telepathy. It is a scientific doggy fact that we have beautiful, dark expressive oval eyes that lock into our owners minds. With a little bit of practice, I’ve got it down pat. This is how it works.
Mom Maggi and I go to bed. I can tell Mom Maggi is thinking about my future by the way she is saying I’m beautiful and such a nice boy. While she’s giving me my bedtime tummy rub, I lock my eyes on hers and think these words,”I’m still very young and just wouldn’t understand being sent away.” I repeat these over and over in my mind and pretty soon Mom Maggi is hugging me very hard and saying, “I’m just not going to worry about a handler yet.” When she’s giving me my nightly brushing, I lock eyes with her and think over and over, “I would miss you and home sooooo much.” And I get another hug.
I know it’s working. You want to know how? Well, I heard her talking to Auntie Karen the other day and guess what Mom Maggi said??? You got it . “Karen, I think he’s a little young to go out. He just wouldn’t understand being away from home. He’d feel abandoned.” HEE HEE HEE
Eli 1 : Auntie Ronda and Auntie Karen zippo!!!!!
Now, for some reason, this telepathy does not work on Auntie Ronda or Auntie Karen. They insist I need to show with someone other than Mom Maggi; so, Mom Maggi says I’m going to be showing with Auntie Ronda most of the time. I’ve thought about using my telepathy to say”I want to show with my mom” over and over; but, DC and Hot Shot have advised I save my gift for the big stuff. It won’t be bad. Mom will brush me and get me all ready for the shows. She will be there when I’m done. That’s the important thing. Daisy told me it’s a good compromise. She explained that’s when everybody gives in a little.
For the moment I’m still safe and sound in Ohio-with Mom Maggi, Dad Sam, DC, Hot Shot and Daisy. And here I plan to stay as long as I can. Mom Maggi says maybe until January. As she doses off, I think these words over and over” at least not until June, or September or next year.”
Best to all of you.
Eli
Guu’s Poets
October 17th, 2009
The Amazing Kip!
October 5th, 2009A very special poet. Kip was born 1.4 ounces. I decided Kipling’s poem “If” was a good match for this very special pup. My thinking, IF Kip survives then, “Yours Is The Earth”, Kip. He has worked very hard to be apart of this world.
Thank you, Kip, for teaching me so much.
Happy Birthday to Guu’s Love litter
October 5th, 2009Happy ! Year Birthday to All my Brothers and Sisters from Mama Guu’s 10/5/08 Family!!!!!
Love Eli
Eli’s World
September 26th, 2009
Dear humom Connie, mamma Guu, all my new brothers and sisters and all my chat friends,
As you all know, it’s almost my 1st birthday. I have had such a wonderful year full of adventures. I’ve made a few mistakes and missteps; but, on the whole, have studied and learned a lot. This last week has been a very intense learning time for me. Nothing to do with dog shows or silly fun things to do. I’ve been learning some life lessons from Daisy, DC and Hot Shot.
It started with a phone call. Daisy, the bull mastiff sleeps on the couch right next to the phone. She can ease drop easily. If it’s something important, she lets all us Havs know. Well, the call was from Pappy Walt. Our Grammi June had fallen and was in the hospital. Daisy explained that is a big building where there are lots of beds and huvets and hunurses their to help humans when they are sick or hurt. Our Grammi June was hurt. My doggie family told me not to worry too much, Grammi’s had to go there before and got better.
We didn’t get too upset until mom Maggi got home. She hugged us all extra hard and Hot Shot was the first to know all was not well. He saw the tears in mom Mag’s eyes and tried to lick them away.
The next few days were better. Read the rest of this entry »
New Litter-Guu’s Poets Born Sept. 25th
September 25th, 2009Guu’s last litter, “The Poetry litter”, born Sept. 25th during the wee hours. Thank you to those that hung with us through out the night. Guu had nine puppies. The last was still born. We also had a special surprise puppy born weighing only 1.4 ounces.
Eli’s World
August 25th, 2009Nationals-a dog’s view from Eli
Dear Humom Connie and all my Chat Friends,
Well, it’s been awhile since I reported in. I know all those crazy women are telling you about Nationals from a human point of view. Thought you all might like some reporting from a different perspective.
It all started out like any regular trip to a dog show. I figured I had lucked out, since Mom Maggi didn’t give me a bath before we left home. I had gone to a show the previous Saturday and was still looking pretty good, if I say so myself. It was a long ride; but no farther than I have gone before.
I think I realized there might be something different going on when we drove up to this beautiful building and a man walked out this funny round door and started unloading our car. Now, my dear chat friends, in my experience going to shows, having someone other than my traveling hufriends unload the car is a new experience. Seems that just doesn’t happen at Super 8’s, Comfort Inns, or Red Roofs. There, mom Mag does the toting. I personally think it’s good for her-she needs to build some muscle. But that’s another story.
