Kidnapped

My new mommy says “kidnapped” but I don’t agree. I like it here and want to stay.

I was quite surprised to be going home with my new Mommy last week – but I like my new home. It has a yard and my new Mommy lets me play in it all the time. She also likes to take me for walks – even when she complains that I pull on my lease too much.

When I arrived at my new house, however, I wasn’t impressed that there were two of those other types of animals in the house. You know, the ones that like to hiss at me and hide when I come their way. One of them (the skinny dark one) even tried to open one of my bags of food – humph the gaul of him – but luckily my new mommy stopped him. However, I do growl at him when he tries to eat my food just as I’ve started to chow down on it.

Speaking of food, I sure like the meat in this house. A prime rib was cooked for Christmas dinner and I just couldn't wait to get the bone. Oh, it was so good.... I also liked all the left-over gravy that was cooling down on the counter when the humans were on to after dinner drinks. Oh, it was so yummy! but one of my new Mummy's guests liked to call my "Garbage Gut" for all the snacking I was doing.

For the first couple of days here, my new mommy called me her foot soldier. I’m not sure why, but I just couldn’t let her out of my sight so I followed her wherever she went. Sometimes she would get tired of my trying to cuddle with her on the couch because she says I’m way too big to be a lap dog – but she did have some really nice friends over who gave me lots of attention so I didn’t mind not being on her lap every time she sat down. Last night she didn’t want me around much at all because she said I had bad breath. I wonder if that has something to do with the snack I had at the kitty litter box. Unfortunately it was a very short snack because Uncle Jim shooed me quickly away from the box. He now calls be “Poo dog” or “Whiskey the Poo”

The most bizarre situation happened when my new Mommy took me for a drive. I got really excited when the smells got familiar and I saw my old house. She got out but left me in the car in the driveway. She walked around the house and was mumbling. She then came back to the car and we drove back home! I don’t think my new mommy was very happy. We made the trip another time and my new mommy did more than just walk around the house and mumble. We both actually walked into the house only to be greeted by “Uncle Rob”. I was really happy to see him, but got a couple of hisses from the black furry animal that lives in my former house. Uncle Rob and New Mommy didn’t pay much attention to me though, because they were both doing strange things to the walls with these funny things they call tools and/or brushes in their hands. Some of the walls even changed colour! I think the colour is very dark, bold and very very dramatic.

A few hours later while at my old house, I heard a familiar car and then saw my best friend Scarlett and Auntie Giz. We played in the backyard and Scarlett and I did some greko-roman wrestling. Auntie Giz and my new mommy were talking and from their conversation I learned that if my new mommy had driven me to Scarlett’s house for that first car drive I could have gone into their house because she was given the key to Scarlett’s house even though she was told that it was the to my old house.

I was really surprised this morning when I jumped on her bed and discovered that I landed on those two other animals that apparently were sleeping under the covers. They weren’t too happy and gave me a few hisses and a many dirty looks. But, they seem to be getting used to my presence and look more relaxed than they did when I first arrived.

This evening, I went for a walk – pulling lots on my leash, had a nice supper and am now resting.

I really do like it here – and don’t think I’m kidnapped at all. I’d like to stay.

Below is a picture of one of those other animals trying to steal my food!