Posted 9:54 AM by Kelly
Not much has been going on in the world of Otis. He has actually been quite the angel lately . . . If you can imagine that!

Posted 9:36 AM by Kelly
Last night Otis found the "mouse" again. Only that mouse was really a mole (notice I used past tense!) . . . Alas, the mole is in a better place. Turns out that Oat was a little too "playful."

Posted 12:34 PM by Chrissy
Well, you know how I do rescue work. I got a call over a week ago about two dogs that were taken to the groomer and the owner never showed up to take them home. Needless to say I found a foster home for one and took the 5 month old puppy home with me (I have will have a new home for him on Thursday). I forgot about puppy hood at that age. :) This dog loves to hop around like a rabbit. He is so funny to watch. He loves the water and likes to bark at himself when he splashes in the water. Last Sunday we took him to the River and I didn't think he would ever get out of that water. There were a couple of people that thought he was drowning but he was only trying to attack his bark. :)

That is my dog story for today.

Posted 11:52 AM by Kelly
Well last night, when I got home from work, Otis had ripped his bed to pieces - literally! He was mad that no one went home all day to play with him (he's a bit temperamental!). So guess what I did last night - I guess you could call it sewing. I am actually getting pretty good at it -- I have done it so many times.

Oh, Otis also found a mouse in the backyard yesterday morning. Now I know what he will do if we ever have one in the house! He sure is a good pointer.

Did I mention that Otis is my one-year-old weimaraner?

That's the news for today - more later!

Posted 10:52 AM by Kelly
And on that note - a great response from a friend -- check out what she had to say . . .

Sounds like Otie keeps you perpetually entertained!

When I was growing up, we had dachsunds that thought they were people. They would eat absolutely anything...and did!

They raided our Halloween candy one year. We once left the table to clear up after Thanksgiving dinner, leaving the turkey behind, to which they helped themselves. They'd even drink wine if someone left a glass sitting around. One of them did this once and passed out under the grandfather clock to sleep it off. They'd chew gum, too, if you happened to leave a pack sitting around.

And whenever I practiced the piano, one of them would always licked to lick my foot (don't ask me why), and she once got her tongue actually stuck under one of the pedals. My mother had to come pry her loose.

They would also sit up in the living room window and look longingly at us when we left on vacation. Funny but totally loving little beasts, they were, and I miss them to this day!

Posted 10:04 AM by Kelly
This is my IPO of A Dog's Life blog. So you ask why I started this weblog? Well, to be quite frank, my dog Otis is a spawn of the devil --- and has a great deal of funny, and not-so-funny things happen to him (and by him) on a daily basis. You would never think this could happen to one dog - or to an owner of only one dog. But believe you me - these stories are ALL real!! And they happen quite frequently. And this is where my first go at blogging came about. Last week, when I was telling my lastest Otis tale, my manager, Bob Morse, suggested that I begin a journal to document all of these crazy stories. And I thought a Weblog would be the best medium to spread the tales only canine owners can tell. Remember, if you have a dog like mine -- you are not along. Consider this a sort of support group for dog lovers and oeners! Please feel free to add your own doggie tale -- we would love to laugh with you!

So, my first submission is going to be one from the past - one that my friend Kate has told many times over because it is SO Otis. One day, my husband had left the house early - so I was left to get ready for work and keep an eye on my dog at the same time. Well, when Kevin left the house, he "supposedly" let Otis out to potty. This would have been around 5 AM. At 6, when I woke up, I was thinking that Otis wouldn't need to go out - WRONG! Well, somewhere between the time that I got out of bed and left for work, Otis had decided that he couldn't wait any longer - he had to "go" real bad. So what does he do? He proceeds to pee all the way down the staircase. I am not kidding you - he hit every stair! So there I am - frustrated yet launghing because I know that this is just one of many Otis "things." I cleaned up the best that I could given the timing. Later on the night I am talking to my mom on the phone updating her on his latest and greatest, while at the same time am on my hands and knees with the Resolve and the hand brush cleaning up after the little devil child.