Anybody who’s been around here for any time at all knows all four of us are dog people. We all have dogs, we all love our dogs. I guess there really are dog people and cat people, just as there are pie people and cake people. I’m a dog person…and a cake person. Bruce is a cat person…and a pie person. But we still manage to muddle along. 
Dulcie–our new puppy–is growing by leaps and bounds, and Cassie hasn’t killed her yet. No, they’re not best friends. But they do get along okay for the most part. 
Dulcie is still chewing everything in sight. She takes the slippers right off my feet, and no tiny little bit of paper, lint, fallen leaf or heaven forbid–food product–is safe if it hits the floor. She’s a shaggy little thing, adorably cute and fluffy, and sometimes I tell her I might as well sew her to my butt because every time I turn around, she’s shadowing me! Can’t tell you how many times I’ve tripped over her. 
Potty training is good some days, not so good others. But she’s done really well with her crate training. Goes right into her little den at night and we don’t hear a peep out of her until morning. Once that peep comes, however, it’s accompanied by a bunch of yips and howls…she wants OUT and the moment she GETS out, she wants CASSIE! She charges to middle daughter’s room (where Cassie sleeps) and tries to get Cassie to come out and play. But, like me, Cassie is not a morning person. It’s then that we see the most disputes between them.
Cassie’s learned a few tricks to get rid of the pest when she’s had enough. She can jump up onto the couch. Up until about a week ago, Dulcie could not. So there were many “I got your toy, nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah” moments when the six-year-old would dangle something over the side, and jerk her head back as Dulcie bounced like a Mexican jumping bean, trying to take it back.
Now that Dulcie’s made it up a few time, Cassie doesn’t try this so often.
Up until a few days ago, Dulcie couldn’t handle the stairs, so when Cassie wanted a break, she’d take off up to the girls’ rooms, leaving the puppy crying at the bottom of the staircase.
Now Dulcie can climb up. But she can’t make it down…only up.
Cassie has found a way around this problem too, however. She either lures Dulcie upstairs, then races back down, abandoning her crying at the top. Or else she simply heads for the basement steps and goes down to hang out in the rec room. Either way…no Dulcie. Is this dog smart, or what?
Heaven help her when Dulcie learns to climb down!
Just for laughs, I thought we could try one of those fun quizzes. This one is called “What Common Breed of Dog Are You?”. Go take it and let us know what you were…and laugh at some of the questions. Why do I see Julie choosing “world domination” and “Stand my ground and intimidate the problem.. They WILL back down.. oh yes.” 
PS: I was a Lab. Nice dogs. But, uh, I definitely don’t think that description fits me to a T. (It’s better than what I was the first time, though…I HATE Bulldogs…lolololol!)
Leslie Kelly used to say she wanted to be a doctor when she grew up, but then she discovered Nancy Drew books. Being a flashlight-under-the-covers-nose-in-book reader throughout her childhood, she couldn’t think of anything else she’d rather do as an adult than continue to lose herself in fictional stories. Her real life marriage of 20 years to the man of her dreams is a constant reinforcement that happily-ever-afters really can happen…and that they’re worth writing about. Living in Maryland, Leslie spends her non-writing time laughing a lot with the above-mentioned romance hero and their three daughters. Though an author of more than thirty sexy, contemporary comedies, she has recently branched out to write dark romantic suspense under the pseudonym Leslie Parrish.
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Wow, I’m a Lab too. Who knew? I figured I’d be some high-strung, shaky dog LOL. Go Labs!
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I’m a greyhound. It isn’t letting me copy and paste the info about it though. Les, your puppy things sound like mine did when Bailey was tiny right down to the couch and stairs, LOL. She’s so tiny but getting so big! Poor Cassie.
She doesn’t know what she is in for as Dulcie gets older. Bailey STILL hangs from Buddy’s ears.
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another lab person here….and Dulcie is precious! But Cassie is cute too, and very smart (don’t want anyone thinking I’m playing favorites)
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Good morning Plotmonkeys and Jungle Jumpers,
Leslie, your dogs are adorable! I just want to cuddle them up.
The link didn’t work for me. I guess my server doesn’t like it this morning.
Have a terrific day all,
Cher
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I can’t get the link to work. I will say I am an anything with legs and fur type of person- cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, even mice are cute. But they have to have legs and fur- no reptiles need apply!!
Our Doxie has such short legs that we have stairs or a stool in front of anything she wants to get on. The things we don’t, she has learned to get to in her own way. Daddy sitting in his chair (or not)? Get up on the sofa by way of a stool and walk over the end table to daddy’s chair. Get comfy.
Right now I think she is back upstairs under the covers taking an after breakfast nap. Charlie the Lab just came in- again. the cats are wherever they feel like being, maybe the kitten is with the doxie.
She walks down the stairs at an angle.
Will try back later to see if the link is working.
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I googled it and got through.
I’m a Labrador. I was hoping I’d be a dachshund like the little guy who roams our house on three inch legs. :giggle:
Cher
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Ok, I got it to work.
I am a……DOBERMAN!! Which doesn’t surprise me. My ex and I used to own one- he got custody in the divorce. Diablo used to hide behind the couch when someone would knock on the door.
Except the time the guys next door had a party and some drunk opened our door by mistake. I thought he was gonna get his throat torn out!!
I miss my baby.
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And why is this thing centering everything all of a sudden??
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Cher- Aren’t the dacshund’s just a hoot to watch?? they never give up!!
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I am a Labrador ,too. :dog1:
Dulcie is just precious. I just don’t understand the problem her older sis has with her.
This time next year Cassie will be best buds with little Dulcie. 
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I’m a pomerian. (I know it’s not spelled correctly, sorry.) The ladies that I work with are all labs. Lucky me for being different, not. LOL
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I couldn’t get the link to work. Will have to try it again in a little bit. Dulcie and Cassie are so cute. They both look like they would love to snuggle with you.
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I am a lab, too. I like to thinkof myself as a collie….elegant, friendly, good with kids, etc. I love collie dogs….can you tell?
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Ha! I bet you thought I’d be a Doberman.
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I love the pics Leslie. So so cute! I’m a labrador but can’t imagine me being one.
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Ev, yes, Dachshunds are the cutest and our guy, Spike never quits. He is definitely persistent. I must have gotten my persistence from him. My dh had a Doberman when we first met names Lady. She was one smart dog. And super protective too especially of children. She would herd them away from the street and back into the yard. Before we met, one evening Mike was putting some lights on the cab of his truck and Lady was by the back door whining to get in. He kept telling her, he was almost done and would be there in a minute. This guy comes wailing up the alley into the yard, jumps out of his truck and says, “Can I help you?” In about 3 seconds, Lady had the guy pinned against the truck, with teeth bared and her nose about a half inch from his. My husband says to the guy, “No, but can I help you?”
There’s nothing like a dog, one of God’s best ideas.
Dogs Rule!
Cher
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One more thing, my mother-in-law sent me these pictures this morning of a dachshund who is fostering a baby piglet along with her puppies. It’s the cutest thing you’ve ever seen!
Cher
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Dulcie is SO adorable, Les!!!
I’m a Labrador, too. Julie, going by that description, you are SO a Malamute!
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Looks like Carly and I are in the Greyhound group. Leslie the “little” ones are very cute.
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Julie, I can definitely see you as a Malamute. Too funny!
I went into the laundry room a while ago and put on a load of wash and as I was coming out, I slipped in some water–not sure where that came from–and fell. As I was falling, my right foot caught on the door jamb and I wrenched the heck out of my right ankle. If I hadn’t caught my foot I would have been okay. My husband was at home thank goodness so he could help me up. He’s still shaking his head trying to picture how it happened. So, I’m Cher, the gimp, Gorman for the next few days. :giggle:
Cher
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The link isn’t working for me, I tried several times. I grew up with black Labs, great dogs! In my adult life I’ve had some mixed breeds, a full-blooded St. Bernard with papers!, a poodle mix that was a love and several cats!! This must be dog day as my other favorite blog is featuring the chocolate lab in her family. Hint, she has been a guest here!!
:dog1: No breed left out!!
Leslie, your doggies are so cute. The baby just looks like you would want to cuddle her all the time.
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I’m back! I googled it & got it to work!! I am a lab, not a real big surprise!!! :dog1:
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I’m a Pomeranian. Who knew?
The link had an extra http:// for some reason. Try this.
What Dog Are You
If that doesn’t come through as a link then copy and paste this one.
http://www.quizilla.com/users/EmrysWolf/quizzes/What%20Common%20Breed%20of%20Dog%20Are%20You%3F/
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Your babies are so adorable! I posted pics of one of mine today, too (who was being bad…but is still adorable)
And the quiz said I was a Pomeranian. Heh.
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I am a Labrador.
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Did I mention my lab mix is just plain pathetic? He is so needy today just wants to velcro himself to my leg. Kinda heavy to be dragging around!! :dog1:
On the other hand the kitten spent the day on her tree watching the snowfall out the livingroom window. Keeps trying to catch it and ends up hanging onto the window with her front claws. LOL
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I love dogs with a sense of humor…
(from CollegeHumor)
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oh gosh so cute,.
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