Dear Mary Jo,
We have had a ball with “Cocoa” Jasmine’s new puppy! That is one of the 3 names she had narrowed down. She ended up opting for the name Cocoa.
We found a place, on M-15 just outside of Davison, which sells the food Cocoa eats so I got a huge bag of that particular kind of puppy food. The large bag is in preparation for round two coming on Wednesday…Mr. Freckles!
After that, we went to PetSmart and had a field day buying all kinds of toys, cloths, as well as a dog carrier that holds two dogs and which fits on the owners chest…facing out. It’s the neatest thing. It looks similar to one you’d use if you were carrying a child. It holds up to 2 dogs and will hold up to 20 pounds of dogs. So, it’s perfect! Cocoa looked so adorable in it. I can hardly stand it! He’s just so cute! ha ha ha!
We then went to a resturant, with the dog in this carrier, which was on Jasmine.
Cocoa was so quiet that no one even knew she was on Jasmine’s chest. One lady thought it was a stuffed dog! No one said a word. So we didn’t get kicked out!
Each time the waitress left our table, we’d sneak Cocoa his glass of water and give him a sip and then a nibble of his food! After he would have a bit of his ‘dinner’ and then a drink of water from his glass…we would quietly chuckle.
After that, we headed home. And OH MY GOSH…sis this dog came alive when we got home!
We have a 3,000 square foot home, with 20 foot ceilings. Most of my ceilings have fans on them.
Cocoa became so engrossed with the fan in our living room which was on…(don’t even ask me why…lol)…that he ran in circles….all the while looking up at that fan.
Then he actually played hide and seek with Jasmine. I am not even kidding. It was just belly hurting hysterical to watch.
Jasmine would hide, while holding that rope toy we bought from you. And then Cocoa would sneak up on her…from behind…and he would actually grab that rope and then run like heck and hide behind me!
Then…when Jasmine found him and would take the rope…he would chase her round and round the coffee table. I just laughed my guts out. It was so cute. OMG…he is darling. WHAT a personality. Your daughter was completely right on that!
Cocoa is so tired by now. He is currently out like a light bulb. He’s been playing for hours!
It’s a bit chilly in here (I have my furnace dial down automatically when it becomes night time) and Cocoa was shivering from being outside. So when he came in and was cold…we put him in his crate, snuggled him on his new blue baby blankee, and then sort of placed his crate near the fireplace so he’d warm up.
He just LOVED it! In fact, he sat watching the flames for so long, that suddenly he fell over. I ran quick to see if he was okay…only to discover that the little clown was sound asleep! I woke him up to be sure he was ok. He was! He was just pooped! Isn’t that so hilarious? Watching the fire made him so sleepy…that he literally fell asleep while watching the flames.
I can’t stop giggling over that.
I didn’t think I wanted to deal with a dog. But he is so wonderful. I am really looking forward to Freckles arriving. We got them both little matching gold tags this evening, each with their name and our phone number engraved on them. Not that they will EVER be left unattended but just in case the unthinkable should happen and they get loose. Realistically if they got out, I don’t know if they’d be returned to us. They are pretty darned cute and it may tempt someone to be bad and keep them.
I wanted to thank you for switching out the pups for me. I do love Scruffy. He grabbed my heart strings like none of the others did. But Jasmine laughing today, and more than she has in a long time, has made this entire thing worth the effort and the money. You can’t put a price on a child displaying inner happiness. It’s so valueable. She really wanted Freckles. I loved that one too and so I’m not dissappointed at all. I just hope some will see the true beauty of little Scruffy. He has a wonderful disposition. I think he’s a scream! Just darling! I hope you find him a great home.
Thanks again…
Clara Wagner