A New Week and a New Friend

So, it's been a week since I've been in my new home and ... okay, you got me! It's actually been a little more than a week, but I was chillin' over the weekend and was not in the mood to "write". Still, let's call it a week and move on.

So, it's been a week since I've been in my new home (!) and I cannot imagine being anywhere else or being a happier little puppy! We have a little bit of a "rhythm" here now. I like to "sleep in" and then my mama takes me outside for - um - bathroom time (I'm still learning) and then we come in the house and I have a little bit to eat and then I run around like a crazy boy and then I have a little more to eat (and a few sips of water) and then I nap.

It's a fine, fine life!

One of the things I really like is taking a nap when a slipper is near my head. See, the thing about "slippers" is that they are soft (or, at least the ones in this house are; I suppose that there are other slippers in other places that are not as soft, but my sphere of knowledge is what it is) and so they make for really good places to put your head. Not that there is anything wrong with putting your head on the floor for a nap. I've done that and it's fine. But it's not as cozy as a slipper, and so when I can, I like to rest on one of them. And, also too, there is sometimes a string on the slipper that is fun to chew. I know that my mama worries that maybe some day I will eat one of the strings (I think she has an image of the spaghetti scene from "Lady and the Tramp" in her head) and it will give me a boo-boo belly, but that's not my plan. I just like to chew it.

And, another thing that is fun in my house is that I have some toys to play with, and I like that a lot. I have a couple of chewy things that I came with that I like, and I recently got a nice blue chewy ring that is good for my teeth (well, that's what they tell me; I just like the way that it feels on my teeth when I play with it, so I guess that's a good thing). Also, my mama gave me a ball that is big for me, so as much as I try to pick it up with my mouth, it's a challenge. When I'm bigger? But what I can do with it is hit it, and then it rolls, and then I run after it, and then I hit it again.

And, yesterday I got a new toy (and a new friend): a crackling duck! Now, I know that some of you may eat food that I cannot eat (okay, to be honest, the only food that I am eating these days is the yummy kibble that my mama gives me and so it's super likely that you are eating food that I cannot eat!) and that you might eat something called a "crackling duck" (ick!) in a place where people go to eat food.

But, my friend is different. It's yellow and when I play with it, it makes a fun crackle and that makes me happy. Already we've had a great time. I grab the duck with my teeth and I shake shake shake it and it crackles crackles crackles and then I do it again. What fun!

Even though playing with these toys is fun, it's also exhausting! I like to take long naps after I have had some fun time with my toys and when I wake up from my nap I am ready to play again until I am bored with it, which takes between 4 and 15 seconds.

Anyway, I am so happy that I am living with my mama in my new home and even though she sometimes goes away, I am trying to be a big boy and not cry (too much) because every time she comes home and I can tell that she is coming up the steps to our house, I get really excited and can't wait for her to come into the house. And, I know that she will be back when she goes away because she tells me, "Ziggy, mama always comes home!" and I know that she will.

Arf, Grr, Grr

Ziggy