10 Weeks

Four score minus 10 days ago, my mama brought me home and I have been the world's happiest puppy since then. I have had the best time walking with my mama and sitting on my mama's lap and sleeping with my mama...it's been so much fun and the time is going by so fast it's hard to remember a time when my mama and I were not together. In fact, up until a week or so ago, I don't think I was away from my moma (or, at times, her assistant) for very long at all.

So, what happened "a week or so ago"?

Well, I had been going to the playdate in Boston on Saturdays and my mame would get me there and I would play with other puppies for 2 or 3 minutes and then we'd have a 10 minute bathroom and outside break and then they'd move us around so that we were with puppies they thought we'd get along best with and we played for 2 or 3 minutes and then we took a break for 10 minutes so that we could catch our breaths and maybe go outside and when we came back we'd get rearranged again and play for 2 or 3 minutes and then it was time to go home. It was great fun! Sure, there were some big dogs who got a little frisky with us little guys, but that's okay. I can take it! And, there were little dogs that were kinda more excitablle than i was. One of them even leapt in the air and travelled a few feet (I can't do that). While I was having fun, I don't think my mama was since she was never really happy and also someone with a cute little puppy said something to my mama that made my mama sad and she said "typical Brookline" and I don't know what that is (I am - after all - a puppy!).

Anyway, we have not been there for a few weeks but something else has happened. My mama is taking me to a place where I can play with lots of dogs! Big dog and small dogs. Older dogs and little puppies. What a great mix there is. I was worried at first since i had to pass some kind of "test" but I don't know what that is (I am - after all - a puppy!) so I was not nervous but my mama was and when she heard that I had been a good boy, she was really happy! Then, I had to go and get approved and so we went back and I did. Hooray!

So, this week I got to go to play there two times. Both times I had the best fun a puppy can have. I made all kinds of new friends, and I played a lot and I ran around a lot and the nice people there took lots of pictures of all of us and so that was a great week for me.

Also, one day this week I got to visit our neighbor and their dog whose name is Mae and she and I are now kind of best friends. She's a little bit bigger than me and she's a little bit older than me but we had a great time together. She got to play with some of the toys my maa packed for me and we had such a good time.

So, after three days of playing with other dogs, I'm happy but beat. I could not really wake up this morning and I am really catching up on my sleeping today so that I can be fresh and ready for the week ahead, where I get to play with so many of my friends (and maybe I'll get to play with Mae, too).

Grr, Grr, Arf, Grr,

Ziggy