Day FOURTEEN

Pets:

DAISY :: AGE 12

PITBULL/DALMATIAN MIX

Daisy has been my dog since 1999 when she was 6 months old. I rescued her from the pound. She has been {and probably will always be} the best dog I've ever had. She is too smart for her own good, gentle, loving and sweet. As you can see in the picture above she has alot of self control! lol. The only faults she has is a tail that'll whip you hard enough to leave marks and a tendency to raid the trash if you leave something yummy in it! She is fearless except for fireworks, guns {she knows they're bad news even tho we've never shot one around her} and a mad parent {me or Tom!} She howls, sneezes and smiles when she's happy and some people are frightened of her because it looks like she's showing you her teeth when she smiles, but she wouldn't hurt a fly. Ok, maybe she'd hurt a fly...but never a person! {Unless you are messing with someone she loves, she'll stand up for you!} She also feels no pain and has walked around and ran on a broken front leg TWICE! I love this dog and it has been sad to see her age. She limps when we go on walks, she forgets that you just told her not to bark...SIGH.

NIGEL :: AGE 3

CHIHUAHUA/DACHSHUND MIX (CHI-WEENIE)

Nigel is my doggy soulmate. This lil guy can read my mind. He follows me like a shadow and licks my tears when I cry. This dog just gets me. I got him off Craigslist when he was 10 weeks old from a family that could no longer care for him. His next destination was the pound so I rescued him. He has seen me at my absolute worst and I credit this lil man for getting me thru the roughest time in my life. If it wasn't for him I would have stopped getting out of bed. He has been the hardest one to adjust to the new baby because him and I were soooo close. He doesn't like to share me.

PEBBLES :: AGE 4 {5 NEXT MONTH}

PUREBRED MINI DACHSHUND

Pebbles I acquired in Florida. She was one of my pet-sitting clients and when her owner lost her home she asked me to care for her. I'm so glad I did. She is my lil spoiled trouble maker. {Just today she ate one of Rori's hats...again! lol} She quickly became Nigel's BFF and they are inseperable. They even share a crate at night. They cuddle and burrow under blankets together. I nicknamed them "The Weiner's". I even stand outside and call for them..."WEINERS!!" And they both come running...well, Nigel does and Pebbles lolly-gags and takes her sweet time. She just likes to explore and stops to smell the roses...every.single.one. LOL

I also have a beta fish named Clouse {after the American Dad fish}. I usually have some kind of rodent as a pet, the last one was a chinchilla, RIP Dobby. But I usually have pet rats and can't wait til Rori is old enough to be around them! It's a good thing I have Tom around to control my animal "hoarding" as some people call it! ;)