Coco and hedge hog

Here is a picture of Coco and her favorite toy, her stuffed hedge hog. I think that I've said earlier that Coco is the great destroyer of all things stuffed. I really can't stress enough how confused we are that she has chosen this toy out of the myriad of others to not destroy. The only thing I can think of is that there was one like it at her foster house that was in a basket with all the other shared dog toys, and I think that Coco always coveted it. That or it's just plain cute. She does really well with AKC toys or with fleecy ones, but eventually they all meet the same fluffy death. Today was really cute. Miguel was asleep, and we came in from her morning walk. As soon as I unclipped her she raced off to the bedroom, slammed herself into the door to open it, grabbed her hedge hog from where she had been sleeping, and she came tearing out of the bedroom squeaking it as she went. It was beyond hilarious, made even more so by the fact that she wanted to wake up Miguel to play. Here's to you, Coco, and here's to hedge hog.

Too hot. Really?

I took Coco for a walk yesterday at around 2 PM. It's just starting to get warm here, and I thought she would enjoy a longer romp. We went across the road where there is an old grave yard, and she pulled all the way there. I had to hold on with both hands, she was so riled up. Once we got there, she was over-excited and over-hot. I felt so sorry for her; she actually curled up under a bush. I rushed her back to the apartment, which unfortunately was very warm, so I put her in the tub and got her wet. I put on the AC, but it's an old window unit and it took a while to cool down the living room. Poor Coco panted for about 15 minutes before she finally was back to normal. It was a pretty eye-opening experience; it was only 70 degrees (F) outside. We decided that we should move as soon as we can to someplace with central air, or at least a better AC. I think the AC in our apartment is as old as I am! She's of course fine now and I have spoiled her with TWO stuffies this weekend, the first of which has already met its stuffy maker.

Here is a picture of Coco in the 4-runner. As usual, she loves to travel in style and is never that happy in my economical Tercel. Good for you Coco, you know what you like!

Ennui

Nothing to report this week. But here is an adorable picture:

Till next time!

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Coco's new collar

I do realize that I sent this picture in an email to many people, but I wanted to record this cuteness for posterity:

I bought Coco a new bulldog collar from morrco.com. Whenever you buy something off the internet, you really never know what you are getting, but I was really satisfied with this company. The collar came quickly, and it is a really good quality! I was a little suprised at how thick the width of it is, but Coco doesn't seem to mind, as usual, she lets you put on collars or teeshirts or lay toys across her back with not much more than a long-eyed glance. Last night she wore it to a friend's house and everyone agreed that she looked super tough.

She's got a tug toy in her mouth that I picked up at a local pet place. It's not really good for tug, though, you can see from it's shape that unless your dog has a long mouth, they are pretty much going to gag if they try to grab one end. Every once in a while she gets a good grip and we have a fun session.

Other than that, all is well on the ranch. Coco has been good to the few strangers we met this week, which is good news. On a personal note, Miguel and I went to look at a few properties and we saw a Papillon and a Caviler King Charles Spaniel. All I could think of was how Coco would treat those little dogs. The Papillon barked for the entire time we were near her house. Not a good fit for our little family!