Holly's Gotcha Day

Today, four years ago,  is the anniversary of my mom bringing me to my new home to live with  her and the kitties.   I was only six weeks old and had lived with my momma,  daddy and 10 other siblings and their parents who rescued my momma.  We were a big family but my first parents were able to find homes for all of us.   My dad is a Cocker Spaniel and my momma is a mystery.  She had been on the run and lost for awhile and this family who was walking my daddy everyday was finally able to get her to follow them home.  Actually my daddy had not been fixed yet and neither had my momma so we were kind of a surprise family!  We all looked different in many ways.   My momma was a mix of different breeds and all of the puppies were so different.  The vet said that momma looked like she had a variety of golden retriever, shepherd, collie, lab and even husky.  She was a rather large dog.  They said I would be about 25 lbs. at the most and I'm weighing in about 45 lbs. now!  I think they were judging that on the fact that I was only 5 and a half pounds at the time!  I kept growing!

We are sure we have used most of these pictures before but for my fourth year gotcha day, we are going to use them again.  We have lots of other old pictures but they are on another computer that is sitting in the floor right now! 

This is my momma, Annie.

That's my daddy Domino and one of my sisters or brothers.

I was taking a nap.

I had been to the vet and was over at Auntie Gwen's house.  I was worn out. 

Still at Auntie Gwen's house and wondering what was going on and what this thing was around my neck!  It was itching me.

At my new home wondering where my other family went!

I was happy when Bingo came to see me.  He was a great friend but sadly, he passed away from complications of diabetes.  We still miss him very much.

I have to admit, it was a really nice bed and toys in this crate.  The stuffed puppy was given to me by Auntie Gwen and felt like one of my siblings.  The crate had belonged to Alex, mom's other dog that she lost in 2006 to cancer and congestive heart failure.

I did sleep a lot the first few weeks.

I always tried to look innocent.

I loved these chew sticks.

I discovered that the toilet paper really does go through three rooms.

The chew bones got bigger and so did I every week.

I found shoes were just great to chew on and would actually take them off of mom's feet if I was given the chance. 

My first snowfall was wonderful!

Sleeping on my tummy was a good thing.  That way I could keep an eye out for everybody.  Apparently I didn't notice mom climbing into my crate to get this picture!

I had a lot of toys to play with too but I decided to chew up the rugs, couch, pillows, run off a pet trainer and get myself arrested...but that's another long story!

Have a Great Day!

Lots of Love to All!!