Just a Littttllee Closer Mom!

So there's this thing that Shadow really likes to do.

If she were a human I'd wonder if she has sensory processing disorder.

Sometimes, she likes to go into a room by herself and relax alone. She'll even grumble at you sometimes if she wants to be alone and you try to cuddle with her or play.

Other times, she likes to, well, smother you with all her weight and press her face into yours as hard as she can!

 

 

I finally got proof when I got this picture! If you look closely, you can see that my face is slightly shifted...because she's in mid-smother mode. There are times when she just decides she needs to be really really close to you! Her little cheeks crinkle up in a smile and her body wiggles with happiness. She usually likes to press all her weight onto your body and press her face into yours.

 

It really is odd.

 

But she's so cute when she does it!

 

She really has a lot of quirky behaviors. Chad and I have said that we're happy she ended up with us, because I'm not sure that everyone would understand her. She is very vocal, and there are times that someone who doesn't know her very well might think she's mad when she's really just very excited. For example, because she's so vocal, sometimes when she's excited she barks and makes funny noises. Other times, like I said, she really doesn't want to be bothered, and will grumble, whine, or make what I call "monkey noises" if Spuds or me and Chad try to get her to play. We always say we feel lucky to have a dog who's so vocal, because it's usually very easy to know what she needs from you at different times and easy to understand how she's feeling. A lot of people could misinterpret her, though!

 

Do your dogs have quirky behaviors like Shadow?

 

~Loving Our Quirks, -The Pooches (&Anna &Chad)

winter.

It's biting at our finger tips. The Ohio air has turned an icy sort of cold in our town. The wind is pouring all around us like an uninvited cold shower. With the holidays over, that inner warmth we feel from family, friends, and cinnamon spice starts to fade. The world isn't full of the reds and greens glittering neighborhood houses, with the promise that Christmas is near. Christmas came and went in the click of of the clock- where at once we were hopeful of the magic of the day, now we sit with only nostalgia, until next time.

The good thing is, we are still filled with inner warmth. When it's just too chilly, there's a companion, a best friend, a cuddle buddy with a built in blanket that doubles as fur, who is always by our sides. As they nestle their heads in the crook of our necks, and drape their paws across our chilly souls, they indulge in the belly scratches only a human can provide. They may think, perhaps, that they're the only ones benefiting from this exchange. But as us humans gaze into their tear drop shaped eyes, we can only hope they know, somehow, that we gain so much more from them. Having these companions means that the warmth we receive wraps our hearts up with a pretty little bow, and allows us to give ourselves the gift of how it feels to love more than we ever expected we might.

They are our hearts. They are our inspiration. They are Pit Bulls.

Twas the night before Christmas

...and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a Pit Bull :)

Wait wait wait. Spuds and Shadow heer. I know mama duznt let us type this bloggie very often, but we wanna show u wuts going on in the house. We are definitely stirring.

See...we found deez presents under da inside toilet tree, and we fink dey have r names on dem. Butt...mama and daddy wont let us chew dem up yet! Duz anyone no why?

 

I thought maybe Santa had to come first before we could open dem. Becuz, you no, we met him and it seemed like he wuz the one supposed to bring presents, from da conversashun we had wif him and all. I watched for him out da window, see? All I saw was snow. Hmpf.

 

 

We are also a little sooprised to see presnts under da tree, becyz Santa told us he doesnt come til veeery layte on Christmas Eve, and it is not veeery layte yet. Butt, based on wut we saw, these presents are just from mama and daddy anywayz.

 

I guess we'll be snuggling next to the tree, waiting fur morning. We sure r excited about opening r presents.

 

 

Did ur mama and daddy let u open ne presents early?

 

Ok, wee are signing off now. R paws r tired from all this typing. We shoulda let mama do it.

 

~Dreaming of Santa and presents, -The Pooches (&Their humans)

Christmas is Coming and iPhone blogging troubles

Hi everyfurry!! Christmas will be here before we know it. The dogs have been getting lots of Christmas cards from everyone in the card exchange. We have ours all ready to be mailed out tomorrow. The dogs have gotten more Christmas cards that Chad and I, hehe.

Shadow has been adapting to having a Christmas tree in the window. She still manages to get her window-gazing in, even with the big tree in the way.

She is sporting her new "piggy" sweater (Or Miss Piggy, as we refer to her) in this pic. It is from Chilly Dog sweaters, and it is the first clothing item she has ever liked. I'm pretty sure she is tired of being chilly in the winter. She seems happier, cuddlier, and calmer with this sweater on.

 

The Pooches would also like you to know that they met the "Big man" last week. They met.....

 

SANTA!

 

 

There was a local pet food store doing photos with Santa, and the profits benefited a local animal shelter. Spuds and Shadow did SO great in the store. They were friendly to everyone, seemed very comfortable in the unfamiliar environment, and also were so nice to Santa. I wasn't sure what to expect, because sometimes Spuds can be a little put-off by people wearing hats. Also, Shadow doesn't always warm up to people right away. She, however, greeted everyone in the store with a lick, hug, and tail wag. I was really amazed at how open they were to the whole experience. Talk about a "proud mother" moment! I'm pretty sure they enjoyed just being in the store more than actually getting their picture taken with Santa, but it seemed like they had fun overall!

 

Have you ever taken your dogs to meet Santa? How did it go?

 

On a human-related note, my Blogger app on my iPhone says I'm at my photo limit and won't let me do posts to Blogger through the app anymore, so I can only do them on my laptop. Has anyone else ran into this problem? If so, how did you resolve it? I thought about deleting some of the posts that are saved into the app to make more memory space, but I'm pretty sure if I delete them from the list of posts on the app, they'll disappear from the blog. I'm not sure why it says I'm at my photo limit on the app, but is still letting me post from the laptop... 

 

 

~Merry Christmas Wishes, -The Pooches (&Anna&Chad)