Buddy has a new little brother. Let us introduce Boo Bear Logan Owens.
He is a 10 months old Maltese--born on December 13, 2009 and weighs four and one half pounds right now. I am sure he'll fatten up some being with the Owens family (Buddy is 7.5 pounds and we are trying to get him back to his 6.0--he sleeps a lot right now which is my fault because we haven't been doing our mile walks everyday). Boo came to live with us Thursday October 14, 2010. The couple we got him from just didn't have the time to spend with him. They had him a little over two months. I'm not sure when they got him if they knew he was from a puppy farm but yesterday we did some research and found out that fact. So really we rescued him.
He is very afraid of people but when he's in the back yard with Buddy he is a totally different dog. I took him over to a friend's house yesterday who has two Maltese and a Yorkie. He had a great time. I had a hard time rounding him up to get him back in the car. He went to the Vet yesterday and he will be neutered on Tuesday. Boo had his first beauty shop appointment at Pets R Precious this morning. He has never walked on a leash so we have a lot of work to do. He is a darling, sweet little thing and Buddy and Kitty have both been super great. I think Buddy will be a great help for getting little Boo out of his shell. One additional incident I think traumatized him even more. The day we called about him (October 13) the owners said there was another couple coming to look at him. This couple bought Boo and took him to their father who had just lost his 14 year old Maltese. He lives in a retirement home and has Alzheimer's. He took a scissors to Boo's hair and we think tried to make him look like his old dog. He really chopped his hair up and in the process cut his little cheek that we didn't notice till the next morning. Boo was brought back the next day when everyone decided the circumstances weren't working (!). So we got him. Apparently he had just had a $70 haircut and the owners were furious. He does have a lot of drainage in his eyes but we are hoping to clear that up too. He is beautiful to us and love him already.
I can't believe I have not blogged anything since May 19th. WOW!!!! I'm lazy. Brian and family were here. Devin and family were here. Spencer and the boys were here. Dewey and I even had Grandpa and Grandma Camp with Spencer and Connor for about 10 days. Dewey went to Florida with Spencer to watch the BYU/Florida State game. We went to Provo for the Washington game. Brian moved up to the San Francisco area (San Carlos) . A job transfer. Paul has been to the mountains several times and is becoming a great photographer. This week on his hike and overnight campout he ran into two bears. He has video of that experience. I think he put it on his Casebook. I am glad I found out after he was already home. Jeffrey's two cats had kittens. He still has two of the kittens (yes, four cats.)
Buddy is great--he loves his walks. Still gets beautified every Tuesday morning. He is going to be a caterpillar for Halloween. He still has Dewey wrapped around his little foot when it comes to giving him little pieces of food off his plate. Buddy doesn't even try that with me. Thus the one pound gain in about two month's time. He absolutely loves going to the fence and peeking through the slats to see if Reggie (our neighbor's Newfoundland) is outside and then proceeds to bark like a crazy dog. This is the same dog that came through our fence because Buddy liked to harass him. We had to get a new fence. Buddy is great.
I am teaching early morning seminary this year. The students are wonderful. The class starts at 5:40 am. I am tired all the time but I was tired all the time before anyway.
Fall is here. Haven't been to the pumpkin patch yet. Maybe today if time allows. I love living in Washington. I love my family.
