Now back in March, my brother and I had just arrived at the pet store when my Mom-to-be came in. She was looking for a new puppy for her little boy. They had a very beautiful collie named Morgan who was seriously ill and she wanted a puppy to help make the little boys transition a little easier. First thing she looked at was a little collie girl next to us. Now, this girl was cute, but just wasn't right. then she looked at us. Now my brother looked just like me, but he had brown eyes. She took one look at my blue eyes and that was it :) She brought my Dad-to-be and the boy (Carlton) in to see me as soon as they got home. Now Dad, he took some convincing, but the boy.......all it took was a big wet puppy kiss and I had him :) Before I could say "dog gone" I was on my way home with them. And don't worry, my brother was also went home that night to a nice home.

Guess it was a good thing it was a Friday night, because everyone was up late playing with me. I got to meet Morgan, and I must admit, I was a bit of a pest to the old boy. You can be sure he let me know it too! I also got to meet the big girl who goes to college. What a night! I was one tired puppy. The next day they started trying to come up with a name for me. They even went to the web for a list of possible names. We tried a few, including some from Star Wars. How they settled on Toby I'll never know, but it's a name. I don't always answer to it, but what fun would that be. Now for some reason, the big girl (Joe Anna) started calling me Toby Bear (I sound like a bear sometimes) and that name has really stuck. So I'm now Toby Bear Haelig. After they got the name thing straightened out, things settled down into a pretty nice routine. They bought me this huge cage to sleep in at night with lots of snugglies and babies. And when they get up each morning and come to get me, I always bring a baby out with me and "talk to them about it" I do love to "talk". Then I know it's Puppy-O time! They make sure when I go to bed at night that I have lots of my babies with me in case I get lonely. Mom stayed home with me for a couple of weeks to help me get adjusted and the boy was home in the early afternoon from school. I decided it was my duty to make sure Morgan didn't just lay around all day. He really needed to get up and move around a little so his arthritis wouldn't hurt so much. I think I made his last couple of months a little better. He went to wait at the Rainbow Bridge on May 15th.

Now I wanted to stop in this evening and say thank you for my very first award. If anyone is a "Misfit Pet" that's me. Go check out their site, they have lots of green crawly things. I bet I could have lots of fun with them! But seriously, thank you ! The award is down the page aways :)

Hey Hey there, it's a Toby Bear Update! Well today is November 1 and Halloween has come and gone. I saw the strangest "things" come to our door. And they got candy! I don't get candy :(.

December 1st! Wow, how time flies when you're having fun! Well that "Big Bird" has come and gone and you will be pleased to hear that I did get a piece of him afterall. He was just sitting there calling me.............:) Now it's been a long long wait, but mom finally got those pictures scanned. This is me at about 3 months. I don't exactly fit there anymore. I'm 80lbs and still growing! Mom will put the rest of the pictures on the next page for you to look at. Just click Pictures

December 7th. I wanted to stop by and tell you what happened to me this weekend. Mom and my boy took me for a ride in the car and when we stopped we were at this big store that had row after row of dog food and treats and there were other dogs there too!!! Now I don't get out too much and haven't learned a lot of social skills. I wasn't to happy to see these other critters. But the biggest critter of all (and the scariest!) was this man in a red suit and lots of white hair. And he wanted me to sit next to him! I made it very clear that that wasn't my idea of fun. He tried to bribe me with a bacon treat, but this dog sticks to his principles. No picture with the man in the red suit! This upset my boy for sure. He said I have to learn to like this Santa character because he isn't giving up his Christmas presents. Gee, some people really expect a lot. OK, OK, I'll work on it. Now mom put up that tree she had been talking about and it looks really pretty. I haven't eaten anything off of it yet, but I give it a good nosing over daily. I've also learned to keep my nose out of the fireplace!