Hi! My name is Sammie. Wanna play? I've got lots of toys--balloons, balls, kong, stuffed fuzzies. Wanna play? You can hide behind the sofa, and I can seek you out. Then you could give me a cookie (yummy, my favorite food) for finding you. Wanna play in the back yard and run and sniff the flowers. Have your ever tasted a petunia? It's yummy--my favorite flower.
This is me playing with my balloon. I gotta bat it around with my nose and grab it by its tail because it might bust and go, "BANG." I never did break one yet. Playing with a balloon is fun. Wanna play? Sometimes I play "tug the sock" with my Alpha-lady. She's the one who feeds me. Sometimes she scolds me for eating the petunias, but they taste so good, it's hard to remember. Sometimes she tells me not to jump off the top of the sofa 'cause I might have an accident and hurt my legs, but I'm a Toy Fox Terrier, and jumping is my job; it's what I do best!
Talk about hurting and freak accidents reminds me! When we moved into our new house, my Alpha-man fell off a ladder and broke his heel. Then Vickie jumped out of Alpha-lady's arms, and sprained her leg. Then I jumped from a high chair, rolled over, and broke my leg. So for six months, we all looked like this.
Of course, Alpha-man didn't have to wear that silly collar. For a while Vickie and me hobbled around on three legs, and we got pretty good at it. Alpha-lady had her hands full. She had to cook, clean, feed, and take care that none of us jumped and ran, including Alpha-man. She gave me cookies (yummy!) to keep me in this long kennel she set up in the living room. The only thing I didnt like was that the top was lowered, so I couldn't jump. Not jumping is no fun. Wanna play? Let's jump off the sofa and on and off the bed. You'll like it; I promise.
After dinner (chicken, my favorite food-yummy!) we'll all sit in the living room. Vickie lies down in Alpha-man's lap, and I get to sleep in Alpha-lady's lap. We all watch television, and, sometimes, my two people have ice cream, and me and Vickie get to lick the plate when they're done (ice cream, my favorite food-yummy!). Vickie says all I think about is playing and eating, but that's not true. Sometimes, I sleep.
Vickie's a pain, sometimes. She is neat and fussy and doesn't run when she can walk, and she doesn't walk if she can get somebody to carry her. But, she isn't all bad. Sometimes we run and jump together, and when our people go out, we stay together and keep each other warm. She won't let me eat from her dish, though. She snaps at me if I do. So, I just wait until she's not around and sneak a kibble from her dish. Wonder why kibble always taste better when I take a piece from her dish. Of course, she never takes food from my dish--I eat a lot faster than she does. Ha! Ha! Ha!
Vickie
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