Weekend full of New

Hello Friends!! What a weekend I had! There were so many new things! It started on Friday morning, when I went to the Vet again. Nichole made me ride in my kennel in the car, instead of on her lap..something about it's hard to drive with me trying to eat her hair. I don't know, but her hair is fun to bite! The vet's office scares me still, there are so many unfamiliar smells, but Nichole holds me tight and tells me that it's OK. On our way back to an exam room, Nichole put me on a scale, and I weighed 17.8 pounds. I gained 10 pounds friends! I'm a healthy boy, or so I'm told.
Back in the exam room, the vet was really nice to me; until I had to get another shot, that wasn't fun. But, I got some really tasty treats. Then, he held my paws and clipped my toenails. That was really scary, I thought he was going to cut my toe off!!! But, it turned out OK, and I can walk on the cement alot easier now.

On Saturday, I got to ride in the truck with Ryan and Nichole. I was in the truck a long time on Saturday. I've gotten alot taller, and now I can stand up and put my front paws on the back of the front seat and watch what is going on, I can even rest my chin on Ryan and Nichole's shoulder (I can also reach Nichole's hair now). We stopped at lots of new places, and I got to explore a couple of parking lots and new smells. After one of the stops, Ryan and Nichole brought me a new toy!! It had treats in it, and they were yummy! I had to work pretty hard to get them out, but it makes me smarter!


Later on Saturday night, I heard the doorbell ring, and I learned that usually means someone is coming over. It was Ryan and Nichole's friends from Church. I've met them one time before, because I recognized their smell. But, this time there was another smell with them, it was another dog! It's the first dog I've met since my Mom and sisters. He was bigger than me, but really wanted to play. He seemed really nice and playful, but I was a little scared. I sat on Nichole's lap for a while, while the other dog smelled me, and I smelled him. I even got brave enough to lick his back paw while he was laying down. I could tell he wanted to play, and I wanted to also, but I'm not quite big enough to play with him yet. I "borrowed" his rope toy a couple of times, and ran with it under a chair, and he couldn't get to me!! He was very nice and patient with me too. He is part German shepherd I think, because he has ears just like me! I instigated some play time later when I felt more brave, but then I got scared when he answered back. When I was in the safety of Nichole's lap, I played a little bit. I really liked to put my paw on his head, and he let me. I hope that I can play with him again sometime!

Sunday was nice too, I got to ride in the truck with Ryan and Nichole to Church, and they came and let me out between their different services and activities...they sure are busy people! I got to play with my bear and new chew toy in the car, and it was really nice and cozy warm in the car. That was a nice change, usually Nichole blasts the heat to warm the car up before she goes inside anywhere. When Nichol was walking me around in the Church parking lot, she let me play in a HUGE puddle. I got to splash around, it was really fun!

Yesterday, a new thing happened. Nichole took me outside, and there was water coming out of the sky! Nichole said it was called rain, and I was very curious about it. I liked licking the water on the deck, and the rain kept falling on my ears and tickling them. Every time I felt one, I kept rubbing my ear with my paw because it tickled! The picture on top is me on the deck yesterday in the rain!

I hope you all had a fun weekend, full of new experiences and learning like I did!

~Colby