If I was a girl ....

If Hershey and I were girls we would carry this purse. But we are NOT girls!

One more day until I go home to see my Dad. I will really miss Hershey. He and I sleep together at night in my kennel which Mom and Hershey's Mom really like. I will miss Hershey. But maybe I can come back to see him when the baby is born. I would tell you what we have been doing but it has not been very exciting..... just sleeping and barking..... and a little toy tugging.

Today My Mom and Hershey's Mom are going on a big adventure. They aren't taking us with them. I wonder what they are going to do?

Life with a cat ...

This is Nixon. He is a spy. I have mentioned it before in my blog. I am SURE he is a spy. I know he is a spy because of the things he does. Mom and Hershey's Mom set up this really nice place for the baby and he has taken it over as a spy place. He must be receiving evil messages from the cats that live outdoors and telling the outside cats to attack us when we go out.

"What!?"

Cats are also wierd. This is Nixon here on the bathroom counter. He is waiting for a drink from the faucet. WHY does he have to drink from the faucet when there is a bowl of nice water in the floor of the kitchen? Hershey and I drink from it and it tastes perfectly fine. We will leave him alone long enough for him to get a drink! He even wakes up Hershey's mother to turn on the faucet. It does not go over well with her and this morning he got locked in the bathroom for over an hour. Ha ha!

I don't understand cats.

Hershey barks a LOT .....

Since I am still staying at Hershey's hosue and using his computer, tonight you get to look at some of the artwork his Mommy does. She is very talented.

She sure puts up with a lot though. He is one of the biggest barkers I have ever met. For a doglet, he sure takes his job as home protector seriously. This morning when we went outside to go to the bathroom, he barked at a CAR that drove by. It was a nice looking car, not even a mean one. When any kind of doorbell or bell or something that sounds sorta like a bell comes on the TV, he runs to the door and barks. (I only do that if it sounds like MY dorbell.) When the mailman comes to the door to put the mail in his mailbox, he goes NUTS!!!!!! just NUTS!!! He hates the mailman. (My mailman at home drives by my house at a safe distance in a car and puts my mail in my mailbox.) Funny thing is he admited to me that he does not bark at bicycles ... just everything else.

He is a good friend though and he and I have been doing alot of napping together between his barking episodes. It is too cold to do anything else. It is supposed to rain and maybe snow tomorrow and Hershey tells me I won't like it if it snows. I have never seen snow. Mom and Hershey's Mom are finished getting ready for the baby .. whatever that is ...... and Hershey's Dad is still far far far away out of town. The baby is supposed to be here in 7 weeks. I wonder if I will be here for 7 weeks.

That's all I guess. I'm going back to sleep ............

It's cold ....

Us dachshunds like to be covered up with blankets. They say dachshunds like to be covered up because we used to hunt badgers. I guess badgers live under blankets ... I don't know. All I do know is that it is cold in Virginia, so Hershey and I have to cover up when we take a nap on the couch.



I am napping a lot because my tummy hurts. Yesterday I had an upset tummy and horka'd up all of my dinner. I haven't been hungry today at all. Mom has been a little worried about me. She wasn't so worried that she couldn't go to the movies with Hershey's Mom last night though. They went to see a movie about a Queen and I don't think it was Queen Meeshka. They said it was very good if you can figure out what Queen they went to see. (They should have stayed home and held my paw.)

This is day six of my visit at Hershey's house and we have two more days to go. Mom and Hershey's Mom have been washing baby things and shopping and eating out while Hershey's Daddy is out of town. Mom says that Hershey's Mom is ready for the baby to come. It will come in about six or seven more weeks. They made a really great place for Nixon to sleep. They call it a 'changing table' but Nixon calls it 'nap central.'



Hershey and I have chased Nixon every chance we get. He isn't alot of fun to chase because he has a lot of hiding places and he gets away easy. We have napped, and barked at the neighbors, and eaten some stuff in the yard, and traded toys. Hershey always wins at the toy swapping. I just let him win.

Right now Hershey and I need to go back to sleep so I'll write later.

Hershey and Copper's Great Adventure ....

What you can smell at a Pet Store....

You can smell lots of stuff. You have to walk really fast so the smells come at you faster and you can smell all of them. You can smell where people have walked.

You can smell dog food. Yum!

You can smell baby puppies ....

You can smell lots of Fufu type animals ....

You can smell crickets ...

You can smell baby Yorkie-Poo puppies that cost $899.99. Wow! That's expensive.

I hope none of my blog dog friends were that expensive!



You can smell cats! Yum.

And .... you can smell COOKIES! We got to buy some cookies.

I want this kind Mom. They're big!

Ahhhhhhhh ....

I found more baby/puppy pictures of me on Hershey's computer! I didn't know Hershey had these! You seem his Mommy had a digital camera before my Mommy did. This picture of me getting a bath was taken just minutes after I came to live at my house. Mommy gave me a bath right away because I was sticky, she said. I think my Mom didn't even have any dog shampoo to use from the look of this picture.

Here are two more pictures of me. My hair was much shorter then.

Today Hershey and I went on a big adventures. I will show you pictures and tell you about it tomorrow.