My birfday is coming up–next week I’ll be 4 years old! To commemorate that momentous event, I decided to entertain you with a few stories about when I was just a lass. You know, ‘back-in-the-day’ type of stories. We all have them. And things haven’t changed much in the past 3 years. So, here we go–originally posted August 17, 2010.
I’m bored. It’s been hot for days, which means no walks during the day, no park during the day, no this, no that, not much of anything! Mom says that’s not true–we just have to do things differently. She said it’s going to cool off tomorrow–boy, am I glad! (‘cept now it’s cold and raining and raining and raining. BORING)
I’ve already told you I have LOTS of energy, so when it’s hot, I just can’t sleep all day like Toby does and I don’t know how to read yet like Mom and Dad do. So, inbetween deviling the cats and chewing my antler, I decided to list my 10 favorite things to do. I’m not sure I can even count to 10–remember I’m not even 9-months old–but I’ll try. My list is not necessarily in order. I know which is my favorite, do you?
10. Tease cats–I get in trouble for doing this, but it’s FUN. If they would just learn….. (Um, sometimes I still tease them…)
9. Chew my elk antler–I spend a lot of time doing this. Mom says it helps my teeth AND I don’t chew it up in 5 minutes like I do all my other toys. (my fave!)
8. School–you might say “why is this fun“? Because Mom and Dad learn stuff and I have fun! (remedial education is an ongoing thing around here, for some reason)
7. Play games–I play a lot of games, like “leave it”, “come”, “NOW”, “drop”, “off” (that one I don’t do so well), “quiet” and of course, “sit”, “down”, “wait” and “stay” (I don’t do that very well either). What I like best about games are the treats! (YEP–this is a keeper!)
6. Go to the park–I get really excited when we get in the car and Mom takes Toby & me to the park. I have LOTS of friends there that I can run and wrestle with. I especially like to go to 1000 acres park with Toby II. He’s my best friend. Mom says it’s good to be “socialized”, whatever that means. Friends teach me stuff and I teach them stuff. Like school. (1000 acres is still my fave! Others? Not so much)
5. Play ball–I play ball at home when we can’t go out (like now). I even bring it back! Mom played ball with me in the pool today. WOW–do you know that’s two fun things in one? (well, you know the answer to this one 🙂 )
4. Walks–We do that a LOT. I sometimes get to meet Mom’s friends and I’m very good and “sit”. Sometimes I see Oz and we get to play! (my buddy Oz moved, but nothing else has changed)
3. Off-leash–Oh, wow. I LOVE this. But Mom is always in control. She’s the top dog, right? I think so. Sometimes she won’t let me run free (like when I don’t “come” right away). I always know where Mom is, but sometimes she doesn’t know where I am. She says I’m learning. That’s what school is for, right? (Mom’s still the boss here…)
2. Digging–Mom says I’m digging a hole to Croatia. They “think” they are leaving me here when they go, but won’t they be surprised when I pop up! (OMD, I just found out I was digging to Australia–not Croatia. Guess I should have looked at a map….)
1. Water–I LOVE water. Yep, I LOVE water. The river, the pool, the beach–you name it. Mom says I don’t even know about snow yet. She says that’s water too. We’ll see…. (I should have added mud here, but it’s still has that water component. Right?)
So, what do you think? Pretty good list, huh? Do you think I forgot something? Did you guess my favorite? What do you think it is?
We hope you get to do ALL the things on your list this birthday!!
Happy Happy 😀
Wyatt and Stanzie
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I love your list! Except the water, That’s wet :o) I think digging is fabulous, but your right we need a map or a gps. I tried to dig a tunnel to U.S. and landed in china :o)
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Yeah, sometimes I don’t know whether to take a left turn or a right one when I get down far enough…
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Yeah, I don’t much care for water either, but I do love snow! Sadly, the human moved where we will never see snow again. I hope we decide to move back to snow!
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Those are all fun things, except the water. And I’ve never been to school. And your kitty looks so much like my brofur Apollo! Wooooowoooooooo!
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Oh Sage you are so very special!! Really!!!!!! It takes a very special Mom too,,, to take care of you!!
Happy early Birthday!!!
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Golden LOVE the list Sage. I give most of them Golden PAWS Up!!! Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
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I was expecting MUD BATH to be number one! No, water don’t count!
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Well, I was only 9-months old then…my excuse!!
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What a great list Sage! If I had to guess, I’m going to say digging and mud are definitely your favorite today!
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I’m NOT a cat…wooof… I think playing ball is your favorite. Pawkiss 🙂
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Funny Sage you don’t eat green things. All of my dogs going way back to the early 70’s have liked green beans so very much!!
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We really expected to find MUD as #1, but we suppose if there is water and if there is Sage, then there will also be mud:)
Woos – Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning
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I love your list! I’m currently working on a tunnel to China, but Dad keeps filling it back in when I’m inside. That drives me crazy!
Bunny
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You have an awesome list! I’m a fan of most of those things too, just digging we don’t do at my house.
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Brilliant list!!
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That was a great list Sage! You can tease me any old time, I wouldn’t mind one bit!
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Good list. But I’m surprised you had water as #1 instead of water mixed with dirt. 🙂
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I don’t think you’ve changed all that much over the years, Sage. I’d say it’s a toss up between water and digging as to which is your favorite!
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