Happy Birthday to ME and the 5 Love Languages

I am really excited! This Friday, November 14th, is my first birthday!  I can't believe how time flies.  It seems like yesterday I was just born!  I've been thinking about what I would like for my birthday, and mom asked me what my love language is.  I didn't have a clue what she was talking about so she had to explain it to me...There are 5 love languages.  Maybe if I go over them one by one I can figure out what my primary (I just learned that word today) love language is and then mom will know what to get me for my birthday:

1.  Physical Touch-Guess that means tummy rubs, hugs, and kisses.  I get lots of those all the time.
2.  Words of Affirmation-things like "Good Dog!"  "You did it" This is when I go to the bathroom outside.
3.  Receiving Gifts-I like pigs ears, balls, and stuffed toys. Also, anything soft and furry to rest on.     My favorite toy right now is my hedgehog. I had a monkey that I really liked but I blew it today.  For the first time in my entire life I ruined a toy; chewed the stuffing out.  Mom says I can't be trusted anymore.  I don't think those are words of affirmation.

4. Quality time-This would be mom taking me on walks, throwing the ball, chasing me around the yard, and all those really fun things!
5. Acts of Service-Mom carrying me when she thinks I could be walking, (I absolutely LOVE to be carried) getting a pet sitter for me at night when she has a photoshoot instead of leaving me alone.

I had to think about this for awhile because I like all of them.  But I decided that my favorite is quality time.  I just love spending time with mom, and it really doesn't matter what we are doing. I even like it when she takes pictures of me!  Just as long as we are together.

So much for leaves

You may have read in my previous blogs that I have a few problems, including a leaf fetish. When mom takes me out for walks I go for every leaf I see.  She finds it quite annoying.  This habit has improved a bit over the last few months, but I am still struggling with the desire to chase and eat leaves.

Mom thought that since I had a thing with leaves, she would try to pose me with some.  The last few days on our walks she's been collecting leaves that she finds on the ground.  Tonight she thought it might be fun to pose me in her collection.  Was she in for a surprise!  I absolutely hated it--I wouldn't smile and kept jumping out of the picture.  This was a big shock to mom because I am generally so good at doing what she wants.  But these were dry and prickly, and sitting in a pile of these was so terribly uncomfortable! You can tell by the look on my face I wasn't happy. And as much as I love leaves, I didn't even try to eat one.

This may have stopped me from eating leaves permanently.  Time will tell.  If it did, mom may be telling others how to cure their animals of a bad habit--just saturate them with whatever it is they are obsessed with.  

Two good things happened this week, though.  I got to be in the "Behind the Scenes" portion of 805 Living magazine this month.  Mom has been shooting for them for 10 years, but this is the first time I got in the magazine. The blurb even gave a link to my blog, so I feel really special.

But the best thing was seeing Grace and Luke today.  It was loads of fun! Grace fed me from her hand.  They played blocks, did crafts, and read books while I snuck around and chewed their toys that I found on the ground. I hope they don't mind that there's a few chunks out of some of their things. I just couldn't help it.  They were having so much fun and I needed something to do. A dog needs to do dog things.