PUPPY UPDATE

THAT LITTLE MUNCHKIN REALLY BITES HARD. IM TALKING ABOUT OUR NEW YORKIE PUPPY WHO JUST TODAY HAD HIS VERY FIRST BATH, SUCH AN HISTORICAL DAY. HIS NAME IS BARCELO AND IM TELLING YOU A YORKIE IS THE BEST ENTERTAINMENT IN THE WORLD AND THEY BOND WITH YOU SO QUICKLY. I THINK RASCAL, THE JACK RUSSELL IS JEALOUS AS HE IS WITH EVERYTHING SO HE IS STILL IN SHOCK THINKING THAT HE IS NO LONGER THE TOP DOG. NATURALLY, WE ARE GIVING ALL OF THE OTHER DOGS A DRAMATIC AMOUNT OF OTHER ATTENTION SO THAT WAY WE EASE THEIR NEW BROTHER INTO THEIR LIVES SLOWLY. I HAVE TONS OF WORK IN THE YARD TODAY SO I HAVE TO GO AND ITS A SHORTER WORK DAY AS WE ARE GOING TO A DINNER PARTY AT OUR FRIEND, SUZANNA AND JOHN WHO BY THE WAY ARE GREAT REALTORS IN MT DORA,CAMELOT REALTY. SO THAT SHOULD BE FUN AND I THINK MY WIFE NEEDS A BREAK FROM BARCELO! ITS CLOUDY TODAY AND THE LAKE IS ESPECIALLY CALM SO I THINK I WILL SQUEEZE IN A SHORT BOAT RIDE LATE AFTERNOON. SEE YOU LATER.

Dogs...

THERE'S A NEW BABY IN OUR HOUSE. HIS NAME IS BARCELO AND HE IS A YORKIE PUPPY. AS YOU MAY KNOW WE ARE HUGH DOG LOVERS IN OUR FAMILY AND HAVE HAD YORKIES IN THE PAST AND ARE TRULY BONDED WITH THE BREED. I AM SLOWLY AND VERY CAREFULLY INTRODUCING HIM TO THE OTHER DOGS IN THE HOUSE AND I AM MOSTLY CONCERNED THAT THE JACK RUSSELL ACCEPTS HIM. ITS ONLY BEEN A FEW DAYS AND HE IS SO TINY THAT WE HOLD HIM AND MAKE SURE HE IS PROTECTED UNTIL ALL THE DOGS GET USED TO HIM. THE FEMALE GOLDEN REALLY SEEMS TO LIKE HIM AND SEEMS TO HAVE TAKEN A MOTHERLY ATTITUDE AND SEEMS TO LET THE STANDARD POODLES KNOW NOT TO GET TOO CLOSE AS THEY ARE VERY CURIOUS.YES HE IS ALREADY VERY SPOILED AS MY WIFE CARRIES HIM EVERYWHERE AND TAKES HIM TO WORK AND NEEDLESS TO SAY HE IS QUITE ENTERTAINING. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HE HAS CRIED TWICE AND WE ARE LOSING SOME SLEEP AS MY WIFE TREATS HIM LIKE A BABY AND PLAYS WITH HIM. ITS BEEN A YEAR SINCE WE LOST OUR LAST YORKIE,ZEKE, WHO LIVED TO ALMOST 15 YEARS OLD WHICH IS AMAZING FOR A YORKIE. SO IT IS QUITE SPECIAL TO HAVE A PUPPY IN THE HOUSE AGAIN.ON A DIFFERENT DOG NOTE WE HAVE HEARD OF PEOPLE TYING DOGS UP IN THE BACKYARD AND IT SEEMS SO SAD TO HAVE A DOG JUST TO KEEP HIM TIED AND OFTEN ALONE DAY AND NIGHT . IN THIS FLORIDA HEAT PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT IF THE DOG DOES GO OUTSIDE THAT HE HAS SOME SHADE AND HIS WATER CHANGED DAILY. ALSO IT IS CRITICAL IN ANY SEASON ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DOG OR CATS COLLAR IS NOT TOO TIGHT AND THIS CAN HAPPEN AS THE DOG AGES OR GAINS WEIGHT. AND HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT THE PEOPLE WHO TIE THEIR DOGS RARELY SEEM TO GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY WITH THEM AS THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO BE CRAVING ATTENTION. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THE NEGLECTFUL DOG AND CAT OWNERS WOULD JUST FIND ANOTHER HOME WHERE THEY CAN BE GIVEN THE LOVE AND ATTENTION THAT THEY ALL DESERVE. ALSO SOME OF THESE DOGS THAT ARE TIED WILL SOMETIMES HAVE A THICK COAT AND IN THE SUMMER HEAT TO BE TIED IS TRULY A FORM OF ABUSE AS THE POOR DOG HAS NO CHOICE TO GET TO A MORE REFRESHING SPOT. IF YOU EVER COME ACROSS ANYONE WHO DOES THIS TO THEIR DOG PLEASE DO YOUR BEST TO TRY TO GET THEM TO FIND ANOTHER HOME FOR THEM SO THESE DOGS WILL HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE IN LIFE. THAT'S ALL FOR NOW AND ILL TRY TO KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON ANY FUTURE DOG STORIES THAT WE MAY HAVE HERE IN THE SIMS HOUSEHOLD.