I had a busy Memorial Day weekend. First I met a new friend in my building, a bulldog named Bob.
Then Boodie let me try on her shirt from the Perkendahl Canine Academy. When I have mastered all my puppy skills I hope to join Boodie at her school and have my own shirt.
Then Mama gave me a bath and I sat in my box with all my toys to relax. I hate a bath.

What do you think? I lost a tooth! It came out while I was playing tug-o-war with my throwing ring and Mama. It hurt and I was surprised to see my little tooth on the floor. Boodie said that we will save it for the K9 Fairy. When we have nine puppy teeth we will put them under the pad in my bed and the K9 Fairy will leave a surprise.

Today Mama cooked just for us dogs. She made hamburger meat and chicken and rice and yams and carrots and smushed things together in a noisy machine until it was like dog food in the can. But it tasted better. I like the hamburger kind best, but Boodie liked the chicken.
I like Mama's food even better than Wellness Puppy.
I still eat some Wellness Puppy Kibble for the crunch.

I went to a street fair with Mama.I met a lot of new friends. Here I am with Lady Gabriella and another dog who didn't say his name. There was a lot of food being cooked but Mama said No.

Here is my new friend Lady Gabriella, aka Gabby who is a rat terrier. She is a nice dog and didn't grrr at me even though I am a puppy and a lot of dogs grrr at me.

I pee-peed on the ground outside today. Mama was very happy.

Mama took me to a place called Walter's where a man gave me a bath and pulled and cut at my hair until I looked like this. I wanted to go home to Mama but I couldn't. Then Mama came and got me. I ate a big bowl of Wellness and chewed on my bone for a long time.

Mama took a video of my first day on a leash, down by St. Vartan's Park.
Then I went for a long walk to 39th and Park Avenue.

Today was a big day for me. Mama took me to Dr. Jennifer who gave me a shot which hurt a lot. I screamed very loudly. But then Dr. Jennifer said I could go out now without the stroller! And I have a tag on my collar that says I have my rabies shot. I have a new red harness and I walked home from the veterinary, and then I had a tun with Boodie and a turn by myself just with Mama.It was very much fun and I want to have a lot of turns every day.

Mama said that tomorrow I go to see Dr. Jennifer again and I will get another shot which I hate but then I will be able to go on the leash like the other dogs. And she bought me a new red leash and harness to wear.

Things you can do with a ball:
Fetch it
Chew on it
Put it in the throwing ring
Put the throwing ring around it
Pull it around the house in the throwing ring
Bat it with a bone
Bat it with your nose
Paddle it around the house with the flying disk
Walk it around the house with only your front paws pushing it
You can do a lot of things with a ball and everybody should have a ball

I have a new flying disk, which is good for pushing my ball around.

I was playing a game with my new toy.

Here I am playing with Maya. We asked Boodie but she didn't want to play.

Here is my cousin Maya with her Mama . Maya shakes her paws to say Hello and Goodbye and to beg. It is very cute.

Yesterday we had company, some ladies which are my Aunt Annie and Aunt Patty and my cousins Sarah and Lavinia and Maya who is a shiba inu.

Maya plays really good and we had fun chasing and play-biting. Then we all had pieces of meatballs.

Mama took our picture when we were resting after playing so hard.

Lavinia put me in her bag for a joke that she was taking me to her New Jersey home but Mama would never let me go really.

My friend Madlyn sent a box of toys for me. And Boodie. But Boodie doesn't like toys. I like toys. I hope someday to meet Madlyn.

Whenever I use the wee-wee pad Mama says "good girl." So then Boodie said that once you have used a thousand wee-wee pads you get a tag for your collar that says "little puppy good girl". I would like such a tag so I pee a lot. On the wee-wee pads.