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Mickey at 5 wks.Mickey today with mouse. And as you can see some things never change.

Some of you will remember my dog Mouse and his new play mate Mickey. Well Mickey is now almost 6 months old and I have to tell you he is not going to be a small 11Lb. dog like Mouse as he already tops 40lbs. I figure at the rate he is growing he might end up 80lbs or more. He is still cute and playful and full of beans.

I just wanted to let you all know I am looking into saddles as he is more along the lines of a small horse than a small dog as I was led to believe he would be, but do not worry I still will keep the heathen animal. After all he is very smart for a mutt. He now barks when his food dish is empty and if you do not pay attention not to worry he will bring the dish to you and then howl till it gets filled. He brings his empty water dish as well but he just sits and looks at you if he wants water. And exactly a 4 P.M. he will demand his treats.

He likes to talk to us and it can be annoying at times, like in the middle of a good show or when you have a visitor and he wants in on the conversation. He has diffrent noises he makes when he does this. Little yips, kind of a yawning whine, and brief barks. Once in a while he will bay like a hound during his chats. I have no idea of what he is talking about but he sits and looks you in the eye and goes at it.

He has learned to tease Mouse with the stuffed toys now. He gets one and lays on the sofa and hangs the stuffy over the edge moving it back and forth. When Mouse runs to get it Mickey yanks it up and sits on it. Now Mickey is 3 times the size of Mouse and his backside pretty much covers the stuffed animals up so Mouse can't get it and they start a game of keep away. This will go on for hours at a time with Mickey taking off at times with the stuffy and they run from room to room. But Mickey is nice enough to let Mouse get the stuffy a few times to keep the game going.

Mickey is very gentle with Mouse, which we find suprising, (Mouse can be grumpy and snap when he doesn't get his way at times), No matter how many times Mouse snaps at him Mickey just moves a little then goes back and makes up with Mouse. He can fit Mouses head in his mouth and crunch it with no problem but he never snaps back, he just licks Mouse and frowns at him. When he frowns his faces wrinkles up and he looks like one of those dogs with wrinkles all over except Mickey only has them when he frowns.

Now Mickey can hear, smell and spot things long before Mouse but where Mouse will go for what ever it is Mickey will break his neck trying to get behind a person or back into the house. He is not what you would call a watch dog unless you want to watch him run. He really has turned into a clown and added a new aspect to our lifes. I was watching a show about funny things animals do on T.V. and a racoon started to come into a house threw a dog door on the show and Mickey went nuts. He did everything he could to catch that critter and all day he sat growling at the T.V. even when the show was off and several others had come on. It was wierd.

There is one thing Mickey has done that can not be replaced by anything and I will be forever grateful to the people who lied to me and convinced me take this mutt home. My Hubby has been ill for a few years now and he has not felt up to much. Yesturday he told me that he has felt better and wants to get some more test run as he thinks his health is getting better. He wanted to know can a dog make you feel better and give you more energy than you have had in years? It seems that all the laughing and joy this goofy dog has brought into our lifes has made my hubby's alot better.

I don't care if it is the dog that did it or just that he is feeling better, I am just glad that one mutt has brought so much to two older people with his talking, playful, heathen ways. And beleive me he is a heathen as well. I know as he has eaten two shoes of mine, chewed threw the telephone line, gets into our paper trash and crewed up the wooden Santa toys that went with my display. But what the hay, sometimes you have to take the good with the bad, I kept my hubby despite his bad habits so I'll keep the mutt too. After all I can count on alot of laughs all day with Mickey around. He has turned into  a pretty good deal now that I have gotten past the puppy training stage.

He has us trained about as good as he will get us and we have him almost where we want him, I think. We all have a working relationship and Mouse now has a big bud to hang paws with. They both seem to like each other alot and to be honest we love 'em both. (but I do wish they wouldn't sleep in my bed as they are bed hogs.)

Nite all, Merry Christmas and God bless.