A life in the Sunni-shine!!

Hello Again!

i'm back, and this time i have yet another change in my life. first, it was my mom and dad getting me a new baby brother copper, and now, mom and dad decided it was time to get a new house. we used to live with my dad's parents, who are the owners of patti, and his sister adn her family, who are the owners of leo. mom, dad, me, and copper now live in a house of our own, and me and copper are the only two dogs here. it's a lot quieter here without leo and patti to bark at each other all day. and now i'm really glad that i have a new brother since i'm not lonely! we do have roomates here though. mom and dad are sharing the house with another young couple that have two little boys! me and copper have already met these people before, so we are comfortable with them. me and copper like the new house very much. it has a big backyard for us to play in, and everybody likes to pet us and play with us. we have been getting a lot of praise from mom and dad for being good dogs while getting used to the new house. mom wonders if i miss leo and patti, but copper keeps me pretty busy during the day playing and teaching so i dont have much time for that. anyway, i'll tell you all more about the new house another time. copper is chewing on my tail so i have to go teach him a lesson.

getting used to life in a new place
Sunni

New food??!!

i was so wrapped up in telling everyone about Copper that i forgot to say that mom got me started on a new food last week. she was reading some stuff about dog food, and about how a lot of them have artificial flavors and fillers. she looked at the ingredients of my benefuls, and she was shocked! the food that she thought was "filled with all the good stuff" was actually not that good. there was at least 50% of ground yellow corn in it, which is not so good for me, as it's hard for most dogs to digest. she was wondering why i wasnt putting on any weight for muscles, and that's why. so she did some research, and found a great brand at petco that's made of over 75% real meat. she bought a small bag of it to test out on me, and voila! i loved it! this stuff tastes waayy better than the beneful's does. even my wacky dad tried it and said it was good to him. now, i dont even look at the benefuls stuff anymore, and i completely clean my bowl every time it's filled! the food is called Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance, and they have several really good formulas. mom got me the AMP formula, which is better for active dogs like me. nana is supposed to be trying out a different formula for patti that is good for skin allergies. Copper likes it too, and mom says she notices the changes in both of us already. we dont potty as much, and both of our coats are shiny and pretty! plus, i feel a lot better. i can almost feel my muscled getting stronger!! yay!

much happier with my new food,
Sunni

New Little Brother

hello everyone. well, i'm not mommy and daddy's only baby anymore. they adopted another puppy named Copper. he's a bloodhound and labrador mix, and very playful. at first i didnt like him, and i barked at him. patti and leo barked and growed at him too, and he went to go hide behind mommy's legs. then, mommy decided to take the both of us in into the bedroom for some alone time. copper sniffed all over the place, and i watched him very carefully. he went near my food bowl, and i didnt like that. i growled at him, and mommy fussed at me. after mommy fussed at me, i decided to give the pup a chance. after all, i mom liked him, then he couldnt be so bad. it took me a little while, but i finally started to like him. we played for a while, and then we went outside so that mommy could help him learn to potty in the right places. and when it came time to go to sleep, i was happy enough with copper to let him cuddle next to me. me and copper are now good friends, and i dont mind having a little brother. i dont mind sharing mommy and daddy, adn they both make sure they give me and copper the same amount of love.

Nurse Sunni!

Hello!! Last Friday, my mommy was not feeling good at all. She had a bad reaction to her medicine and had to come home early from work. I was surprised and happy to see Mommy home early, but as soon as she walked in I could tell something was wrong. She petted me like always, but she didn't rub my neck or hug me or scratch my ears like usual. And she didn't go outside to play with me. She went right to bed and stayed there.
Being the compassionate labbie I am, I stayed with her. I laid on the bed with her to keep her feet warm and licked her hand to let her know I was there. Daddy brought some food in for her and for the first time I didn't try to ask for some. Daddy also took Mommy's temperature, and I barked when the beeping started so that Daddy would check it. Mommy stayed in bed for the rest of the day, and I stayed right with her. Daddy tried to call me to go outside for a little while, but I was too worried.
You see, my mom doesn't get sick that often. And every time I get sick or I'm hurt, she keeps a good watch on me. Plus, when I am having Doggie Nightmares (HORRIBLE!) she holds my head and talks to me and pets me until it goes away. I wanted to return the favor for her. And the next morning, Mommy was feeling much better and I got a lot of praise and attention. She said I was the best Nurse she ever had and gave me plenty of treats.
I am very happy that she is feeling better now and I am on the lookout for the next time my mom needs her Special Nurse.

Happy that the world is right again,
Sunni.

The Blessed Life of a Very Loved Dog

i have posted a couple of entries about the horrible treatment of people and their pets. Let me tell you a little about how my day goes instead.
when the alarm goes off and mom and dad wake up, the first thing they do is take me outside to potty, saying "hurry, hurry!" the whole way. this came from many times when they waited a while or didn't walk fast enough and we wound up with a puddle to pick up. after i potty, they let me back in, and i get my breakfast (a Benefuls prepared meal) and a vitamin(mom likes to make sure i get all the nutrition i can). if it's a weekday, mom and dad both pet me and tell me they love me and then they go off to work. dad is a landscaper so he's home a lot. while mom is at work, me and dad laze around, watching tv or napping, or we go out in the back yard and play some ball. i wrestle with leo and try to stay out of the way of patti, since she's an old girl and get's annoyed easy. i also play with dad's nephews when they come home from school. mom comes home from work, and i meet her at the door with a big kiss. the pets me and then my Nana, whom we live with, gives me and patti and leo treats for being good dogs all day long. we get our bowls filled up with Benefuls dry food, and then we wait for everyone to finish supper. if there's enough left, we all get to share it. after supper is over, we either go out to play some more or we go lay down in the bedroom. that wraps up the day for a weekday. on weekends,since mom doesnt work then, they try to take me somewhere or spend some special time with me playing outside. we go to the park, and down to the boat launch to go play in the water. sometimes, we go to petco and i get a choice at the snack bar. well, that pretty much wraps it up. mom says i'm spoiled but i'm a good girl so i deserve it. all of thier friends like me, and they all say that i'm very pretty and healthy. i'm a very happy dog, since i get so much attention and get to have so much fun with mom and dad. i just wish that more dogs would have happy days like mine.

Some Humans Make Me SICK!

Okay, I was just reading the blogs with my mommy, and we were bot disgusted by some of the things that people do to animals. Like that firefighter. He is just one big Butthole! How could someone do that to their pets? It's insane!

It's like last week, Mommy went to Wal-Mart. The intercom went off, and someone began reading off a license plate, and then they said "Can you please go roll down your windows and check on your dog? He looks like he's not doing so well." Can you believe it?! A perfectly normal, sane person left their dog in their car, windows all the way up, in one of the hottest Junes this state has ever seen, while they went into a store! If Mom is riding with me, someone stays in the car with me (like my daddy) if she has to go somewhere I can't go. Otherwise, she waits until I'm safely back home. That's how it's supposed to be!

Another thing that upsets me and Mom is that we keep hearing of cruelties happening to people we know and their dogs. Poisonings, someone pouring some flesh-eating chemical on a dog, and people that beat their dogs. All of the people that me and Mom know take excellent care of their animals, and I'm sure that anyone that loves their pet enough to put them on this website will never do those things either.

the not-so-good life...

i was just reminded that i am one of the lucky pups. i have a loving family, a warm place to sleep at night, and plenty of fresh food and water whenever i'm hungry or thirsty. i dont have to worry about being too cold, too hot, getting sick, being hungry, or any of those things. my mom takes wonderful care of me and i am very happy. but not all pups are lucky. and you others here on dogster know what i mean. your moms and dads know what i'm talking about here. dogs that are put in shelters, dogs that are abused, starved, or even killed. i watched animal cops houston with mom one day and she cried and all she wanted to do was hold me and pray. i know this hurts her when she hears about it, so now i'm going to do something about it. please put your paws together in prayer and give your bark to the cause that is right. one day, if enough of us pray and speak out against this, it will come to a stop and all pups will be happy like me.

Abour mw

1. What color is your collar? Collar- red, Harness- blue

2. What kind of food do you eat? Natural Balance AMP

3. What are your favorite treats? Natural Balance turkey oatmeal cranberry

4. Do you have a Valentine or significant other?? colby, a lab mix

5. Do you get Table Scraps? yes!!! whatever Mom doesnt eat!!

6. What is your favorite toy? balls, stuffies, dad's old socks

7. When is your Birthday? February 3rd 2008

8. How many times a day do you get to eat? once. i ate to much before

9. Do you have a favorite color? i look good in red or blue.

10. Do you hope all your pals puts this in their diary?yes!!