First off, we went over to Mike and Crystal's for game night on Friday where I got to hang out with April and Gami and all the big humans.
Then, we came home after Mike gave me ice creams, he thinks this makes me love him more than Mom... he could be right. Mom went to bed late and woke me up a little after 3am! She's crazy. Mom got ready for something and took me outside for business and fed me 1/2 my breakfast. Crazy and weird. Then Mom left! She said she was going to pick up new retired greyhounds. I think there were some kinks in her plans though, cause Hotel de Phil (the back of Mom's car where I ride) smelled more like Mom than strange dogs. Word on the street was that the doggies were late and Mom had to leave before the doggies arrived. :( The doggies still got to come to GHC and try to find their forever families though!
When Mom came home, it was still morning, so she took me out for a short walk and to go business and fed me the other half of my breakfast. We hung out for a little while and then Mom surprised me with my delicious noms bone... Then, after I got tired of chewing, I took a nap while Mom talked to Dad and took her nap. Then, she left again! This time she was in her work clothes though. She came home to feed me lunch around normal dinner time and we went to the dog park for business time and I impressed her by fetching a tennis ball three times! She's easily impressed, what can I say, I trained her well... Mom went back to work and she got home late.
Then on Sunday morning Mom left in the morning and came back. We hung out for a little bit and I did more chewing on my delicious bone and then we took naps. Then we went on a ride (my new favorite thing, btw) with Crystal and Mike and Gami! We went to St. Mary's River State Park for a hike/walk. This was where the most interesting part of my weekend took place... and Mom's loudest moment of the weekend.....
We came up a hill and there were 2 women and 1 man with a more small than medium sized furry black dog (FBD). Gami went up to FBD and they sniffed and Gami started barking at FBD. FBD growled at Gami then I walked over to FBD and sniffed. FBD then stood up on its back legs and growled at me. Before Mom could even try to pull me away, I decided that FBD was going to be a tasty treat. I grabbed FBD by the neck and wouldn't let go. Mom is yelling and Gami backed away like she didn't know who I was and the strange man is trying to pry FBD from my mouth while the other 2 women are holding FBD. While the man is trying to get the FBD from my mouth, Mom smelled something and realized that the FBD pooped, some of which landed on the strange man's foot. Finally, the strange man got the FBD from my mouth and handed it to one of the women.
While Mom is trying to hold me back, I wiggled lose and out of my collar and went back over to the strangers trying to find the FBD. The strange man grabbed me and Mom put my collar back on me. Mom and I backed away and one of the women said, "She blinked finally. I think she's still in shock." The other woman had been feeling around the FBD's neck for any punctures/blood but she didn't find any. The man explained, "This happened before with a lab when she was a puppy." Mom is continually asking if the FBD is ok while holding my collar and trying to cover my eyes. Mom gave the people her phone number so they could call if they found any kind of wounds later.
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| Thundar thighs!!!!!! |
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| Mom pretending to sit on me like I'm her personal bench... |
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| Pictures together! |
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| Dis is fun! |
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| Is dere more tasty fuzzies for me? I kid, I kid... kinda. |
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| Hai Mom!!! |
After the scuffle, we continued on our walk. I went on like nothing had happened. Mom and Mike and Crystal kept talking about it for the rest of the walk. They were all very surprised that I had decided that FBD was for eating. Dad told Mom, "Next time, you'll remember his muzzle." Mom told him, "I didn't even think of it because usually he's got no issues. We've walked by pure Maltese dogs before and he doesn't even care. We can even walk by squirrels without him turning his head even. Today was completely out of the blue, but apparently Phil is a huge fan of fuzzies." Showed you, Mom!
Mom says that our ride to NC in a week and a half is going to be a little bit cramped for me, but on the way back to MD with Dad in the car, it's going to be even more cramped. Today in the car, Mom had one of the back seats up for Mike to sit in, which kinda threw me off my game since there was less space for me, but on the way home, when I finally got tired of standing, I laid down in the very back and was fine, which made Mom feel better about crowding Hotel de Phil.
Whew, being retired is hard!
