Jack's Big Debut

Alright folks, you’ve waited with bated breath for this moment. At long last the highly anticipated puppy pics! Upon review of these pictures I’m even more convinced that the day of the digital camera is drawing near. The hard copies turned out pretty well, but somewhere between the film and whatever scanning program Wal-Mart uses, the pictures turned out pretty grainy… Well, we’ll just look at it as though I did it as a purposeful artistic gimmick. So, without further ado, drumroll please…

Puppy Pics 2005!! (And believe it or not, this is highly edited down from the total number of pictures I actually took—scary.)

Heeeeeeere’s Jackie!!! (Only please don’t call him Jackie, because that name actually gives me cold chills of fear)

Drinking—one of his favorite things to do... Lush. Oh, and you can also see one of his pink toys that I bought when I thought he was going to be a girl, and are now his *favorite* things to play with. Sigh, what a man. All he needs now is a spangly clutch and dangerously high hooker heels and he'll be ready to go.

Oh my God, isn’t that so cute it hurts?? This is Baby, his other favorite pink toy. Hang on a minute, I need a hug.

Here you can see the Baby Gates of Death… see how there are only vertical slats? And they’re about 3 feet high? Yeah, that’s what he climbed over. Please don't ask me how.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy… (Okay I’ll stop with the psycho Shining references now)

And here we have the Crate of Doom… let’s just not even discuss right now.

I’m sorry, I have no funny caption for this, but it just cracks me up. Any suggestions?

Let’s see… which toy should I get out of my basket, bring to the other side of the room, and then proceed to not play with…

Oh, yes, the bed that I shelled out big bucks for and now have to bribe him to so much as step foot in. When I took this picture? I was holding a cookie in one hand to keep him in there.

Here is the Demon Ball that is my personal favorite… it’s supposed to stimulate his mind as he rolls it around and realizes that food comes out of it. In fact, it just scares the crap out of him. Is it terrible that I find great entertainment in his neuroses?

And my other babies, lest they think they have been forgotten… Which, honestly, they kind of have a little bit. I’m a terrible mother...

Okay mom, get off the damn computer and play with me! Remember, part of the reason you got a puppy was so you would get off your fat ass and do something other than watch The Soup?

Comments

[Russ]

Hey great puppy! I have a great Golden Retreiver named Sunny and I love her!!!
A little tip on the chewing thing... he is going through the same thing children do when they are teething. Give him some ice cubes to chew on. I used to always set out a whole bowl of them for Sunny and I never had a chewing problem.
And the crate thing? Don't cave and it will be the best thing you ever did toward training him.
I LOVE DOGS!!!

[Jass]

Oh my he's such a cutie pie! I love the pics, keep them coming girl. :-)

Oh and by the way there's nothing wrong with the name Jackie, hehe my favorite dog, the one I had while living in Spain was named Jacky, hehe and he was a boy. We learned to love it. Ahhh I miss him terribly.

[Nancy]

Great pictures. He is so cute. My son would love a d-o-g. But, we are gone all day.

Michele sent me....

[anne]

Oh, he's gorgeous!! I can't wait til we get our dogs!! :)

I think that crate is too small for him? What happens when he gets bigger. :)

Proud mama, keep em coming!
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[Shani]

Oh, so cute!! I'm jealous:) I want a dog so bad, but it would be traumatized since I'm never home and Trey is incompetent. Keep taking pictures!

[Mandy]

He is soooo adorable.. ok I'm feeling 'puppy' broody if there's such a thing LOL. Thanks for sharing his pics with us :)

[Angela]

Aww, y'all are so good at the gushing thing--Jack and I love it!

Anne, you actually hit on a pretty controversial issue--the crate! We got the medium sized one, put it together, put him in it and realized that just like you said if he grows any, he'll be pretty cramped. So, we disassembled, brought it back to Wal-Mart to exchange it, but were then *horrified* by how huge the next size up is! So, we went back to the medium size and Jack and I have an agreement that he's just not allowed to grow anymore! I do still have the receipt and packaging for it, so if he does grow some more I can bring it back in and exchange it again. (Since he's spent approximately 5 minutes in the crate so far, that shouldn't be a problem...)

And Shani, yeah, my not ever being at home was an issue at first since I'm at work at least 10-12 hours a day, but hey I figure as long as I walk him in the evening him being here alone by himself is better than a dead puppy!