Miss Maggie Mae June 24, 2009

This is Maggie Mae:

She’s half lab half poodle…and she’s a bit of a strange one.  First of all, she loves to sit like this…this is kind of how I imagine a cat would sit, if I liked cats and therefor paid attention to how they sat.  She winds up in a little ball and locks herself into place by putting her head on her back like this.  She chases her tail…on command…I have it on video.  It’s hilarious.  I will have to see if I can get that video on here somehow.  She also poops and pees on command…her command is “Get Grass” which worked well and made sense in the old house since we had so much grass….not so much at this house since there isn’t a blade to be seen in our yard.  Our neighbors think we’re nuts telling our dog to “Get Grass” when there obviously isnt any grass to be had!  Maggie Mae also likes to sit like a person in the back seat of the car.  If I so desired, I could reach back there and seat buckle her into place because of where and how she sits. 

However, it is not all good times with Miss Maggie Mae….she has caused quite a bit of frustration around our house, usually having to do with her propensity to eat stuff she is not supposed to.  Along with the frustration comes vet bills too, but those, I can handle. (Thank you pet insurance)

Stuff Maggie Mae has eaten and/or chewed to pieces (that I can remember off the top of my head….this is NOT a comprehensive list!):

-Countless Magazines

-One pair of fairly expensive Coach shoes

-one pair of not so expensive flip flops

-one potted plant from Ikea

-tinfoil

-countless tongs/spatulas and assorted grilling tools

-gorilla glue (most expensive vet bill too date)

-beer bottle

-juice glass

-the book Marley and Me carefully pulled from the book shelf (no other books were destroyed in that eating)

-one hallway wall of drywall

-One Home Depot Do It yourself home improvement book

-A book on labs

-4 wooden drawer pulls from the TV Cabinet

-one chair leg

-three dog beds

-one giant pillow that I had had since college (Im still sad about this one)

-one foot stool that looked like a (lifesized) dog from Rells grandmother (she ate the face off this one….this is the main reason we can’t get another dog…too scared that she would eat the face off of it too)

-one cell phone (I was ok with this…I wanted a new phone anyways)

 

But, she’s pretty cute…so I will forgive her….except for the Coach shoes and the giant pillow that I loved….I’m still holding a grudge over those. ….