Shug the Wonder Dog

Job Interview 101...

6/8/2015

A visit to Mom's school....and someday MY school!

My Mom is a school counselor at Randolph Elementary. Here's what I know about that: she goes there a LOT, she brings home yummy smells on her clothes, my brudder Hank gets to go there now and then, and it's filled with super cool short people.

Mom says I get to work at Randolph when I'm growed up and smarter. The short ones (and even tall ones) at her school LUV doggies, so she took me there to visit right before school was out for the summer.

I can't WAIT to tell you about the cool things that happened that day.

I got to meet the boss lady.....who's also known as the TREAT LADY!

Look at all of the TOYS is Mom's room!!

I got to ride on an ELEVATOR!! It made my tummy feel funny...but I didn't barf!

I got to meet a funny looking kitty with looooong ears named "Goose" in the kindergarten room!

Kids were so excited to see me....they just about busted down the doggie gate!! I was just as excited to see THEM!

Even the tall folks gave me some lovin'. This is another Treat Lady named Katie.

These kids sure do know how to make a guy feel welcome!!

Someday, when I work at Randolph, all of these peoples get to love on me!!

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Home sweet home...

5/9/2015

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I like this place!! It's been almost a month since Mom and Dad brought me home and MAN did I get lucky with this family. They think I'm the cutest thing ever, and my Mom just WILL NOT STOP smooshing my face and kissing my noggin. Dad says I "can't control my licker"...so I guess it runs in the family.

I've been able to meet lots of fun people. One day, I even got to go to school with Mom! There were only adults there...no kids...but boy did they love me! Some people even got down on the floor with me, and yup....more noggin smooches.

Puppy Daycare

I'm too little to stay home all day without Mom and Dad, so I get to go to Puppy Daycare at Allison and Mary's house!! (Jerry and Olivia live there too....but I don't get to see them very much.) Mary has three big dogs, and one of them looks like me! That's Adhara on the left, then Casper (my BFF), me and Bear. Allison is brave to walk all of us at once!

We get to do special activities at their house too! We celebrated Earth Day by getting all dirty. Then there's snuggle time on Allison's lap....and of course nap time. Sometimes I get so worn out over there, I don't even have energy to play with Hank when I get home!

Mom says I'm the best car rider. I just hop in there like I own the place! I prefer sitting in the seat behind Mom's. I like to look out the window and bat my stylish white eyelashes at the girls at Scooters. They pay me in biscuits to do that!

At home, you can find me playing with the 2000 toys they have here (Froggy is my favorite.), or sneaking up on Mac the cat, or barking at the scary stuff (like rakes and the giggle ball toy), sleeping as close to Hank as I can get, climbing on and off of Mom and Dad every two seconds, and sometimes snoring like a lumberjack! (Well, that's what Mom said anyhow.) Ya play hard, ya sleep hard I say!! Click here for snoring.

Mom says I get to do something REALLY FUN sometime in the next two weeks. I can't imagine what could be more fun than my life right now! Hmmmmm.

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"Gotcha day"...

4/12/2015

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On Thursday, April 9th, Mom and Dad FINALLY came to take me to my furever home. They even drove through a weird spring blizzard on the way to get me! They must really love me.

It sure was hard to leave my pack, but my new girlfriend Elsa took my mind off of it. Kris got leaky eyes again when we left. She should get that checked out!

Elsa and I looked at the snow on the way home. She didn't even care when I got mud on her.

When we got home, I got to meet by big brudder....and I MEAN BIG! He's not white like me, but he has a lot of white on his face! I also got to meet a strange looking dog named Mac. Mom says he's a cat. Looks like a mini orange dog to me.

Two days after I got here, Mom and I went to a Backpack Walk! That is a place were there were LOADS of people, and even other dogs! I also got to see a big, puffy Spartan dude. He tried to pet me. I wasn't even scared of him! There were lots of kids that petted me...and I found out that I LOVE cheerleaders. That is me and Liv up there. She used to go Mom's school! I'm in love.

Here's the rest of the excitement from my first weekend:
*I got a tick!! But Mom made me get rid of it.
*We went to TSC to go shopping and I drug Dad out of there so I could potty. He said I was super smart for telling him. Well, duh! I AM super smart!
*I got to see my good buddies the Chapo family. Tracie and John came to see me on the farm when I was just a month old. You never forget people that special, no matter how young you were when you met.
*Mom took me to her school to work on Sunday! I played with the toys and smelled all the "kid smells". Mmmm. Smelled like bacon to me.
*I got to go meet the Mattox family and their pack. Allison is going to be my pup sitter. WHOA! I thought Hank was big....but Bear is like a cow!! He's a super nice friend now...and the best part was meeting Casper!! He's white just like me...and is just about 5 months older than me! WOW! Are we ever gonna have fun while Mom is at work. He's my new BFF.

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The Family Tree...

3/29/2015

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THis is my Fur Mama Vixen. Isn't she purdy??
She has curly, wavy hairs on her body. I hope I get some of those curls when I'm all growed up.

Mama Vixen's "fancy" name is Vixen Cheske Chlupy. Cool, huh? Her Mom and Dad are from Yugoslavia!! I don't know where that is, but I bet it's a long ways away!!

Mama loves tennis balls and is pretty well known as a toy thief. That's okay Mama. I still love you.

This is my Fur Papa Cherokee. WOW! He's cool. Everyone says I'm gonna look just like him.....'cept maybe a bit whiter. As you can see, Papa LOVES to talk. He just talks, and talks, and talks.

Papa's "fancy" name is Cherokee Cheske Chlupy and HIS Mama is from Hungary! I'm always hungary!! Papa even has relatives from Russia and Sweden and Britain.

Papa has a big tail, and sometimes I get bonked in the head with it. I'm sure that's an accident, and NOT because I was buggin' the other puppies.

This is Annie Oakley. She's suh-weeeet. You can tell how sweet she is because I'm pullin' on her tail pretty hard! I love her dark orange color.

This here is me and Kimball. She's my step-sister. I don't know who is more like glue....Kimball or me.

Kimball's Ma is Annie Oakley and her Pa is my Pa! Eventually she'll go with her real Ma and Pa..but right now they don't have fence! That just won't work!

Kimball's been lookin' over me ever since I was a tiny guy. She used to stick her nose in the whelping box all the time to check on us. I guess she loves me most of the time.

GET ME AWAY FROM THOSE WEIRD LOOKIN' DOGS MA!!

I don't know where those weird dogs came from, but they sure 'nuff are ugly!

They even speak a different language!
I think when they say "buck, buck, buck".....that means "woof, woof, woof".

I'll stick to my pack, thank you.

Other members of our pack include River....who is Mama Vixen's sis. They look about like twins, 'cept River doesn't have curls like Mama. There also are a buncha cats around here. They leave me alone, I leave them alone. That just how life should be. With cats, anyhow.

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Those that came before...

3/14/2015

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When my new mom and dad come to visit...they tell me stories about their other dogs. I love bedtime stories! In 2002, Mom brought her first therapy dog to her school. His name was Zeke and I heard he was super special. He started at school at only 3 months old. What was Mom thinking? He did a lot of wonderful things for the students, and everyone was very sad when he died of cancer at only six years old. I wish I had a job like Zeke had. Enjoy the slideshow of Zeke memories below.

Sophie was the next pup Mom took to school. Sophie was given up by a family who thought she was mean to their children! How rude! Sophie loooooves kids and she used to do some silly things like eat rocks and sneak out of classrooms to look for tennis balls. She sounds like a girl I could get along with! Sadly, Sophie died of kidney failure in January of 2015. Here are some pictures of Sophie (A.K.A. Super Puppy)

Next they told me about Hank (A.K.A. Hank-o-potomous and Hank-enstein). Sounds like Hank has a BIG personality. Hank goes to school with Mom now....but only a couple of days a week. Even at the age of 7, Hank likes to act like a puppy. (Like me??) Hank is most famous for walking himself in the hallways with his leash in his mouth. I can't WAIT to meet such a cool guy! Some pics of Hankster...

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And so it begins.....

3/7/2015

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On December 26th, 2014, my seven brothers and sisters and I were born to my Fur Mama Vixen. I'm sure that my Fur Papa Cherokee was somewhere nearby smoking a doggie cigar. We were born in a beautiful log house at Golden Souls Kennel near Bruno, Nebraska. Doesn't it sound idyllic? It's like heaven there. Kris and Ray took great care of us. Mama Kris loves to give us noggin smooches.

Here is the pack at Golden Souls Kennels. Left to right is: Vixen (my mama), Annie, River, Cherokee (my papa), and Kimball. River and Vixen are sisters and Kimball was born from Annie and Cherokee. Kris says I'm going to look just like my Papa Cherokee. I'll be a "chick magnet"!!

This is the day my REAL Mom and Dad and I fell in love. They picked me out SPECIAL!!

I turned on my charm so they'd get the best pup. I heard they have a big plan for me. Wonder what that is??

Soon, my bros and sissies started leaving to go to their furever home. This is the last picture of the "pile of eight". Every time a pup left, Kris got leaky eyes. I don't know what that was about. Good thing she has me around to look after her until my new Mom and Dad are ready for me!

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Job Interview 101...

A visit to Mom's school....and someday MY school!

These kids sure do know how to make a guy feel welcome!!

Someday, when I work at Randolph, all of these peoples get to love on me!!

Home sweet home...

Puppy Daycare

"Gotcha day"...

The Family Tree...

Those that came before...

And so it begins.....

Susie Mahoney

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