Patience

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It’s a rainy day today, so we’re trapped inside.
As you can see silly things happen when we’re trapped inside. My little sister had fun messing with Petal’s face while I had fun taking pictures.
Petal is very patient, incase you hadn’t noticed. 😉

I could use a little more patience today. My laptop, after serving me faithfully for nearly seven years, may have finally bit the dust. It won’t charge anymore and it makes funny noises when you open it.
Neither one are good signs, I’m thinking.
So I downloaded the Blogger app and a few photo editing apps onto my iPod Touch. The Blogger app is lame. Why can’t I center the content of my post? (“But Marquie! This post IS centered!” you say; I’ll explain in just a moment). And why must you do such a crummy job of resizing my picture?

So I downloaded the Photobucket app, hoping I could resize the above image there.
I have yet to figure it out.

After growling at my iPod many, many times, I finally took up my sister’s offer to borrow her laptop. She even made me my own account.
I know. She’s awesome.

So here I am. Praise be the laptop.

The rain hail is pouring, pouring, pouring now!
Good thing I made Kongs this morning. Lassie, Petal and Penny can only nap for so long.

Just kidding. It’s done now… for now.
That’s Utah for you.

Sleepy Puppy

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Zzzzz.

Penny outgrew her black puppy collar, so I fitted her in one of Ella’s old ones.
A bittersweet moment for me. I used one Ella hadn’t worn in a long while, just to make it easier for myself. A light blue collar with hearts that are wearing off; the collar I bought her from Target before I discovered the durable Dublin Dog collars (that saved me a boatload of money, if only I had discovered them sooner for Ella The Destroyer of Collars).

Penny is so much like Ella that I often wish I could’ve seen how Ella would’ve felt about having a mini-me around.
Would she have loved it? Or would it have annoyed her?
I miss that crazy dog.

Cheater!

Hey everyone, Petal here.
I’ve taken over the keyboard to warn all you doggies that my cousin, Penny, is a dirty, lousy, ankle biting, tail snatching cheater.
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Don’t think this sweet little face is capable of cheating?
Well, you’re wrong. So wrong, friends.
Just look at the photographic proof!
Example number 1:
Here I am, minding my own business,

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Then all of the sudden,

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she came running out of no where and body slammed me!
Thud, right against my ribs.
Good thing I’m a super strong super hero and just laughed it off, like super strong pups do.

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Example number 2:

Here we are, enjoying a lovely game of chase, but why is Penny running with her mouth wide open like that?

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Looks like she’s getting ready to take a bite out of something, doesn’t she?
That’s because she is.

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Yes, that IS my tail in her mouth! The little piranha!

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You see, Penny is jealous of my spectacular speed, but instead of simply being faster, she grabs hold of my tail to keep up.
Cheater.

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Case closed.
Penny is a cheater cheater, poopoo pumpkin eater.
But we still have fun.

Yours truly,
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A Wild Penny

What is this?

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It’s a wild Penny Pirana!
(Yeah, we’re working on what she can and cannot sink her teeth into: Yes you can chew on that toy. No you cannot chew on my fingers).

She is growing like a weed.
When she first got here she was shorter than our 20 pound, giant cat and then suddenly she woke up with these long legs and is now taller than the cat.
I hope my cousin still recognizes her. 😉

Delectable Collie Fluff

I hold in my hand a ball of Collie fluff…

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but good luck convincing a certain puppy of that.
Penny is convinced it’s not just “Collie fluff”, she’s convinced it’s a delicious and wonderful toy/treat!

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“It’s filled with happiness and joy.
Don’t take it from me.”

I’m always fishing Collie hair out of her mouth.
She stalks me while I brush Lassie and Petal.
Her eyes and head follow the brush’s every move and the second I turn it around to pull out the fluff, she bounces, grabs a mouthful straight from the prickly pin brush, and runs off with it.
She pulls it apart, chews on it, pulls it apart again, and chews some more until it’s a big, slobbery, knot of nastiness hanging out of the side of her mouth, which I have to pick off.
Gross.

It’s funny, annoying and gross all at once.

A little shiny Penny

We got dumped on again today!

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I’m so glad. Snow is so much more enjoyable than mud. Ick.
And that’s not just my preference, the Collies agree. Snow is more fun.
I like that I don’t have eight twelve little paws to clean.
Yes. Twelve.
The snow is not the most exciting thing that’s going on over here.

On Wednesday night I finally found a cure for puppy fever.

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The cure: steal your cousin’s puppy for awhile.
No, she’s not mine (but I bet I had you going there for a second, didn’t I?). She’s just crashing with us for awhile.

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Her name is Penny. She’s four months old. She’s a mixed breed of some sort. My cousin was told that her Mom is a Golden Retriever, but they had no idea who the father was. So we’re having fun guessing. My cousin guessed Pit Bull and we’ve guessed Boxer, though her bark/howl sounds hound-ish to me.
Whatever she is, she’s cute.
While her markings aren’t as dark and striking as his, she still reminds me a bit of Pallo from So Fly.

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Petal is frequently reminding her who’s boss around here (with her withering stare, she’s so good at that that she doesn’t even need to growl), but other than that, they get along pretty well now that it’s been a few days. Petal is patient with her puppy antics, but won’t put up with her playing too roughly. They get along especially well outside, where there’s nothing to bicker over, just lots of room to chase each other and wrestle.

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When it comes to chase, Penny can’t keep up with Petal, who’s part Cheetah. Penny whines and cries as she chases down Petal. She frequently slips and trips too, whether she’s walking, running or trotting.
How I missed clumsy puppy feet.

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If she manages to get close enough, she loves to grab Petal’s tail, it’s the only way she can keep up. Petal starts tucking her tail and butt under herself after the first time or two.

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Her personality reminds me of Ella.
Or what I imagine Ella would’ve been like if she had ever been medicated. Penny is much more mellow than Ella was. She reminds me of Ella just enough to make me smile.

Lassie is tolerating her well. He’s pretty patient, but not afraid to tell her to knock it off if he needs to. At times he seems happy that Petal has someone else to knock over, chase, and bite, but there have been a few moments where he didn’t seem to want to share his sister anymore and he kept getting in the middle of their play. Luckily Petal has had practice with playing with two dogs at once. She is pretty popular, after all. 😉

What breed/s does Penny look like to you?
Leave a guess, or two or three, in the comments!

Hope you all are having a fun weekend!
♥