Here are Some Stats About Me

• Right now we are guessing that I am a lab/shepherd mix although some think lab/border collie. Mama plans to get me genetically tested at some point.
• I am somewhere between one and two years old.
• The vet says I weigh 64 lbs which seems a bit high to Mama, but does explain why her back gets sore when she has to lift me into the car.
• I'm about 21 inches tall at the shoulder. 26 inches tall at the top of my head and about 26 inches long from collar to butt. These measurements are not accurate as I am also very squirmy.
• I was found as a stray in Alabama but I've lived in a house before.
• I run and hide or roll over on my back if you say the words, "No!" or "Hey!" to me. "Aht aht!" stops me, but doesn't scare me.
• I love to snuggle and give kisses.
• I'm a bed hog.
• I love squeaky balls and stuffies but do not like tennis balls or stuffies that don't squeak.
• I like to chew on plastic, but REALLY like to chew on antlers.
• I'm offended easily and go off to pout when that happens.
• I'm not sure about this below zero temperature stuff. Mama had hoped I'd fit into Merlin's old coat, but he was about four inches bigger in every direction so she has cut down an old sweatshirt for me.
• I DO NOT like the dog in the bedroom mirror, but I don't mind the dog in the linen closet mirror. The shadow dog by the porch at night worries me a bit and the ghost dogs in the windows in town all seem to be friendly.
• People wearing lots of winter clothing scare me
• Things on wheels scare me, but cars are the worst
• When I get excited my ears go from rose to cocked. Sometimes one almost gets to prick.
• I got "happy tail" at the pound. It should heal up in a few weeks, but if it doesn't they will have to amputate about an inch.
• My face has some scars on it, but the source is unclear
• I have a sore hip which could be something congenital or just an injury from a hard fall.
• I'm supposed to be staying off my sore hip, but that isn't going so well.
• If my sore hip isn't better in 3 weeks I'll have to have it x-rayed.
• I don't like the crate at all and I don't like being penned in one room either, but Mama says I'll have to get used to one or the other when I am alone until I learn that not everything is mine and some things don't go in my mouth.
• I almost have the "Spit!" command down.