parks are the new backyard.

it's late at night and i'm (posey) sitting with bex while she types for me. i'm good at clicking the mouse but that's about it... etta's sleeping on the ground beside us.

we had a long weekend. on saturday we got a late start to the beach and we had to be carried in our bag across the state park beach, through the naked beach, and then to the non-naked part where dogs are allowed. my sis and i loved the beach, but bex and kal were a little scared we'd get swallowed up by the big waves so i couldn't really run around free except for in the sand away from the water. mom says it will be even more fun when i'm bigger... i really can't even walk on my leash yet (even though etta can and we're the same age - she is twice my size). i dug lots of holes in the sand and met lots of people more than i played in the water. mom and dad both seemed to develop some weird paranoia that the sand was going to get in my one good eye and scratch it! whatever, they just don't realize what a tough little cupcake i am. unfortunately the camera ran out of batteries so we don't have any pics from the beach. we're going back again soon, though.

today was nice. kal and bex let me dig around in my litter box and make a mess of the house one last time before they traded litter in for wee wee pads. i'm glad though, cuz the litter was making my mom and my sister sneeze. it was fun while it lasted. pictures of me covered in it and the mess i made are coming soon. afterwards kal put me in the shower with bex and i got clean. i was mad because even though the shower makes me look like a cute alien, i got shivery and whiney afterwards despite the soft towel daddy wrapped me in. besides, i LIKE being dirty. jeez.



so after all that we went to get a new harness and leash for etta (it's really soft and a pretty brown color - unfortunately i'm stuck in my blue one 'til i grow big enough to fit the soft kind) then we went to the park, where etta and i met our uncles Adam and Andy. They're really cool and i think they really liked us. etta and i love the park. it's better than our backyard at our old house because it's got a lot more people. etta and i really, really like people. etta likes them so much that she gets sad when she walks down the street and someone she passes ignores her. she's the sensitive one. i let that stuff roll off. anyway, at the park, some creepy guy asked if i was for sale. bex said "NO," in a mean voice. then she picked me up to make sure i was safe. you gotta watch out for strangers when you live in brooklyn.

Hi Loretta!

Hi everybody! I am Loretta, officially. It took mom and dad a few days to agree on my new name. I got adopted by Kal and Bex on Tuesday, and today is Friday. We've been so busy getting settled that I haven't had a chance to write anything for the blog until now. Yesterday we went to the park (the part with the dog beach) for a long time and I got my first bath. I don't know how I feel about water yet, but tomorrow we're going to the (real) beach so maybe I'll like the ocean better than I like the pond and baths. Today is a sleepy day. My little sister hardly ever wakes up, but when she does she plays and plays and then goes back to sleep. I lay around a lot, but I don't sleep as much as she does. I really really like being in Rebecca's lap, and it makes me sad when she walks around the house without me. I miss my dad today. He's at work and mom says he won't be home until almost 9:00! that's really late and i don't know if i can take it. but my mom also said that dad doesn't have to work for the entire weekend, so i get to spend every single minute with him until Monday. I hope she means it! Well, I'm gonna try to get Bex to take me to the park now so I better go. Later guys!

it's rough being posey

hi everybody. i'm laying on the couch with mama bex and my sister who just came to live with us today! yesterday was hard. bex took me to the doctor and they confirmed that my left eye is blind and my right eye has dry eye, which means i need medecine every day. bex panicked and seemed really sad. after the vet we played in the forest by this fancy apartment building in midtown. that was fun even though it was cold and rainy outside.

bex and kal were upset that they thought i was healthy when they got me, but now they are woried i could end up blind, even though i think my right eye will be just fine. it also makes them sad that someone was so careless that they hurt my eye and made it blind, and didn't give me any painkillers! it's gonna be okay, though. especially now that my big sis is here.

Hi Posey!

Today I was playing in the garden with my momma, Lizzie, and my sisters and my grandma and Clarence, Deborah, Izzy and all these other cavaliers (I don't remember all their names), when Kal and Rebecca came over. I remembered Rebecca from last time she visited, but I met Kal for the first time ever and we got along really well. They brought me a piggy but my sisters are bigger than me so they ran off with it. Rebecca got it back for me later.

Phyllis, the lady that took care of my family and I, talked to Kal and Rebecca for a long time. Then finally she made them sign a paper and they gave her a lot of money. That's when I got in the car with Kal and Rebecca and we started our adventure. On the way to my new home we stopped and bought a play pen for me. Then we got stuck in traffic which sucked because Rebecca's car has no air conditioning. Kal gave me some water out of a bottle cap though, so I didn't get thirsty.

I like our house. It's fun to follow Rebecca & Kal around while they do things. First they set up my bed and then they made me my usual food and they ate sandwiches. After we ate I peed on the kitchen floor, but Bex & Kal didn't get mad cuz I didn't know better. I'm learning, though.

We were already really tired from our day, cuz Bex & Kal had to get up early to come get me, plus we went on a long hot car ride and I played a lot already this morning, so we decided to all take a nap on the bed. I really like the bed. It's soft and it smells like my new parents. When I woke up I climbed around on K&B a lot, then I peed on the bed. Oops. They didnt' seem mad. They just said "oh no!" and rolled over and went back to sleep.



When we woke up from our nap Kal wasn't feeling good, so Bex and I played until he was feeling better and then we walked to the park. Kal & Bex walked, anyway. I rode in between Kal's hoodie and his body, which was nice cuz less people stared at me that way, plus I got in a little extra sleep. The Park was really fun. I played with Piggie and I got to run around a lot. People stopped and admired me a lot because I'm the cutest puppy in the world. It's kind of ridiculous. I also tried out my new harness & leash. The people say it's cute, but I don't' get it: it's weird when a toy is really fun but sort of itchy at the same time. Plus Kal and Bex tried to use it to pull me around, which was weird cuz sometimes I just felt like playing with it in one place.



After we got home Bex set up my play pen and Kal made dinner while I slept on a pile of clothes in their bedroom. The playpen is alright when they leave the door open, but sometimes K & B trick me and shut the door when I'm sleeping or eating, and it makes me cry. Rebecca and Kal ignore me when I first start to cry, but if I do it long enough they eventually come to get me. After dinner I didn't pee inside. I waited until we went outside and Kal and Bex tried to pull me around in the itchy harness toy. It's weird cuz it's like they wanted me to follow them around but I was tired and just wanted to sit and enjoy the fresh air. But then I went to the bathroom in my favorite thing: a pile of leaves. It made Bex & Kal really happy and they stopped pulling me around in itchy harness toy and carried me home. Now I get to relax all night while K&B watch a movie with no dogs in it, I think it's called little miss sunshine. it's been a long day, so i don't think i can stay awake for a movie. i have to say, though, i really like my new home, and all the attention I get all for myself when there are no other cavaliers around.



p.s. while rebecca was watching the movie she fell asleep, then woke up really hot. kal told her it's 'cause she was wearing a cavalier scarf. I was laying across her neck. man am i cute.