Tatum Tot Spice

Playing in the Snow January 16, 2008

GADS the Mum hasn’t let me on the computer forEVER! I mean it. She’s been doing computer things and says no time, Tatum, no time! And for us chatty collies we need computer time! Bah!

So she got a new camera, she thinks it’s pretty fancy and wanted me to put up these pictures of me that she took in the back yard. Chase likes to play with me in the snow, though still he doesn’t chase me ’round and ’round like I like. But he’s the best playmate I got so I live with it. Oh, except the Mum. She’s great to play with. I get to nip her in the but, and she squeals and it’s so fun!

But the Mum says that when I first came she wanted me to start playing with her a lot, and now that I know I’m safe here that I have to learn some playing rules and we get to play when the Mum wants. What about what I want? Bah. I’ll just nip her in the but to play anyway.

Me and my brother Chase December 16, 2007

Chase is my brother. He’s a border collie. The Mum and Dad say that he was their first ‘foster failure’, and I was their second. I guess sometimes when hoomans help doggies that don’t have anywhere to go, and let us stay with them for a while, they tend to fall in loves with us and we stay forever. And it’s nice when hoomans fall in love with us and let us stay forever, because we like having soft beds and a nice cozy house to live in!

So the Mum and the Dad said they fell in loves with us, even though they already had Lucy, Levi and Angel living with them. But we like living here too. And anyway, who would be able to not fall in love with me and Chase? We are both awesome puppers, collie and border collie. Even though some people say Chase is kinda funny looking as he doesn’t have very much white. I like him being black!

So anyway the Mum says it takes Chase a while to get used to other dogs in our house. At first he didn’t like us collies… well, the ones that came after him. He likes Lucy, Levi and Angel just fine. But me he wasn’t very sure of. So the Mum and the Dad kept him separate from us a lot. He goes over this gate that keeps the kitties in their room. Chase can jump it even! He’s the only one that can. I don’t want to, it’s too tall.

But now Chase is starting to really like me, ’cause I play with him and the other collies don’t play as much. So the Mum got these pictures of me and Chase whispering to each other, and playing with this tennis ball. Doesn’t Chase look mean when he plays? All his teeth show and sometimes the Mum doesn’t know if he’s playing or growling! When he growls no sound comes out so sometimes we don’t know if he’s really grumpy or not.

Playing with Chase is fun! I got tired, though, and left him because yesterday wore me out!

Wordless Wednesday - Obedience Practice December 12, 2007

Me and my brother Chase waiting in our pen at Obedience Practice.
Wordless Wednesday