Today

I caught a mouse today!! I was the proudest dog in the world. Ryan and Melissa were outside putting some smelly green stuff on a shelf for their puppy that is coming, and I came up to them with a present in my mouth. I wanted to show them what I caught. I knew they would be proud of me too.

I dropped the mouse in front of Melissa and looked up at her with a big puppy smile on my face. "Are you proud of me mom?" She didn't seem too proud... she kept saying "Oh!! Ryan, it twitched. The poor mouse. Oh! Put it out of its misery!" I don't know what she was complaining about. It was just a mouse. A mouse that I caught all by myself! Where is the pride in your favorite dog... huh?

Melissa may not have been very proud of my accomplishment, but Ryan sure was!! He gave me so much praise, which only got me more excited and proud of myself. I caught a mouse and protected the family just like I should. But, he wasn't proud for too long... He found out what I had to do in order to get the mouse, and then he got angry. What for?! All I did was dig up the backyard trying to get the mouse out of the grass. No big deal! I caught a mouse! Even though I got in trouble for digging, he still seemed proud that I had hunted down the mouse. He likes to hunt too. Maybe that's why we get along so well.

I caught a mouse today!! I am such a happy dog!

This was me today while they were making dinner. I try to be cute as often as I can, just to make up for all the times that I will be naughty in the future. I think it is a good plan.