22 Days of Thankful: Day 11

11. Veterans

Today I am thankful for veterans. No, not the V-E-T guys. I don't think I'm thankful for them at all. Veterans are men and women and even puppy dogs that protect our freedoms. Sometimes that means they have to go away from their families for a long time and go into dangerous places. Sometimes they get hurt and sometimes they don't get to come home. That makes me sad, but they do it because freedom is very important. I'm very glad I live in a country where I can walk outside and smell smells and snuggle with my mommy and daddy. My hope is one day all puppy dogs have the right to do the same (but that's probably another post for certainly another day).

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22 Days of Thankful: Day 10

10. Football

Today, I'm thankful for football. And by "football," I mean the American version :)  Sometimes I don't like it because it makes my mommy loud and I have to go check on her and give her kisses. But, in the end, I like it because my people are more likely to stay home and be on the couch when it's "football season."

My dad and I watch football.

Sometimes my people and I all pile together to nap!

22 Days of Thankful: Day 9

9. Pillows

Today, I'm very thankful for pillows. Like my bed and blankets, they help me take really great naps. Plus, sometimes I like to build pillow forts, even though my people get mad I've taken all the pillows (I'm not the one who put them in my corner). Sometimes, I even treat pillows like blankets:

22 Days of Thankful: Day 8

8. Grandmas (and grand-paws and great grandmas and great grand-paws)

I'm not sure where I'd be without my two grandmas. A lot hungrier, probably, since they both love feeding me treats! Great grandmas and my great grand-paw also like sneaking me treats. Let's just say it's part of why Thanksgiving is my favorite!

I love my grandma, even if she does give The Thing treats, too.

I love this grandma because I don't have to share her!

This grand-paw was my "base" last year at Thanksgiving

And this grand-paw was pretty excited I let him pet me

I like to help my great grand-pawrents cook. Great grand-paw sneaks me bites!

I don't have a picture with my other great grandma, so Mom will definitely have to get one of me begging from her this year!

22 Days of Thankful: Day 7

7. Car rides

Whoa man, do I love car rides! I love when my people ask, "Mister, do you want to go for a car ride?" What do they expect me to say? "Nah, I'll stay here all by my lonesome while you two have all the adventures without me."? NO! Car rides are like walks--they take you on adventures. Usually our adventures lead us to the drive-thru. Sometimes to the Barkery. A few times a year, we go on really long car rides and end up at one of my Grandma's house or at a hotel or at Mom's family's cabin in Canada.

On my very first car ride (second if you don't count my trip home). We went all the way to Canada! I told Dad I'd drive.

                                            

After a long ride, it's good to get our and stretch your legs!

Once, our adventure took us to Starbucks and I got a puppy latte!

Mom and Dad were washing the car. I saw the open door and thought we were going. Boo!

22 Days of Thankful: Day 6

6. Walks

Hopefully I didn't send anyone into a zoomie by actually saying that instead of spelling, but I'm very thankful for them. Not only are they great exercise so I can maintain my ruff and tumble puppy dog physique, but there are so many adventures to be had: people and puppies to meet, kitty cats and birds to follow, smells to smell, things to leave pee-mails on. Whew! And the people need their exercise as well.

Rain, snow, or sun, my mom takes me on a walk EVERY day.  We once even accidentally walked during a tornado watch (she didn't look at the weather before we left).

22 Days of Thankful

Hi friends!
My mom had a great idea while we were on my W-A-L-K this morning. That's when she gets all her great ideas, but this time she actually remembered it. Since everyone is posting on her Facebook about the things they're thankful for during November, she thought I could do the same thing with my blog. I have lots to be thankful for, but I think I'll just stick to until Thanksgiving. Since we're a little behind, I'll try to catch up!

1. My mommy and daddy.
    I love my mommy. Like a whole lot. I tolerate my dad, but I really like in the mornings when he rubs on my belly and then gets me breakfast. I also like when he plays "Get the bone" with me.

2. My bed
    Last Christmas I got a new bed. It's big and super soft and has the perfect sides for me to lay my head on. But mostly, I'm thankful have a bed. I had a foster mom before my parents found me and before THAT, I didn't have a bed. Mom and Dad don't like to think about that. I don't either.

3. My bone
    I love this thing! I've chewed through lots of them, but we go get another one at the shelter I came from. I get to say hi to everyone while I'm there and they say I'm still the cutest ever.  My dad and I play a great game called "Get the bone" and I have to wrestle it away from him. I've learned lots of tricks from trying to get it like roll over and play dead!

4. Blankets
    Sometimes the blankets on our couch misbehave and I have to rearrange them. Sometimes that takes a really long time and my people start laughing at me because I keep fighting them. But eventually, they give up and succumb to my will. They're super great for laying on and sometimes I snuggle under them (see #2).

under...

or over, I don't care, as long as it's a blanket!

5. Naps
    Finally (for now), I'm thankful for naps. They're probably the greatest part of my weekends. And days. And nights.