Life, according to Honey!
Hi everyone, this is Honey. Logan is my "mom" and Helen is my big sister. I have lived with them for almost four years now. Life was good for me. It was just us, plus Lilly, my half sister, and our two cats and our two birds for a long time. Then my mom went and fell in love . That, I learned to handle. That man, Scott, turned out to be ok, and when he came to visit, I didn't bark at him. THEN, he went and asked my mother to marry him!! Oh no!!!!
So the next thing that happened is that my mom said, "oh goodness, we have to sell our house and find a bigger one". That meant that there were lots of people coming and going in our house for a few weeks, and every time, Mom would load us in the car and take us for a long ride, or over to Scott's house, which I was NOT happy about.
Then, she took us to a kennel for a few days. In a way, I was glad because I was scared of all those boxes everywhere!! But a kennel?? Couldn't we have gone to the beach and stayed with our Aunt Betty?? Give me a break!! She said it was for my own good, so the movers wouldn't scare me. I don't know about that. All I know is that when it was over, she brought me "home" to a new place and I was not happy about that either. Everything was so new and there were all those bad boxes again!
I learned a new trick, though!! Hehehe!!! I decided to try to dig under the fence.....Woohoo!!! My mom caught me more than once on the golf course behind our house!!! I was running like the wind, but I always came back to her when she called me. She covered my holes and made it impossible for me to escape under the fence......but she didn't realize I would jump over it!! And I did, until the day she caught me. I have been given a severe punishment. I have to be on a leash or a tie out all the time now until my new fence is finished. My new daddy is working hard on it to make it taller. They say they're trying to make life good for me, but I don't know. We'll see about that!!
In the meantime, I still don't like this new house. Mom finally got rid of her boxes, but then she got married! And a whole new set of furniture and boxes moved into our house!!! I am very shy about these things, and I have decided that I will only park myself in my mom's bedroom. That's it!! So, she feeds me and gives me water in her bedroom. She says I am the Queen of the downstairs!! And I do get a lot more walks on the leash than before. Maybe I should try to jump the new fence too, so I can keep on walking on the leash!!
Last week, Mom said I did something really scary. It was Friday night. Scott had been gone all week long, and he unpacked his bags when he got home. He left a few things on the bed that needed to be put in the bathroom cabinet. When my mom walked into her bedroom, she found me with a package of Immodium tablets between my feet, thanks to my brother, Butter, who knocked them on the floor. I ate six of them before she caught me. She screamed for my dad because she was scared I was going to be very sick. She called the emergency vet and told them what happened. They said, "make her throw up". Imagine that!!! Mom and Scott took me outside and gave me something called Hydrogen Peroxide, every five minutes, until I threw up. When they brought me back inside, I threw up all over their carpet!! My mom said "thanks" and she wasn't even mad at me, but she wouldn't let me eat my dinner that night. She says she is thankful that everything is ok and I am doing my business normally. I was told that I should never scare her like that again!!
I am not a normal Golden Retriever, so I'm told. I am "a nervous Nelly". Mom said that should be my name, not Honey, but I am her Honey and she loves me anyway. Whew!! I sure am glad....I don't think I would want to have to move again!!!
Bottom line.....I'm trying to be a good girl. And mom promises that they will keep on trying to help me to be happy. I am happy as long as they don't make any more changes!!!
Love,
Honey
