SNOW DAY!!!

It snowed four inches overnight! Kevin and I took Sadie and Chester out walking throughout the neighborhood.

Funny eater?

Sadie appears to be growing, slowly, in the rib cage area!

You can still see the lines of her ribs, but they aren't nearly as defined. This is awesome. I changed her food last week to one without all of the fillers. I'm hoping this will help as well.

She is also, finally!, using the back yard more than my roommate's rug. This has been a major break through.

I'm spoiling her rotten too. She hates her crate something fierce, so I haven't been making her "go to her room" when I leave the house. This is something I will likely regret when I get a job.

She has also started doing the funniest thing. If I put her bowl somewhere she doesn't like, she just picks it up and moves it where she wants it - never mind that half of it spills everywhere. She always cleans up her mess! I've been trying to get a video, but to no avail.

A boyfriend?

I was originally worried about Sadie and my boyfriend's dog, Chester, getting along, but I was silly.

These two are getting along quite well. I think they are a couple. If not, they are definitely feeling the puppy love!

Eddie's Home

I was worried he wouldn't recognize me, but I shouldn't have been. :-)



Eddie was a bit timid when they brought him out of the back room, but by the time I got him to my house in Killeen, he was barking at me telling me all about his adventures.

The vet didn't even charge me to board him! They said they were just happy to help us get reunited. How awesome is that?

He and Sadie seem to be doing well. I kept them separated in the house at first, and slowly brought them together.

The reunion was great, then we had to rush to the Killeen house, make final fixes and get the keys to the property management company so that it can get rented.

Then, it was a speedy drive to my mom's house. I grabbed a quick "nap" then left Dallas for Kansas City at 3 a.m. in order to make it to my 11 a.m. interview.

Eddie and Sadie slept the entire ride.

Also, Sadie is officially mine. I talked to the Killeen Animal Shelter today and they officially gave her over to me. Yay!

Eddie's okay!!!

Wow. So. Amazing.

I got a phone call today from the Town & Country Veterinary Hospital in Killeen. They have Eddie!

Apparently, a couple adopted him from someone else. They brought him to the vet for a check up and the vet found his microchip.

I feel bad for the couple that adopted him and I hope they didn't spend too much money, but I am so excited that Eddie is coming home.

Read what happened to Eddie here

Of course, I am a bit stressed too. What about Sadie? She was supposed to be a foster dog, but I have fallen in love with her. My roommate is fine with Eddie coming to live here, but I feel like it is going to be too much. And what if Sadie doesn't get along with Eddie?

The vet is being awesome about Eddie. I told them that I had moved and can't come get him until the weekend and they said it won't be a problem.

YAY!!! Eddie is coming home!!!!!

We've moved!

I know it's been awhile since I posted anything new, and for that, I apologize.

Sadie and I have had quite the whirlwind winter!

December and January have passed in a flash of home renovation. I quit my job on January 15, packed up the house, loaded all 4 animals and we moved 685 miles to Kansas City, Missouri.

The trip that normally takes about ten hours took more than 15! But we made it.

She's a runner!

Oh Miss Sadie.

Sadie and I have had quite the holiday weekend!

First, I had to work REALLY late Christmas Eve. Poor Sadie was stuck in the house for about 16 hours until I got home at 1 A.M.! Then, I loaded her up in the car and we drove an hour and a half to my grandmother's - arriving at 3 a.m.

Christmas was nice, but she didn't like having to stay in her crate most of the day as Mom and I drove around to see a myriad of relatives.

I had to work about 6 hours Friday so I left early in the morning, taking Sadie with me because Mom is not a fan of such a "big" dog. Saturday morning, Sadie and I drove the hour and a half again to my grandmother's. She had to be crated while I went to the big family party.

Then, we drove another hour and a half to go to Dad's.

While there, Sadie got out of the yard - TWICE!

She found that a part of the fence is lower than the rest (the fence is the same height all around, but at this spot the ground is higher - weird, huh?) and jumped it with the greatest of ease. Next thing I know, I'm watching her run into the neighbor's pond. Yeah, that's right.

But wait ... it gets better!

So, I finally corral my wet, muddy dog by driving next to her in the car. She loves car rides so much that as soon as I opened the door she jumped in my lap. Blech.

I put her crate outside and had her stay in it until she dried.

Later in the day, my step brother, Jeff, and I took her outside but carefully guarded the weak spot in the fence. We watched, amazed as Sadie tried to corral the neighbor's horse!

It was beautiful and magical to watch. Sadie and the horse ran up and down the fence line. The horse's rhythmic hoofs pounding the ground, Sadie's joy at the chance to chase something so large radiating from her body.

As we watched, however, Jeff commented that Sadie was in the field with the horse! Suddenly, the horse was chasing Sadie.

"What happens if he catches her?" I asked Jeff, full of concern.

"Depends. He could easily trample her," came his drawling, cowboy response.

Jeff said there wasn't anything I could do but watch ... and pray.

Luckily, Sadie's attention span is worse than a 2-year-old's. She got through the slats in the horse's pasture and ran away - from the horse and our house. Jeff, ever the calm one, suggested I not run after her.

"She'll come back," he said, matter-of-factly.

Trying to act calm too, I join Jeff as we slowly walk around to the front yard (in the general direction of Sadie). I can't see her, but I can hear her crashing around in the neighbor's leaves. Then all of a sudden, nothing. Silence.

Worried, I look in the direction I last saw her. Nothing. I scan the horizon through scores of trees and see slight movement. I strain my eyes and see Sadie's head moving. But as I look, her movements seem weird. Suddenly, I realize what happened.

"She jumped in their pool!" I holler to Jeff. We both take off in the direction of the pool, and sure enough, Sadie is doing circular laps around it!

It was hilarious. Jeff and I both had to pause for a moment to get rid of the giggles. Because it was an above-ground pool (partially buried), the sides were really slick and Sadie couldn't get out. When she saw me, she kept trying to climb the side, but couldn't.

Jeff, bless him, just pushed up his sleeves, reached right into the water and yanked her out. He then dragged her all the way home and put her straight into her crate (again) to dry out (again).

Merry Christmas, Sadie! I hope you enjoyed your adventures!