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October 27, 2004
The Whooch
Many of you have probably met our little white fluff ball named Katie. She's a ton of fun and really keeps us laughing most of the time. We got her 2 and a half years ago when I was home sick a lot and wanted a companion. Bob never grew up with dogs, so he wasn't too sure, but I really wanted one so he gave in. But he loves her now and understands better how attached we can all get to the little creatures that run around our house.
Well Bob and I are into nicknames. Maybe I am and Bob goes along with me, I don't know. Katie's nickname is "The Whooch", or "Whoocher" we call her this more than we use her real name. I think the whooch fits her better because of all her quirks. She really has us trained to give her treats. At night when its time to go outside before we go to bed, she'll go into the laundry room and then come right back in because she knows she's getting a treat. We give in and then send her out to really go potty.
She's also good at understanding what we say. 
She doesn't do the normal "sit," "rollover" but she knows what we mean when we say "go get the squirrel whooch." We can be sitting in the living room and say this and she'll tear out of the room headed straight for the back door. Out she goes bounding after the squirrel looking more like a bunny rabbit hopping through the yard than a dog. Sometimes I'll tell her to get the squirrel when there isn't one and she'll spend the next ten minutes combing the yard looking for it. Its quite hilarious. Because of her obsession with squirrels she loves to sit on the back porch peeking out of the door waiting for that unsuspecting tree rat to run through our yard. She'll spend hours surveying her domain and we get such a kick out of it.
She's so entertaining and really a part of our family. I thought that once Caleb came along I really wouldn't care about spending much time with her, but I'm still so attached to her. She does great with Caleb and enjoys licking his little feet, but knows she's not allowed to lick his face.
I can't wait to see the two of them running around together when Caleb is older. I'm sure they will keep us laughing all of the time. So I'm thankful for Katie, the whoocher, even though she is just a cute pile of dirt, as Bob says.
Posted by michellew at October 27, 2004 01:57 PM
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long live the whoocher. and just as they say that dogs and their owners start to look alike, how about those roughly equal-sized bald spots that we've got? strange.
Posted by: bobw at October 27, 2004 02:39 PM
Yeah, Bela and Gid have begun to follow each other around and tease each other a lot. They know just how far to push each other and it's lots of fun to watch. It'll be even more fun with a dog.
Gid's pretty into squirrels right now, too. I've just taken some pics I'll post soon (maybe). And he's trying to learn how to jump. Hmm. We've got some nice parallels going here. But we call Gid Boodge (Booj?). Plus Katie's a much better jumper.
Posted by: lynnp at October 27, 2004 08:42 PM