Four Year Check Up

Inspired by real mom blog posts:

Lily

Weight: 58 lbs

Height: 26" (I made that up)

Wears big dog collars.

Hates dog shoes.

Sleeps all darn day then goes bazerk when mom and dad get home at night.

Snores when she sleeps (turn up the volume on your computer before watching).

If she could, she would like to go outside and "potty" about twenty times an evening. She sits by the door, maybe graces us with a dog grunt, gets one of us to let her out, she searches for a lizard or bug (about 5 seconds), then sits by the door and wants back in. Eventually she will scratch the window and or bark/grunt. Dan always falls for it and makes her 'sit' and lets her out. Then, five minutes later she wants back out and he says, "D, it's your turn to let her out". I say, "nope, she does not need to potty. She is playing you. 'Lily! come here!". She comes over, we cuddle/I distract her with anything. The process starts over.  

In the mornings she is very reluctant to get out of the house when mommy has to leave for work. Mommy is always running behind and Lily likes to take her sweet time getting her butt off the couch to make the long walk to the carport door. She literally hangs her head low and creeps her way out. 

The vet told us to cut back on her meals. Daddy does not help when he feeds her chips and bacon and potatoes and just about anything else. 

I'm pretty sure she understands English. 

She prefers to sleep in the guest bed. Dog bed in the bedroom no longer cuts it so if we don't shut the doors to the guest rooms she will sneak off to do her own thing once we have fallen asleep/she goes in ninja-dog-mode and moves out after we tuck her in. She literally gets tucked in every night with an extra blanket so we get upset when in the morning the blanket is dragged halfway towards the door proving she has indeed left the room.

When she gets wet from a rain shower her head still smells like skunk. 

Her fine motor skills are quite impressive. Watch her right dog "hand" at the beginning. Momma Proud.