Azuki Finds Solace in the Cold

One of my loyal, u-hum, readers, emailed to ask if Azuki is doing okay, since I haven't updated the blog.

Actually, I have just been a little busy with work, and being lazy in general. There hasn't been anything dramatic (no new injuries, no diarrhea or puking), and although she does have a really annoying habit of barking a lot in the evenings, generally Azuki is just enjoying her life with use of all 4 legs.

Although she still hops a little bit when she is tired, or when her muscles are stiff in the early mornings, most of the time she uses her bad leg very well. Her new trick, now that she can use her leg again, is to rush to her pa when he comes home, barking like a mad dog, and then stand up on her hind legs while her front legs furiously paws at his pants. She will keep doing this until he acknowledges her and picks her up or give her a few pats, and then which she will starts to run around the room in excitement, in hopes that he would chase after her and start a hide and chase game (by far her favorite thing in the whole wide world, ranked in conjunction with chicken jerky on a editable tendon stick).

We have decided that Azuki is, well, there isn't a less crude way to put it, a total attention whore.

As autumn winds down, the weather sometimes gets very cold in the evenings. Because she is a little spoiled brat and her ma and pa dote on her like she is a baby, of course we are all prepared for the cold weather.

She has a doggie blanket that is very warm. But, how do you teach a dog to sleep UNDER, not ABOVE the blanket??

The funny thing is, although we have discovered that it isn't natural for dogs to eat cake, Azuki makes it clear that it is perfectly natural for dogs to be tucked in under a warm blanket at night and ACTUALLY STAY THERE. When the temperature is low, the pup doesn't move at all and stay under the blanket until the morning. She doesn't even bother to get up when her pa gets up at 6:00am to get ready. She only hops out of her warm, comfy bed when he is about to leave, because she knows that he always gives her little dried fish snacks when he leaves the house. It's their morning ritual.

But then after she eats and pees, she will come right back to bed. Until the sun properly comes out and shines into our kitchen door, in which case she will move to the door and sunbathes until I get up (she lets me sleep in more now! yippeee!)

Here is some evidence just how comfortable she is being tucked in, human style:






Matt also came back from NY with a present for our pup--a Texas Longhorns football fleece! It is totally stylish, black with a little orange longhorns sign. Now pa and pup can match during football weekends. How cute is that??