Mischa Goes to Camp!

Mischa is spending the week at our home (Nicole's parents) in New Jersey! We were, frankly, a bit apprehensive, for a couple of reasons.

First, whenever we visit Nicole in Washington, Mischa spends all her time with her mom, and in fact avoids any contact with us. We were concerned that Mischa would spend a miserable week in New Jersey, avoiding us and crying for her mom. This concern proved groundless, as I'll explain later.

Secondly, its been a while since we've had a dog in our home. I was fortunate to have Nicole's only other dog with us during the years she was in college, law school, and beginning her career. His name was Buttons; a white purebred miniature poodle. He had a variety of pet pet names; Goober, Scooter, the beloved poodle, Pupkin, HoneyBun, Buttsworth, the ElderPoodle, to name a few. Buttons died in my arms on December 30, 2005, at the age of 17. I mourn him daily. I thought you'd all enjoy seeing a few pictures of him.































Now, as for Mischa (or, as I call her, the Meesh).....far from being standoffish, she settled right in to her new (temporary) environment. She had to tolerate a few soaking rains, but still managed to stay fluffy and cute. She loves to cuddle, jump up in your lap and give kisses, and go for walks. She's a very docile, sane puppy, except for brief periods when she goes nuts and runs around! She's very loyal and friendly, following me everywhere around the house, like a....puppy dog! (wonder if thats where the expression came from?) It will be interesting to see how Mischa reacts when Nicole comes to visit tomorrow. Will she recognize her mom? forget her grandparents? stay tuned!

MISSING PUPPY

Have you seen Mischa?

She left for camp at the grandparents house on sunday, and while Grandpop camp counselor promised to update the blog to keep Mischa's mommy and daddy AND all of her friends and admirers comforted and contented, there has been NOT A SINGLE blog update. We are assured that Mischa is having a fun stay with the grandparents, and we have been told that Mischa now follows her Grandpop all over the house! Hmm. . .sure wish that they would take the time to update the blog.

Mischa Goes to Work!

Mischa insisted on coming to my office on Halloween to meet some of her mommy's friends and colleagues! With a puppy bed, a raw hide bone and a couple of squeaky toys Mischa settled right into her work day. She had lots of secret visitors during her stay, met lots of new people, protected her toys from all of the strangers and even let out a couple mini- barks and growls *for which she was promptly scolded* "Going to work is hard work," Mischa concluded. She then curled up in mommy's gym bag under the desk to hide out and take a nap.

When it was just about time to go home (or out on the town to check out costumes in Georgetown and play with other dogs) Mischa got a visit from her Auntie Anna! Auntie Anna was having a rough week and had to cancel her birthday dinner celebration to work work work. Mischa was sooo glad that she was able to give her Superstar of an Auntie a big hug. We even got a photo for the blog. All is not lost!