dears.

I am  loving being a mommy of two fuzzy children more and more every day. And I've realized all to quickly just how different our two boys are. Bailey is the laid back, mellow, cuddly type. Nothing in the world seems to bother or upset him. Every person and other dog is a friend, and he assumes everyone loves him as much as he loves them. Judge, on the other hand, is the rambunctious, trouble making, loud type. This isn't to say that he doesn't keep us laughing. He has a new fondness for taking a small square of toilet paper in his mouth and  running from the bathroom at full speed. Thus rolling the inside of our house better than any Halloween pranksters could have dreamed. We're working on learning that this is not acceptable behavior at 411. He also has a love of all things laundry. Socks, tee shirts, undies, scrubs. Clean or dirty, he isn't biased in the least. He doesn't chew them or destroy them in any way. Just steals them and makes a small pile with them  under our coffee table. It's like he just wants to see if he can get away with it. I have't quite figured it out yet. But none the less, it's pretty funny. Bailey did have an affinity for socks as a baby, but grew out of it pretty quickly. I can honestly say that it's the only blemish on his otherwise impeccable record.

We recently decided that it was time to introduce Judge to Francis. She is, after all, an important member of our family. Now Bailey and France have been the best of friends since day one. She loves to let Bailey lick her ears and she returns the love with tiny nibbles on his toes. They seem to thoroughly enjoy one another's company. It was not so with Judge. France seemed to think that all dogs were of Bailey's quality temperament, and Judge seemed to think that all things small and squeaky are in the same class as his many toys. He got very excited and came after her with those giant puppy feet and sharp puppy teeth. She was not happy about it. I decided maybe we should wait until Judge is a little less excitable before we try a reintroduction. Judge disagrees. We find him missing from time to time, and quickly locate him sitting in front of the stand her cage is on, just staring longingly at her. I can't decide if he wants a second chance at being friends, or if he just wants to hear her squeak again. I think I'll give her a little more time to recover.