BEADED HERON

RUBY & CRINKLE

I am soooo spoiled!  I have always been spoiled but now I am really, really spoiled, hehehe...

Mom has been real busy, but no matter what, she gives me what she calls my 'Ruby Time' every day, no matter how busy she is.  I have to share her lap with the others too, but I get my share and some extra.  Every night, Mom makes sure I get to sit in her lap before she goes to bed, too.  I hear all the time from Mom's friends how good I'm doing at finding my way around.  Some of them even say they would swear I can see because I'm so good at moving around the furniture.  Mom is getting better about being careful not to put things in my way now too.  Hey, as long as she keeps my walkways clear, I can get around good!

I have a little problem now, that I never had before.  I can hear a thunderstorm from far far away and they scare me bad.  When they start getting close I get terrified.  I can't help myself and I start to cry and ohhh, if I happen to be in my crate, I can't help it, I make such a fuss because I'm so scared, that Mom has to come and get me.  Even sitting in Mom's lap with Crinkle Cow dosen't help, I get really scared!  Oh, I forgot to tell you about Crinkle Cow!  I just love him!  Mom brought Crinkle Cow home one day, special just for me.  Crinkle Cow is a great toy for a blind dog!  His ears and feet and tail have something in them that makes a crinkle sound so I can always find him, easy!  Plus, I know if someone else has him because I can hear him,  and then I go tell Mom and she get's him away, but that dosen't happen very often.  Mom is careful about not letting anyone else take him and play with him.  He's all mine, but I do share him with Sapphire because we sleep together.  That's OK though, I know Sapphire wouldn't take Crinkle and rip him to pieces and tear out his stuffing like some of those other kids will.  Crinkle Cow is really soft too, and of course, he squeaks when I bite him once in awhile, just to show my Mom that yes, I'm having fun, and then she gets all gushy and tells me how it's so good to see me play and be happy again and she'll come and give Crinkle a little pull and then we play tug of war.  Life is pretty good, even if this blind thing did have to happen to me, at least I have a Mom that loves me and is taking really good care of me.  She even took me to bed with her last night because there were thunderstorms.  I liked that,  because usually I have to sleep with Sapphire as part of my "I can't get too dependent on my Mom every minute, training".  She thinks if she takes me to bed with her every night and then someday she goes somwhere she can't take me, I'll have seperation anxiety and she's probably right.   I can live with that as long as she will take me with her to sleep whever there's a storm, and I know auntie Val and Jessica will too, when they babysit me. 

Time to go now, I'll be back soon, hopefully showing off the new blanket that Mom's making for me.  It's crochet and she said the yard was super soft and that I'm just gonna love it.  I can't wait!   SeeYa!

RA RA RUBY