millie has a boyfriend

With all this talk about the crazy hounds next door to us, I thought it would be nice to post some good news about Millie...she has a boyfriend!

I have a small window of daylight between the time I get home and when it gets dark, usually about 40 minutes or so. As soon as I get home Millie is dancing around me, waiting for her dinner. Immediately after she eats it is time to go out. Lately I have been piling her into the car and taking her down the street to the dog park. I love the dog park as much as she does because we both get to carouse with the pups. It's a lot of fun.

For the past few weeks, every time I have taken her to the park, there is a weimaraner who is also there. He is very cute and just a hair bigger than Millie. Also, he still has his nuts, which I think is funny because you don't see that too often anymore (it's a good thing).

Normally Millie doesn't love other dogs, but she will tolerate them if they allow her to be bossy. This dog, we'll call him Smokey (cuz he's grey), just LOVES Millie. He will run up to her and give her bum a good sniff. She'll do the same and then they will chase each other around the park. Smokey likes to play it cool, though. He'll play with her for a few minutes and then go sniff a bush for a bit before returning to play some more. He's a laid back kind of guy.

What I find even funnier is that Smokey makes noises exactly like Millie does. If you've never met Millie, she has a tendency to make a crying/whining/whimpering noise for no apparent reason. Well, so does Smokey. It's a riot to watch them run around together with both of them making these noises. I wonder if it is their way of communicating their love.

Smokey did something really gross yesterday. I don't know if this is how he was committing himself to Millie or if he is just being a dog, but when Millie was peeing...I can't even write this, it's so gross...Smokey was in back of her LAPPING IT UP. Ewwww..... I bet Smokey's owner couldn't wait to get a big face full of tongue after that one.