I'll bet you thought I gave up, huh? Well, just because I haven't posted for a while doesn't mean that Stevie hasn't been up to her usual puppy antics. Like what, you ask? Well...

1) You may recall that one of Stevie's nicknames is "Hu Flung Poo". She comes by it honestly. One afternoon, Stevie came roaring out of the bathroom where her "potty papers" are. That almost always means that she's being chased by a dangerous hanging piece of poop. This time, she ran out of the bathroom and ran around the room... Megan went looking for any leftovers and found, sure enough, evidence of recent poo flinging... 25 inches up the wall.

2) Although Stevie rarely barks, she does know when it's important. Megan had new neighbors moving into the apartment next door recently. They were fairly industrious as they were still moving in the wee hours. At one point, someone must have gotten confused and tried the door handle to Megan's place, rattling it. Not only did Stevie wake up, but she also sat up and barked most ferociously several times. Musta worked; whoever it was went away.

3) Megan recently bought a new bed. This one is taller than the one she used to have. That's akin to moving the furniture in Helen Keller's apartment... So there has been some adjusting for Stevie to do. She was very used to taking a flying leap and landing in the middle of the bed. (Megan used to yell, "Flying Dog Alert!") The added height of the new mattress made for interesting events for a while, but Stevie has mastered the aerodynamics well now. The extra height also made the first step of the dog stairs further down. Down is way more scary than up, you'll recall. But it's all good now and she has it all figured out.

I know there's more, since I haven't written since January. I'll try to be more diligent. In the meantime, I posted several photos from January, February and March this year. I'll be making the trek to South Austin again this weekend, so look for more pix and puppy prank reports on Sunday.

Cheers,
G