(Bead) Art Imitates Life (my life, anyway)

Beadbimbo · 2004-08-31T00:08:51+00:00

Here's the art: And here's the live part: and watching out the window for evil squirrels: This weekend, while running errands, DD and I saw this "Fleecy Man", as we call them, in the form of a hippo. We just couldn't resist. Spike loves fleecy toy. His first year or so with us, he'd pull out the squeakers, and I'd sew them back up. After a while, he learned that he loved being able to make noise, so he left the squeakers alone. We came home and casually left the hippo on the edge of the kitchen counter and when Spike came in the room, we didn't say anything. It took him about a minute to notice, and he jumped up and snatched his new "Fleecy Man". And this dog never jumps up at the counters! He ran happily around the house for about 10 minutes, tossing his head, showing off. It took about a day before Spike even put the hippo down. He carried it everywhere, except outside, and when he went to bed, he carried it in there and put it in his bed and slept with it. When he got up in the morning, he was still carrying it around. See why I like dog so much? It takes so little to make their day.

Aug 31, 2004 28 Replies

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Beadbimbo 21 years ago

Thanks Stephanie!

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Beadbimbo 21 years ago

Thanks Margie,

Spike is always good for one of those "ugly days". You can't feel too fat or frumpy, when you have someone following you around, watching you, like you are his deity.

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Beadbimbo 21 years ago

Thanks Starlia!

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Beadbimbo 21 years ago

Thanks Cheri!

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Beadbimbo 21 years ago

Lol. It is kind of scary looking.

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roxan 21 years ago

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Beadbimbo 21 years ago

Spike looks like a lab/dalmation mix. He's got some black spots in his white chest, and black spots on his belly. He also has the very short hair, more like a dal than a lab.

My old fella, Romeo is part lab, too. Both of them were street puppies. I usually say, "pound hounds", but my DD doesn't like this since they didn't actually come from the pound.

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starlia 21 years ago

They sure are. Smudges is one of the best dogs ever, but I'm biased.

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Marisa Cappetta 21 years ago

Spike is on my top ten list of Fabulous Dogs Of All Time. #1 is my dear departed lab, Cador and #2 is my dad's dog, Ellis-the-mayor.

I just love Spike's antics. The beads are a fitting and cute tribute!

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