Frodo

Have I told you about Frodo . . . not the Baggins type . . . the Carmody type? He's soft, fluffy, buff in colour, well behaved, a great companion, and pretty much the best dog EVER! I was seriously hesitant about getting another dog. For those of you who know what we went through with our last one, you’ll understand my hesitancy. However, I have to admit, I’m glad I was persuaded. It’s been so great having a dog around again. The kids LOVE him and he loves the kids. He’s gentle with the kids and has so much fun playing with them. Denver even loves him (yes, we’ve come a long way since a year and a half ago).

Mike has always loved and wanted a bigger dog but I wasn’t raised with dogs. I guess you can say I’ve never been a dog person. And in particular, I just can’t do the hair. So a small, non-shedding dog is our compromise. Frodo is a Havanese dog and so won’t get very big. He loves being around people. He constantly seeks someone out and will lie on anyone’s feet. Even if I’m making supper and standing at the stove for a minute, he’ll come and get comfortable with his head on my feet. He fits perfectly into our family since we’re home a lot. He’s definitely not lacking attention.

We’ve had him since October when he was 11 weeks old and so the real test was the month of December with all the busyness and traveling here and there. He did really well. When we drove any distance, he would make himself comfortable on the backseat of the van in between Victoria and Austin . . . or on their laps. At one point when we were driving home at night, I looked back to find Austin fast asleep with Frodo also fast asleep on his lap. So cute!

It was kinda cute when he was at the groomers getting his hair cut. Samara kept saying, "I miss Frodo". So I explained to her that the lady was taking really good care of him and giving him a bath, combing him, trimming the hair around his face so he could see, cutting his nails, etc. I went on to tell her that the lady was making him look really handsome. Samara's response was: "Oh, so now we can take him to church?" LOL! No sweetie - I don't think that would go over very well!

Here he is after his haircut. The smudge on the top of the picture is because he licked my camera. LOL! (Thankfully it was my camera and not Mike's new one he got for Christmas!)


Here he is in the snow. He loves it!

So there you go . . . the best dog ever!