Hello. My name is Blu.

October 10, 2012
Hello.

My name is Blu.

I am an almost four-month-old chocolate lab puppy who eats backyards, rose bushes, honeysuckles, sand toys, sticks, and pots.

I dig in the sand box and have recently learned it is fun to dig up my alpha male's newly planted $75 maple tree.

I bark in the house and jump on the couches when no one is paying attention to me.

I can't decide if I want to be in or out.

I pull on my leash despite the alpha female's best attempts to teach me that she is in charge.

I poop. A lot.

I slobber and drip water all over the floor after taking a drink.

I run in front of cars because chasing a kid on a bike across the street looks like more fun than staying alive.

I run away to the park when no one is looking. Or when the boy lets me out of the backyard.

I jump in the bathtub with the kids. Then remember I do not like having a bath in the tub and jump out, soaking whichever alpha is in charge of bath time.

And I eat through bottles of antifreeze, sending panic into my alpha female's already stressed and overly emotional psyche and sending me a trip to the Animal ER.