A year of Walter

Well it has been a year and a day since I have begun ownership of a dog. Before this time last year, I was content with the dogs around the farm, playing and throwing the stick with them given the chance. At first I wasn't sure what I was going to do with a dog in the house. I thought my dad and grandpa decided that a dog wasn't the best choice for my brother when he was working for someone else. I was going to be gone for most days and he was going to have to be caged up and left alone. Either he was going to tag along with dad and grandpa, or stay in the house. I didn't really want a dog that was going to be in the house all day long, and I didn't want one that was going to wander around all day long like some rogue wolf.

All in all though, Walter has turned out to be a pretty good dog. He will run around with CJ and Mitzie when I let him out there, has learned to keep his potty habits outside, and doesn't really bark all that much when he is indoors. He sleeps well in the evenings, is a little wound up in the mornings, and seems to come when I call him to come in from outside. When I first got him, he couldn't jump onto the couch, and now he can jump all the way up on my truck tailgate from the ground. He was as big as Chloe the pug, and now weighs more than Captain Morgan and is slightly smaller than Stella the dog. He still can't get CJ to play with him very often, but still pulls and rolls around with Mitzie to his hearts content. He now has some doggie companions in the house, and is going to meet some feline companions once the Vet Assistant gives them the run of the square footage.

In other news, I have been especially busy as of lately. Two basketball games a week that keep me from home for up to 4 hours. Stripping tobacco for around 8 hours a day, and having to figure out a new truck are all keeping me very occupied. Last year we had a crew of Amigos doing all the tobacco work, and I am beginning to wonder how they were able to work all the hours they did everyday, 7 days a week very often times. I will be glad to finish up the tobacco,  and am looking forward to what we might be doing when the tobacco industry retires itself from the Hauke name.


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