My BFF Cory

As you can tell from my earlier blogging, I have a very good life. I have parents and a vet who take good care of me. I have people-siblings who love to play with me and bring me new toys. But unfortunately, my Maryland dog-siblings Murray and Daisy, who in people years are 12 and 13, do not ever, ever want to play with me (:

On the way to living here, I rode up from Georgia with my dog-sibling Luna. Luna can flat out play! She taught me several of my favorite games. Unfortunately, like the title of the last episode of Star Trek the Next Generation, “All Good Things Must End,” and Luna drove home after Thanksgiving with her people mom and dad, Jordan and Mike. And I was left with the stuck up, grumpy and way-too-unenergetic Daisy and Murray to not play with. Even pulling Daisy all the way across the kitchen floor by her tail would not motivate her to play with me!

Right after Christmas break Jordan and Mike discovered Luna’s only imperfection: even though she loves to play with her people and brings her A-game every time, she is not fond of snuggling. BUT, Luna had made friends with someone at Pawtropolis doggie daycare while there for Christmas vacation. Jordan and Mike liked the friend dog, and they brought him home to be part of the family. The new dog was eventually named Coriollis, or Cory for short. Everyone is happy because Cory snuggles AND plays.

Cory drove up with Jordan for spring break. He is a black and white colored boy dog about 1 year old. Cory doesn’t talk about his puppy days, but apparently he was out on his own and has a burn mark on his back to show for it (poor guy!). I have videos of me and Cory playing together (I’m the all black dog if you forgot) in my parents house--but, oops! Dad forgot to download them for me. Boy dogs just love to have FUN, and you'll have to take my word for it.

When Cory arrived at my house he had already gone through puppy “boot camp” training. He knew the proper response to the commands: SIT, DOWN, STAY, and OFF. He impressed my parents by not always pulling on the leash when being walked. At the time we met, I was always pulling my people wherever I wanted to go. So impressed were my parents by Cory’s training that I was enrolled the next week in my own puppy “boot camp” training.

During spring break Cory left my house for a few days to play with Mike’s family dog Sadie, and then went home with Jordan as Luna missed him a lot. It took me several days to stop looking for Cory at my house. But now we text each other whenever someone leaves their cell phone within paws' reach. (Don't tell!)
Hawkeye