some truths

today i heard that, um, i'm going to be neutered on thursday.  this will be a big change for me.  so in light of the fact that i will be undergoing an, um, transition i thought it best to get some things off my chest. 

this is what you need to know about me, right now, today, before i get any older and better behaved.

i am a puppy at heart.  i wiggle.  i squiggle.  i thrash and crash and boom around.  i am unabashedly comfortable with pitching my body in whatever direction seems fitting.  this might mean you are drinking a glass of water and i come flying at you in a fervor of affection.  or i am rushing to get outside and i decide that over the couch and through the door is the easiest way to go.  when you touch me, i might fling my body on the ground for an enthusiastic belly rub.  i am most extravagant in my gestures. 

i originally thought it was important for me to pee on everything i saw.  now, i was no ordinary marker.  i would do things like lift my leg up while standing in the middle of a room or maybe lift my leg on another dog or, well, just anywhere.  in only a week, i have stopped marking inside the house all-together when supervised.  the only time i try to mark is when i am running loose in the house, border collie hair flowing in the wind and freedom is mine.  in those moments, the chair legs and couch cushions are irresistible.  the belly band stops any ACTUAL marking, but the thought is there. 

i have never pooped in the house.  i do lots and lots of circles when i feel the urge.  i really couldn't say it any louder. 

speaking of circling, i am a big fan of circles, circling, and chasing.  my circling is not a neat, savvy type of elegant spin.  my circling is just like the rest of me - embellished, animated and quite vigorous.  i can knock a crate over when i do a circle because i am whipping around with such energy and excitement.  ooh la la.  outside, i like to circle around the other dogs.  neat circles to the left.  to the left.  always to the left.  one might say i am a little neurotic.  nahhhh. i am a border collie!  what you know about border collies, anyways? 

there is circling and there is pacing.  i like to circle when i am worried or when i am on the prowl.  i like to pace when i am unsure of what to do next.  back and forth.  back and forth.  i am consistent.  i need someone to say HEY!  DEAFIE!  HOW ABOUT SETTLING DOWN THERE, BUDDY?!  of course it does no good to SAY it, but if you take my collar and look at me close, maybe give me a soft rubdown and help to tell me with your gestures that i should relaxxxxxxxxx then maybe i will do just that.  ahhhh, it is very helpful when the peoples of the world let me know what to do and what next. 

i am still four years old with the teeth of an ancient being and the heart and spirit of a pup.  I am robust and skinny and silly and loopy and loving all at once. 

did i tell you how much i love food?  wow.  I.  LOVE.  FOOD.  A LOTTTTTTTTTTT. 

you know about the biskits, that much i know.  well, it doesn't stop there.  i am pretty much on a consistent mission to eat something.  it's just so awesome!  today i found a cheetos bag and licked the crumbs on the inside and then decided - why stop there?  why not just eat the whole thing?  i didn't really like the taste of the bag so i gave up and just scattered the pieces around in an delightful design on the rug.  however, do not fault me because i did give it an earnest effort and, no doubt, will continue to search for edibles.

and you know the only way to truly tell if something is edible is to attempt to eat whatever-it-is. 

I am friggin' adorable.  i lack sophistication and grace, some might say, but i make up for it in my utterly obvious delight and joy with the world and all it has to offer.

so, there, now you know all about me. the good, the good, and the good.  may it all remain the same after the (gulp) neutering. 

Elise says, "yeah, may it all remain the same except the marking...."

WHATEVER!  I am going to go jump on her head and give her a Cy-bonic hug!