Meggapalooza 2010

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEGGIE!

Today Meg hits the twelve year mark. We first got Meg in the pre-digital years, so I don't have any little puppy pictures of her on this computer. I'll have to find some and scan them in. All I could find was the above picture, taken when she was probably a year old, or so, before the long hair kicked in and her head fell into proportion with the rest of her body.

Apparently Meg partied hard in celebration of another year gone by. When we got home she was all tuckered out and laying almost comatose on the floor. Ummm... OK. She always looks like that. But I'm sure she did something to celebrate the day. She got some extra treats from yours truly. It was too late for her to do any snowboarding, as the snow has pretty much passed into oblivion. I did notice all of the girls' "Buddies" movies laying out on the floor around the TV set. As you might know, the "Buddies" are those little Golden Retriever puppies that keep showing up in their own movies. "Air Buddies", "Space Buddies", "Snow Buddies", "Santa Buddies", "Secret Agent Buddies", "Political Activist Buddies", etc., etc. I can't watch them. Why would I? I have two "Buddies" in the house with me now. Granted, they're Australian Shepherds, and don't seem to get along much of the time. More like fightin' friends. Plenty of action, what with Abbey jumping over Meggie. That's their act. Abbey is the daredevil, and Meg is the stageprop.

Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Prepare to be amazed! Abby the Aussinator, three time world jump champion, will now leap over Meggie the Napinator! Ohhhh!! A flawless jump! Now, prepare for the thrill of your lives, as Abbey now prepares to make the Flaming Death Jump! Please wait while the stage team sets Meggie to flame...

Ok. Maybe not the best stage show. I'd better make sure Abbey doesn't get hold of any matches. Enough picking on Meg. She's a good girl. If ever you need fuzz therapy, she's there. She doesn't get dirty (at least not since her 6th birthday), she doesn't chew the furniture (outgrew that by her 2nd birthday), and she's quiet, for the most part. She does get excited and barks when Abbey is jumping all over her. And sometimes she just starts barking and gets stuck and needs a little help stopping. Then there's her mood swings, the crabbiness, and the sudden violent attacks on Abbey. We just chalk it all up to Aussheimer's Syndrome, which strikes Australian Shepherds in their later years. So, although you might not remember it tomorrow, Happy Birthday, Meggie!!