whoopi is here!!!

Well, how do you do?

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 Whoopster lounging on dad's (very missed) couch.

So, I took the plunge and committed to a 30 lb lab/poodle mix. He is a neutered male that is housetrained and absolutely perfect in every way! In the words of my Aunt Pooh, "After him, you'll never be able to settle for any man!" No truer words have ever been spoken :) 

I drove to Rapid City on Saturday to "meet" him. It was total love at first sight! We clicked right away, and the volunteer at the Humane Society told me I was very lucky because "Joey" was quite the catch. The volunteer gave me some background info on him and said that he had been surrendered by his original owners because of financial and landlord issues. "Joey" had been adopted within days of his original surrender by an older woman. This woman returned him within two days, saying that she didn't like how he followed her everywhere---wait a tick, what is it exactly that dogs are supposed to do if not follow it's master around? Well, anyway there had been multiple people that called for information about him, but luckily I was the winner winner of that chicken dinner! 

I re-named him Whoopiman Cuddyer Smidt, and he goes by Whoopi, Da Whoop or Whoopster. What can I say, I love me some Whoopi Goldberg and had already named a rez street dog Cuddy (after my favorite Twins player). Although his name is semi-feminine, I do not give a rats pa-toot. After all, he is a freakin' poodle! 

Every conversation I've had with dad since Saturday has centered around Whoopster. He keeps telling me what a bad idea/habit it is to let him sleep with me--I figure it will keep the cost of heating down. Muahahahahaha!!! Plus, who could resist that face?! I mean, really!