Scouters

Ok one of my first posts ever was about my dog Jake and I still haven't gone in depth about my other little guy Scout.

I have to say I LOVE this furry critter! But he is one of the most confusing animals alive...for the most part all he wants to do is sleep like right on top of me any chance he gets. When Trent and I cuddle on the couch and I'm in the back he can't just lie in front of Trent, he has to either try to come between us or if that doesn't work he finds a way to lie on my hip that I'm not lying on. Seriously, one night I woke up in the middle of the night with THE worst pain in my right hip, it was so bad that I thought it was broken or something cuz I couldn't move it but then I looked down and realized that it was just Scout lying on top of me. I don't know how that could be comfortable or how he balances there cuz I was lying on my left side with him stretched out on the other.

The other thing that confuses the heck out of me is he's so calm like all the time except when I first get up in the morning or let him out of his kennel. At those times he's jumping at my legs and nipping at my fingers constantly. And sometimes just out of the blue he starts whining or barking at me and when I try to take him outside or pet him he doesn't stop.

Lastly, I've just realized that he's afraid of the tin bowl that we put his food in. This whole time we just thought that he didn't want to eat dog food cuz his last owner was a homeless guy who fed him anything he could so we just figured when he got hungry enough he would eat what's put down for him. For the most part he did but recently he's been holding back. He would take a piece of food really quickly from the bowl and then run away but when I put it in my hand he ate the whole thing and finally we put the food in a plastic bowl and the poor guy wolfed the whole thing down in like 5 minutes.

But with all his craziness and quirks I love him even more. It makes life really interesting. By always wanting to be next to me he makes me feel loved unconditionally. He has a way of looking at me like I'm the only person in the world that matters to him.