DOG-GONE-IT

So we have this dog. Bo. Also known as Bo-Bo the clown, or DumBO, or Bo-jangles.
He was a stray dog, we took him in for several (selfish) reasons. He wasn't a puppy that we would have to train, he was really calm, he seemed like a good dog.
We have had him for 3 years or so.

He is a good enough dog, but man he is needy and really annoying at times.
One thing that drives me nuts is his excessive cleaning of himself. The licking, the licking, the damn licking. It wakes me up in the middle of the night.

The way he eats is another crazy thing. We live in a bi-level home, his food is downstairs in the laundry room. He gets a mouth full of food, runs up (or more like lunges up) four steps to the first landing and drops all the food. He will stand there and eat it. Right after he finishes, he runs up the rest of the stairs and has to go outside immediately.

He is so much like a child in that if I am on the floor playing with the kids or preoccupied with the kids he has to be right there. Demanding the attention for himself. It never fails, I sit down to rock Bubba at night and Bo decides he needs to go out. I get in the shower and Bo decides he needs to go out. It is crazy.

We really have no idea how old he actually is, the vet thinks he is five or six. He is the biggest chicken butt. He can predict weather just as easily as the local newscaster. If we see Bo heading for a table to squeeze under or hiding in the closet or behind the couch, we KNOW there is a storm coming. It use to be only thunderstorms. He'd get under the end table, usually knocking everything off of it because he is too big, he'd shake with fear. A few minutes you would hear the thunder rumbling the sky. NOW though, it is even for rain. He won't even go NEAR the door to go out if it is raining, even a sprinkle. CHICKEN. Fourth of July is his most hated holiday, I am sure.

He really is a good boy, he never gets riled up, he is really gentle around kids and company. He doesn't potty in the house (my plants outside are fair game however). He has NEVER snipped at anyone. I hate talking bad about him because overall he's not so bad. It just those annoyances that make me crazy and make me giggle sometimes.

Bo-Bo. He's camera shy. :)