Meeshka tagged us to share 7 random things about Charlie:
1) Charlie will do anything for food! His favorite phrase is "Puppy treats!," although "Let's go for a walk" or "Let's go for a ride in the car" are close seconds.
2) Charlie has big teeth and knows how to use them. He limits his chewing, fortunately, to his own stuff, sticks, and (his) people.
3) He loves going for walks, but won't go far from the house. He's constantly looking back (to make sure we can get home?) and within a block or two refuses to go further/ insists on going home. And if we hear a loud noise or a dog bark, forget it - - we're going home
now. He doesn't do this when we're away from home, though, or if we're walking with fun people like Aunt Mary & Uncle David.
4) Like Meeshka, Charlie doesn't like to be combed. To express his sentiments, he chews on the comber (see #2).
5) Charlie doesn't bark to come in or go out. Instead, he paws at the door.
6) Baby-gates are evil and Charlie won't go over one, even a short one. He won't even try it. The dog barrier that keeps him out of my lap in the car, however, is another matter entirely.
7) Charlie sticks to me like glue. He goes everywhere I do, and leaving the house without him is always a big production involving #1, #2, and #6.
Now, if you haven't already, you share too!
This is heaven to Charlie, being so food-oriented! The cherries have dried on the tree to a perfect chewey gooey consistency, and Charlie can't believe his good fortune when he finds the terraces and yard covered with them. He runs to that corner and gobbles them down as quickly as possible.
Only the prospect of being hand-fed can induce him to take a break. Albeit, a short one.
As we walk down the sidewalk, he constantly glances back, as if to assure himself he can get home. And at some point, usually suddenly and often dramatically, he freaks! It could be a dog barking in a house, or a loud truck, or a distant sound of remodeling; sometimes it happens for no apparent reason. It could be 2 blocks from home or it could be 1/2 block. But suddenly Charlie tucks his tail and cowers, pathetically straining at the leash to crawl home.
invented this cool award (see, that's his fur in the background; cool, huh?): 
Charlie and Gabbie know we're totally bummed not to receive the FIFA Under-20 World Cup Soccer broadcasts or Internet streams here in Portland. So they're doing their best to give us a soccer experience. Go Doggies!
Meeshka tagged us to share 7 random things about Charlie:
It's going to be "hotter than a firecracker on the Fourth of July," here in Portland today! And I don't know about Oregon, but in Indiana (where Charlie and I are from) the corn's supposed to be "knee high by the Fourth of July," too.
