Goodbye, Tanker...

It is with great sadness that I post this...it's been very quiet on Tank's blog for a few reasons. Back in July, we became concerned for the safety of the hairless human. Tank was starting to nip at her and we were doing a nanny share at our house with another kiddo. We felt that for the safety of both kiddos, we would have to do something with Tank. He was also peeing on every-single-thing that belonged to the hairless human. We think that the combination of adding a hairless human and moving all of us into a new house shortly after, made things uber confusing for him. After much thought and discussion, we called the breeder that sold Tank to us. She was sad to hear that we would no longer be able to give him the same level of care, but she was happy to take him back. She ended up keeping the sweet boy. Last week she called us - devastated - Tank had liver cancer and would have to be put down. We were stunned and so sad that our first "baby" was so sick.

Back in 2010, el husbando talked me into an english bulldog. I wasn't an animal lover, that's for sure. But - he brought home this wrinkled little 8 week old pup that just made you smile. We had just suffered a miscarriage and we were sad... I will always remember my first "baby" that brought me out of that funk and filled our hearts with lots of love. And I will always be grateful that the hairless human loves animals because of her brother, Tank.

RIP Tanker.

xo,
Dee

Aunt Sarah is so mean!

She's like a drill sergeant! My parents took the hairless human to AZ to see Grandma & Grandpa. This is what I'm dealing with.

I was finally getting a good night's sleep because "the truth is" that new baby wakes up all through the night!! Then Aunt Sarah came crashing through the door yelling my name, making me get up from my super soft blanket on my human's couch and made me go on a long walk! What is she crazy?!? Does she really think I want a morning run? Before breakfast even? Geez, I'm not training for an agility training competition! At least my big cousin came along with me. He moves so fast! His legs are a lot longer and he could even jump into a river without drowning. I look up to that big yellow dummy! I was so annoyed with Aunt Sarah for ruining my sleeping in schedule that I pooped as far away as I could from her. That way she had to walk across the snowy field in her bright pink spring shoes. Serves her right for making me workout!! (Insert my evil laugh here) Then just to be a stubborn ass when we came back from our run I went and laid under your car so she couldn't make me come back in the house. Now I'm basking in the sun working on my tan. Hopefully the sun will give me more wrinkles because the chicks dig my wrinkles!

-Tank OUT