My friend JGoode finds the neatest Tuesdays Topics … read about her hugs here :)

No one lives here with me except Miss Sugar Plum but she will be quite happy to have me hug her four times … or more … the problem with hugging Miss Sugar Plum is that she doesn’t much like being hugged if you hug her longer than a couple seconds … the wiggles and squirms and tries to lick my face and to escape so she can play with the person in her floor space. Every time I get down on the floor even to pick up the pieces of her shredded toys … she is bouncing all over me making me laugh and get the giggles … she is hilarious!

Dogs MUST play … and she is all about playing every chance she gets and making chances if she doesn’t get them without making them happen … she is the sweetest but the funniest critter … she had to bounce all over me this morning because I wasn’t getting up fast enough for her … she was ready to play before breakfast. I cannot help but laugh at her … even when she gets me up way too early .. I just cannot be mad at her … she is just too cute and funny. She gets lots of exercise following me around the house … she practically trips me when I am walking form one room to another because she is going too and usually she is right under my feet to do it. When I take a shower, she is laying on the bathroom floor waiting for me … sometimes at bedtime though, she will lay on the bed and watch me go turn off the bathroom light without getting up to follow me … but if I go into the hallway .. that is it … she is in the job and knows exactly where I am at and where I am going.

My daughter tells me she is hyperactive … she just is a very high energy dog who wants to play … a lot! I hadn’t planned on getting a young dog let alone one that thinks she is forever a puppy … sometimes in the morning between laughing at Miss Sugar Plum, I do long for a nice stuffed dog that will let me sleep in and won’t put her big ole puppy paws all over my face when I am trying to sleep and she wants me to get up out of bed … but I would sure miss her terribly if she wasn’t here!