My 2nd child

What can I say? I love my Pinto. He's become such a wonderful part of the family. He has a few nicknames: Pinto Bean, Mr. Bean, Mr. P., and Interrupting Pinto. He has become a wonderful part of our lives. My daughter actually got mad when I took him to doggie daycare one day and she didn't have her buddy to spend her extra hour in the morning, and after school time with. We thought we were going to outsmart him by putting in a doggie door in the back patio door to prevent accidents, only to learn that he uses it as a way to alert us to take him out the front door. Yeah, he has us trained well. Pinto has escorted us on several adventures, and his favorite so far is digging in the sand and visiting the retirement home with the meet up group. He loves to go to the dog park and chase the big dogs. I think he's pretending he's one of them. We noticed him gaining weight, so we got him a ball that he pushes with his nose to release food. He will obsess over it until it's
empty. He will push it all over the house and then ask for more. Whenever I correct my daughter for something, he chimes in too with a few barks. In fact, that's how he got the name of Interrupting Pinto. When I correct her and she talks back, he will run up and let out three short barks and run off right in the middle of her sentence. He has done wonders for my spirit. He enjoyed spending a week in Idaho with us at my parents' house, and got a chance to learn what it's like to be a farm dog. I think he was glad to come back home though. He loves to lie in the sun, play fetch with is mini tennis ball, push is ball that holds food, and just snuggle. When we start playing, he loves to roll in my kisses. He has become quite serious about his job of waking my daughter up in the morning, and is honored to be her alarm for sleepwalking. He just doesn't quit….he's constantly looking for a job. Now that it's spring break, my daughter wants to spend some time teaching him so new
tricks. He already rolls over, dances, fetches, and sometimes will say I love you (more like "roo roo roooooo"). Please enjoy the few good pictures I have of him (it's hard to slow him down) playing with Simon, his best friend, and just having fun. Thanks for the chance to have a wonderful little boy in our lives.
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