I have a new brother!

Boy oh boy!  It has been a crazy month.  First, Mama brought home this guy named Rascal to foster for Schnauzer Rescue Cincinnati.  Ringo and I were pretty much liking having the house just to ourselves (minus the cats but I say they don’t count anyway!) and then along comes this fella.  I liked him OK – he wasn’t really very exciting because he’s an older gent.   But he hated Ringo for some reason.  Poor Ringo.  Rascal kept trying to attack him and a couple times Ringo got bit.  I was a good brother though and tried to comfort him by licking his wounds.   I think his pride was hurt more than anything but I tried to heal that too.  Ringo’s just a lover, not a fighter and he couldn’t understand why Rascal hated him so.   Mama and Dad just could not allow that to keep going on though so Rascal had to go and stay somewhere else.  I kinda feel sorry for the old guy.  He’s just used to being an only dog and didn’t like sharing the attention with Ringo and I.  I sure hope someone out there thinks about adopting him. 

So after Rascal left, Mama brought home ANOTHER foster dog.  This guy’s name is Jasper and he’s a young punk, only four months old.  He’s some kind of schnauzer mix like Ringo and I.  In fact, he and Ringo look like brothers.   But I did not like him at first.  How dare this “still wet behind the ears” pup come in and think he is going to rule the roost.  I told him different right from the start.   He comes barrelin’ into the house actin’ all crazy and stuff and thought he was going to take over all the chew toys.  I don’t think so!  But it gets crazier than that because Mama and Dad decided to ADOPT him!   What????  Now Ringo and I have to share our stuff with him and be nice because he is part of our family.   But I had a change of heart and decided I like him. Might as well, if he is gonna stay.  We’re buddies now, we love to chase each other all over the house.   I am trying to teach him how to play tug-o-war but he doesn’t get it yet.    I hope he figures it out because that is my favorite game!   But he hordes toys too.   He takes them right out of my mouth and goes in stashes it in MY BED and then has the nerve to growl at me if I come to take it back!  Gee whiz!! 

So it looks like Jasper is here to stay which is Ok with me and Ringo too.  He’s a good guy, just got lots to learn.  Ringo and I already had to show him that  boy dogs lift their legs to pee.  He was still squatting like a girly dog!   We think he’s a good fit though.  We all three look so much alike that Mama says she has triplets now and calls us the Three Amigos!

My brother Jasper