Best in Show!

The AKC Eukanuba dog show was on animal planet tonight. Quite clearly there was nothing else on, but I admit that I enjoy watching dog shows every now and then. I amuse myself at the thought of Desi, our first monkey (who is actually a Boxer doggy that I nicknamed "monkey" early on), ever competing in anything other than being well...Desi. He's so-so on obedience. Well, who am I kidding? He's terrible unless he's positive you've got a treat. He's a bit neurotic, a tad high-strung, surprisingly wimpy, but he is without question, the best dog possible for our crazy family.

Here is Desi the day we brought him home. He weighed only 8 pounds. He would walk halfway down the block and then exhuastedly sit down in protest.


He withstood the move from Seattle to LA fine. We had a great time walking offleash in the desert down there. He breezed through obedience class. He was still a clown, though. He would make me laugh every day. Here is Desi giving Tyler "five". Tyler is a kid that came over specifically to visit Desi. Just about every day.


He did not withstand the move to Minnesota quite as well. After the 4-day drive he has since hated riding in the car and convulses every time we force him into our vehicle. Then we went and had a baby. We were terrified he wouldn't adjust to a baby being around because we had lavished Desi with non-stop attention, but he surprised us by doing exceptionally well. In fact, aside from licking Adam's face raw, he was the ideal dog for having a new baby around. He adjusted to being neglected quite well.


Adam and Desi became partners in crime getting into all kinds of messes together:




Here Adam got the sorbet out of the freezer. Desi chewed the lid off and they both went at the tub of sorbet together.





Now we have Natasha and Desi is still behaving wonderfully despite being relegated to an even lower position within the pack. We love this doggy. He takes daily beatings and all he'll do is sigh and walk away. He was our first child and we are so proud of him despite how goofy he is.