Another Banner Day For Bon Bon!!!

Cross your fingers.  That's how close my little dog Bon Bon and I have become.  In the space of five months we have bonded very tightly and are almost inseparable.  He sleeps on the bed at night, curls up in my lap when I read, stands on his rear legs and puts his front paws on my leg when he wants to be picked up and, follows me everywhere.

Well, me his mama has been reading that it's not so good to have your dog sit on your lap when driving nor is it good to have your dog sit on the passenger seat.  Why not?  It's because of the air bags that now drop from the front and the side.  They explode with such force that they probably would kill your dog.  And, a step up in crate size that I had purchased for Bon Bon....well that crate really doesn't fit on the seat well.

So, what's a mama to do?  Why, go baby...er, ahem...I mean go dog new equipment shopping!  And, that's what happened today.  You know how it is when you go shopping.  You go in for the thing in your mind and leave with all kinds of other stuff you now know that you need too!  So, Bon Bon had another Christmas Day.  Gee, how do I top these Christmas Days when the real one comes around?

First off I see an oval padded bed not very deep that I know he will be comfortable in on the rear seat.  Into my cart it goes.  Then I realize that he is going to need a harness that attaches to the car seat's belt and to the dog to keep him safe and in place on the not very deep padded oval bed.  Into my cart that goes. 

I round the corner in the store and see that all this  past Winter's doggy clothing is now marked down to $2.50!  Wow!  I see the same blue turtleneck sweater I bought for him December last.  I quickly find the next size up (of course, my puppy has grown).  Into the cart!  More rapidly now I select a red plaid turtleneck he can wear next Christmas, a mid tone blue padded vest,  a short pink vest, and a brown tone raincoat with hood.  Way to go!  Into the cart!

In the next aisle I spot a cloth doggy carrier with hand and shoulder strap for me his mama to carry him in.  Hmm, hmm, I think...this would also work well on the back seat 'cause I can put him in it and put the seat belt around it.  Besides for air travel (we are not planning anything right now) I do take him to the vet, and other places where it would be very handy to carry him this way instead of having him in my arms.  Into the cart!

At this point different sales associates are coming up to me and either giving glances into my cart or are asking me if I need any help.  I say "No" to them and I say "Yes" to myself.  How to you stop buying for your kid???

This aisle also has doggy treats on sale, a shiny gold collar (he needs a new one), a red ball (he needs one), a handy rubber lined travel tote with a food pouch and water bottle (a travel bag for a dog is a new way of saying a diaper bag for your dog), and, last but not least a new slighly larger dog bed for the house so if I am gone for more than two hours he has a very comfortable, consoling place to be (I plan to put a piece of my clothing in it so he will feel that I'm with him).  All, into the shopping cart!

Oh well, I tell myself.  He will use these things.  And, some of them are on sale.  He knows I LOVE him and I guess this is my way of showing that besides all the hugging and kissing I do with him. Gee, I hope these sales associates don't peg me for a big spender!

Once back home I bring in the slighly larger dog bed for the house and plop it on the kitchen floor.  Bon Bon who knows I'm home with the sound of the garage door opening runs into the kitchen, sees the new bed and makes a dive for it.  He curls up in a corner...the same way he curled up in my lap when first we laid eyes on each other!  And, he never left my lap either that very first time even though his brother and sister kept walking around the room.  It was as if he had told himself, I'm getting adopted and I'm GOING HOME WITH HER!"

Anyhow, enough with this story.  Here are some pictures of Bon Bon in his new raincoat with hood, his new carrier and a picture of him at a local park which is another story I will save for now.

And, there you have it!  Bon Bon's sweet life with me!