Furbaby Friday! { v.1}

Hey fellow bloggers! Welcome to the first installment of Furbaby Friday. I'm your host Melissa =]

All right, enough with the announcer voice.

I am very excited to be hosting this. As a pet owner myself, I know how much us furbaby mommas (& poppas) love our pets which in turn translates to the awesomeness of bragging rights! (Because you know each us believe that our fuzzy friend is the best)

So what exactly is Furbaby Friday, you may ask (hopefully in your head and not out loud or people may stare)?
Well, every Friday I will have a guest blogger post about their furbabies. Sounds easy and equally cute enough, right? Each blogger will introduce themselves and their pets and talk about whatever they want in order to induce a cuteness overload coma. Remember, if you want to participate, just email me at lifeandtimesofmellynel.gmail.com.

Now, let's get on with it!

I am the proud furbaby momma to a Beagle Rat Terrier Mix named Prudence. She is named after the Beatles song "Dear Prudence." If you haven't heard the song, here ya go:

I chose to name her this because I wanted to give her a name that wasn't one a dog is normally named and I wanted it to be a human name. The lyrics, "Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play?" is what made my decision.

Pru was a Valentine's Day/First Year Anniversary gift from an old boyfriend. He and my best friend Haleigh adopted her from the Humane Society and we went and picked her up two days later. She was only 2 months when we got her.

I'll tell ya, she was the shyest thing in the world when we first brought her home. I was worried the humane society's classification of her as "very social" was wrong. But alas by the end of the night she was pouncing around at my feet and chewing on my fingers like rubber bones.

Now dogs have always been my favorite animal but I never had one growing up (the consequence of growing up in an apartment). So when I got Pru, you can imagine the excitement. I was like that little kid waking up to a puppy on Christmas morning.

Growing up, a dog is all I ever wanted and now that I have one, my life has become so much fuller. I honestly can't imagine my life without her. It's crazy to me how a human and an animal can create a bond like that. One of the magic wonders of nature, I guess.

She is the goofiest dog ever sometimes or well most of the time. When I come in the door from work or school and let her out of her crate, she runs a little lap around me and then stands on her hind legs with her paws up in the air (It reminds me of a toddler yelling "pick me up!"). When she's being really playful, she'll give me the goofiest face ever and it cracks me up every time.



While I was occupied watching a movie, she was busy getting her head stuck in the empty breadstick bag.

When I'm doing homework (which takes up like every morsel of my being during the school year) she lays by me and watches me. Once I'm finished though, she is up and about wanting to play. 



For christmas, my best friend got me a picture frame that says "Pets Leave Paw Prints on Our Hearts" and I believe that saying is more than true. They leave paw prints on every aspect of your life. My home wouldn't be home without my Prudence. 

Now it's your turn! If you would like to participate in Furbaby Friday, shoot me an e-mail!