Almost forgot

Almost forgot to blog about this, but a few weeks after Kiko died, back in April, we got a new puppy who we named Jasper. (I can't believe I forgot about blogger that long.) He is a little ball of pure voom, and when we got him, he was so small, I could carry him up the stairs with ease, now, he's a very big, very energetic, and a very destructive puppy. He has managed to tear up a toy cow (made of canvas), a fire hose toy (made of actual fire hose), and several around-the house items, including a kiddie pool that we got for him to play in. He tore a large gash out of the side and we found bits of blue plastic in his poo a while later. Last night, he got a hold of his poop bag dispenser, broke it apart and shredded all the blue poop bags in the backyard.

Jasper is almost always hungry, wanting lots of treats and food. He's already starting to get fat, despite the crazy fast runs he goes on at the dog park. He's currently sleeping on my Mom's bed, worn out from being all zoom-zoom earlier today,and I hope he doesn't get to energetic today, I don't want him getting anyone mad.

A Memorial to Kiko

Yesterday, we had to euthanize our dog Kiko. A disk in his back had slipped and pinched a nerve in his spinal cord. Because of this, his hindquarters were paralyzed. He had to be euthanized because he would never recover. Kiko was our loving friend for nine years, and we will always miss him. When we first got him, he was just a puppy, and his ears were to large for his head. He didn't really perk up about a name until mom suggested Kiko. When we lived in Boise, he would sometimes want out really bad, and in his rush to get out, he would run into the sliding glass door. He did the same thing with the screen door in our current house. In our Genesee house, he had a lot of fun just going on walks around town and meeting other dogs. He still had fun in Sahuarita, but he only got a few walks. While we were in Sahuarita, he kept trying to sniff cacti on our walks, one day, he got to. It was a barrel cactus with long, hooked spines in addition to the normal ones. One of the spines caught in his nose and he yanked away, cutting his nose, we got the bleeding under control soon enough though. Even after this, he still tried to sniff half the cacti along the road during our walks. Kiko always loved snow, and romped in it at every opportunity. His birthday was October the thirty-first, Halloween, and his best present was meeting all sorts of new people and learning new smells. Every Christmas, we would hang up a stocking just for him, and it would be stuffed with goodies every time. Every Independence Day, he would get scared of the firework noises and run to hide, oftentimes under my mom's desk. He would never bite us, or hurt us, intentionally, and we always played together during the day. He was a funny, fuzzy friend whose death has left a hole in our lives. We will miss him forever.

My New Pet

Yesterday, I got A new pet. A male Leopard Gecko, to be precise. He is yet to be named (if you have any ideas, please let me know in a review). He is an active, happy gecko and he is really cute. As with most geckos, he is nocturnal and sleeps a lot during the day (particularly during the morning). So far he has eaten 2 crickets, with 2 more still running around in his tank. If you have any comments, fell free to post, especially about a name for him. I'll blog again soon (I hope).

P.S. My experiment went well. The bowl with fresh pineapple stayed liquid while the other two gelled properly.