Omar is ONE !

It is hard to believe that Omar is one year old today.... he arrived here when he was 12 weeks old and has been on the constant move ever since. Most off our dogs have slowed down enough to have a picture taken...they pose and are pretty good about the odd snap...Omar is hard to draw a bead on....you have to sneak a pic, before he blasts off like a fruit fly.....he is jet propelled and ready to go ....

our first year...Omar has an absolute love of cloth and plastic...forget having to go and buy him an expensive dog toys...he would much rather have an empty plastic soda bottle or an old rag ..................problems...if you are drinking a soda, he will stalk you and whine for the empty, so we have taken to having all our soda in a glass...as not to be rushed into finishing just so nut boy can have the empty.......this love of plastic extends to all plastic...he would be like a pig in shit at the dump.... he loves to play catch, but a ball is not necessary...he will fetch anything you choose to toss......he is a constant companion and interested in absolutely everything you do, most of are dogs have been this way in some context..but Omar is relentless......the only other dog we have had that even came close to this behavior was, Woof Woof, our very first dog....... he too was poodle , a mix of poodle and Irish terrier.....Woofie did calm down and Omar will too...he is a very smart dog and is starting to obey commands when you can get his attention.........last night he ran out the back door and Ken, my husband ,was able to get him to come back with just a verbal command, he didn't have to chase him down

all in all ,he is a smart, sweet, good tempered dog .......wouldn't matter...he is family and we would make the best of it .......after all he is loved and that overrides all the rest...
the top picture was his first picture and the second was taken last month....

nicknames his first year....demon child, stinker, troll, nut boy, big boy, mouse boy ...these are the top few...I do call him O, and big O....he loves when you say,...O O O O O O Omar !.....sounds silly, but the best part of family is you can be as silly as you like in private....I also say...big O, little m, ar...spells OMAR........what can I say , we are all silly here ! thank goodness the dogs can't speak back , or roll their eyes like kids...