Top 10 Oscar Traits (plus more pictures!)

1) Oscar is a drooly monster. It's worst after a long drink of water, but it's very cute when his girlfriend tries to lick away his drool.

(I gotta get me some water - just look how muddy I am! mmmm water!)

2) He usually walks up at 6:45am whining, waking us up. When I come downstairs to let him out of the crate, he'll just lay back down and pass out.

(I like sleeping - here's what I look like when I'm sleep-walking)

3) Sticks. It's like crack to Oscar.

(mmmm sticks - so many sticks, so little time!)

4) Sometimes it's easy to mistake Oscar for a pig. He grunts like a baby piglet.

(trust me, I'm making some very pig-like noises here rooting around for sticks in the park)

5) Oscar has really bad gas. Recently, it has gotten better, but when he farts, it's silent but VERY deadly.

(wasn't me. Just kiddin'! It was totally me!)

6) He likes light colored dogs, more specifically light blond retrievers and mini poodle mixes. If he's feeling rebellious, he'll move in on a pug.

(now that's what I'm talkin' about - NICE!)

7) One time he got so worked up in puppy kindergarten, he threw up his entire dinner and all the treats from class. It was really gross.

(I remember being sad about losing all that food)

8) Oscar loves everyone, specifically people's crotches, more specifically crotches during a menstrual cycle.

(this pink Kong filled with peanut butter is good, but it doesn't smell as good as period-crotch...)

9) He ate his favorite stuffed monkey's tail. Our poor dogwalker found it in his poop a week later. He hasn't really loved his monkey as much since.

(that's right, no tail-ey, no like-y. You got a problem with that?)

10) Oscar is our baby, just like real human babies are to parents. People think we're weird, but Oscar loves it.

(I love them most when they feed me - is that food I see coming?)

Here are some more pictures taken the same day at the park. It was a muddy day in early February due to all of the snow melting. Oscar had just turned 6 months old. All photos coutesy of Andrew Ippolito (http://www.strivestudios.com/) a fantastic photographer and friends with Christina.

(trying to look cute covered with mud)

(making friends)

(getting excited)

(getting really excited)

(checking out the scene)

(looking for more friends)

(trying to get the last bit of peanut butter from the Kong)