Oshie likely licking his chops after eating something or hoping to be fed something. As with all Golden Retrievers he loves food and if you have any around him be prepared to be covered in drool and watched intently as you eat.
Oshie can be so photogenic and handsome when he wants to be. Experimenting with photography and happened to get this picture on my first day with the new camera. Not a perfect photo but for an accident it looks rather nice.
Good day! It has been a while since the last post and for that I apologize. So on to the topic of this post…. sleep and more specifically the positions dogs choose for their favorite pastime. As a human I have the luxury of laying on a comfortable Tempur-Pedic mattress. No matter what position I choose I am always comfortable. Oshie on the other hand sleeps on the floor. This is not because we make him but because he chooses to. He has had a dog bed ever since we brought him home but he has never slept on it. The most he will ever do is use it as a pillow for his head.
Oshie is a spoiled pup and we allow him on the furniture as long as he isn’t wet or muddy but for some reason when it comes to sleeping he prefers the floor. The strangest part about this is the positions that he ends up in. I look at him and wonder how he is comfortable but at the same time can’t help but laugh. His favorite strange position is lying on his back fully extended. He has done this since he was just a little fluff ball. Here are some pictures of him doing what he does best..sleeping.
I don’t know how this is so comfortable to him. At least it makes for some funny photos. If you like this post and are a pet owner please comment and share any odd/funny sleeping positions that your pet ends up in. Thanks!
-Jesse
This is T.J. Oshie:
He plays for the St. Louis Blues, and was part of the U.S. Olympic Hockey team in SOCHI in 2014. He became the hero of all heroes when USA played RUSSIA before the knockout stage. He scored 4 out of 6 shots during a shootout and once again, AMERICA! won the game.
My Husband Jesse and I are huge Hockey fans. We were thinking of Dog names at the same time the winter Olympics were taking place. When we saw this game, and saw how much of a badass T.J. Oshie was, we decided to name our Dog after America’s newest Hero; Oshie.
I think it fits pretty well. Look at him! He is picking up hockey sticks and wearing Hockey gear now!
“Don’t touch the dog!” My mother would say when I was growing up. She had this idea that all dogs were dirty and carried diseases. So I never touched or played with dogs. If I went to a friend’s house and they had a dog, I wouldn’t run away or avoid it. I would simply try to push it away when it came near me. If it touched me with its wet nose, or licked me, I immediately wiped it off and would wash my hands once or twice to wash away the germs it just passed on to me. I wasn’t crazy about them. Yeah, sure I saw puppies on TV or in person and thought they were adorable and cute, but I wasn’t the first person to go over and pet it.
I do remember being fascinated with the Golden Retriever in the Air Bud movies. He could play basketball, football, baseball and was so well-behaved. I knew I loved Golden Retrievers, but never saw one in person. Never did I imagine that I would have one some day.
Fast forward to 2013. I graduated from The United States Naval Academy and commissioned as a 2ndLt In the United States Marine Corps. After completing 6 months of training at The Basic School and moving to North Carolina where I got stationed, my husband and I decided that he would finish his degree before he looked for a new job. We talked about getting a puppy (even though in the back of my head I questioned if I really wanted one).
The Marine Corps mascot is a bull-dog, so I figured we could get one of those. Bull dog puppies are extremely cute, but they have a history of health problems and were not that cute past their puppy phase. So, jokingly, I said, “What about a Golden Retriever?! we could teach him how to play Hockey!” we both laughed and decided to do some research. Besides, Golden Retrievers are probably the happiest looking, and most beautiful creatures on this planet.
We found a breeder near Charlotte, NC and paid a visit after multiple e-mails from Kary (the breeder). We got to meet 4 puppies that weekend. It was sooo hard to choose one. They were all soo little, soo fluffy, and soo playful. There’s something about Golden Retriever puppies that makes you smile from ear to ear. Their little puppy bark, waggly tails and facial expressions fill your heart with happiness. We ended up choosing the puppy that I held in my arms like a baby, and looked up at me. His eyes met my eyes, I smiled at him and he laid there for a little while just looking back up at me. I immediately fell in love!
Unfortunately, because he was still only 6 weeks old, we couldn’t bring him home with us that weekend. We’d have to wait another long week before we could finally bring him home. When we left the farm, I washed my hands with hand sanitizer because my mom always told me that dogs were dirty.
A week later we drove back down to pick up our little guy. I was sooo excited to hold him in my arms again and to finally take him home. And we did. We brought him home. He slept most of the way, but that’s okay. He was just so beautiful!
We played with him, gave him his first bath,
cleaned up his accidents, stayed up late at night comforting him because he cried and cried until he fell asleep. And of course, I constantly washed my hands after touching him because my mother always said that dogs were dirty. We named him Oshie. Which we still have to explain where we came up with that. I’ll let my husband explain it.
-Nancy
Jesse
Nancy
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