Letters from a family separated!

[Katie, Andy, and Ernie!]

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from Ernie's breeder, Debbie, written in Ernie's mom's voice. Her name is Dazzle, or Dazz for short. Because it was soo stinking cute, I'm going to copy and paste the original e-mail from Ernie's mom here, as well as my reply, in Ernie's voice!

From Dazzle, Ernie's mom:

Ernie,

Hope you had a safe trip home (and hope your new “mom” said “yes” to you and Andy). Be a good boy and make us proud!

Love,

Dazzle and the Zippity Doodles Gang

From Ernie, back home:

Mommy,

I miss you, my brothers and Zippity Doodles so much! I slept for 5 straight hours last night! After that it got harder, but I did really well early on! I'm having tons of fun with my new family and exploring the sites and sounds of the busy city in Denver. I've been learning so much already! Mommy and Daddy already taught me how to use the computer and let me use Daddy's gmail account to send you a message. They've also started me on something called "crate training." I don't care too much for it right now, but I'll go with the flow and try it out!

My new mommy wasn't home yet when I got here. In fact, she didn't even know I was coming to live with them! Dad is such a sucker! Anyway, she was so surprised and excited to see me. Daddy took a video of it and put it on YouTube! You should watch it!
Here's the link. After that, she was looking through all MY stuff in my kennel and there was a box in there that didn't belong to me! New Mommy looked inside the box and it was a ring! Then, Daddy asked Mommy to marry him! She thought about it for exactly 1.5 seconds - I had my stopwatch out - and said yes! We're going to be together for a long, long time!

We went to a really cool and fun Veterinarian this morning. He loved me a lot and said I was VERY healthy! I also got to meet a nice woman whose own doggy had just passed away. Mommy and Daddy let her hold me for a while and she said it made her feel better. I like helping people out! Everyone at the Vet's office really liked me!

I found a new favorite hiding spot in my new home. I attached a couple pictures Daddy took of me in my new hiding spot. That should calm your fears about how I'm doing! Anyway, we're going to the store pretty soon to get some other stuff for me, so I better get moving, but I wanted to share the good news with you about Mommy liking me AND Daddy! Time will tell which one of us she likes more!

Love and miss you,

Ernie

Oh, and here are a couple of videos of Ernie messing around.

Ernie with the mirror!

Ernie's first ice cube!

[Elizabeth, Bailey & Bruin]

Congrats to all of you and your new family!!!  Ernie is a sweet boy!!!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Ernie is precious! Enjoy him> One small piece of advice. You might want to do some puppy proofing. You have lots of lotions and potions as I call them, as well as other things on the floor. Puppies get into everything. 

[Traci -Bexter & Maggie]

THANK YOU for the update!  I am sooo glad she said "YES" to both of you!  How could she resist?  This was one of the most creative and romantic ways to propose that I've ever heard of!  Smart man...using a doodle to sweeten the deal!  I LOVE the video of Ernie and the ice cube!  He was trying to attack that thing!  Enjoy this time...it goes soo fast!

[Deanna & Desi & Cori]

Hi Ernie!  So glad you're settling in with your new mommy and daddy and that your mommy said "yes" to daddy's super special proposal!!  I also want you to know that you're a real cutie.  In fact, you remind me a lot of my Sedona at eight weeks!!!

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Oh Ernie, I loved this blog.  I've been waiting to hear how the big surprise went.  It sure seems like your new Mom and Dad already love you....and your Mom said "yes"....woo hoo!!!!