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March 2, 2007

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Peanut, the Dog of the Day
Name: Peanut
Age: One year old
Gender: Female Breed: Boston Terrier, Beagle
Home: Pleasant Hill, California, USA
 
   Peanut'll lick your face until you are wet, and if you leave the house for two minutes, she acts like you've been gone a year. Peanut loves pickles, tomatoes and of course, peanut butter. But mostly, she loves sucking on her white teddy bear "Barry White" (in the photo). Her name is Peanut because when she was little she was shaped like one.

    Peanut is very affectionate. She knows when you are happy, sad, mad, etc. Recently I hurt my back and was laid up. She would stay with me all day on the couch and lick me whenever I would grimace in pain.

    She loves Frisbee, but mostly likes to play keep-away. She'll grab my sports page and run around the coffee table, knowing I'll chase her. She also likes playing with her older sister, a cat named Hallie. Peanut is three times Hallie's size, but doesn't know it. Hallie chases her all over the house.

    She's very smart. If my girlfriend oversleeps, I'll say, "Upstairs, wake mommy." And she'll bolt upstairs and lick mom to wake her. (She hates being awake while everyone's asleep. She can't be alone.)

    I was a self-proclaimed "cat person" until we took Peanut home. We both love her so much. I never understood what dog owners meant when they said, "My dog's my baby." Now I know what they mean. She really is my child. Most of the time, I don't even think of her as a dog. She's just my little girl.

Peanut, the Dog of the Day

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