HAPPY BIRTHDAY COOPER!!!!!

 Okay all my friends ... today is Doggy Overload Day!!  My little kid is FIFTEEN YEARS OLD!!!  Here he is on day one ... a little fluff ball that came to my office, was put in my hands and immediately hugged my neck with both front paws.  How could I not fall in love instantly!!

Behind him is Miss Jessie ... an extraordinary Jack Russell terrier that was a one man dog who hated ALL dogs.  It was a struggle for the first year, but eventually they got along, though Miss Jessie ruled the roost.

First haircut!!  

When not playing with the B A L L, there were lots of naps.  All of these pictures with his toys?  He almost always slept with them to be sure no one STOLE them.

He spent ten of his fifteen years riding all over the country in my big rig.  He's been from Skagway Alaska to Bar Harbor Maine and back again.  These two were the best little travelers I could ever have asked for, though Jessie always tried to EAT any other dog within 200 yards.  Mr. Cooper picked up that bad habit of course, and so to this day, I still have to be careful around other puppies.

I laugh every time I saw him sleeping with his toys.

As I said, puppy overload.  

How could you not love this sweet face.  It gets him lots of treats.

This is where he rode in the RV ... right behind me.

Christmas always brings more toys!!

And MORE toys!

Though he doesn't play the ball game for hours on end like he used to, he has the sleeping game down pat.

I can't believe it's been this long since I adopted this bundle of joy.  He makes me laugh every single day and never causes any trouble.  I'm the luckiest gal that he picked me for his "Mom".

HAPPY FIFTEENTH BIRTHDAY my little kid ... here's to many MANY more!!!!!