Hello everyone, <div>It has been quite some time since we last updated everyone on our status. But, we have been busy catering to Watson's whims, and settling into "adult" life. </div><div><br></div><div>I believe the last time we said hello, I was in law school in Wyoming while Watson and his Dadperson were in Colorado awaiting the end of law school's torture. Well, since then I have graduated from law school, passed the Colorado bar exam, we got married, bought a house, and I started working as a "real lawyer" at the Colorado Public Defenders Office. Dadperson graduated with his Masters in Library Science from DU and is still working as a librarian in my hometown. Life is relatively good, and of course we read The Drool every day. We still light a candle when a furbaby leaves for the bridge, and we celebrate when Drool does it's work. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Watson is now 6 1/2, and he's turning into an old man who likes his routine. He prefers to sleep in his own bed (our KING SIZED BED is TOO SMALL for him), in his own room where it's quiet (we sleep with a fan on), and he prefers to awake around sunrise for breakfast before he takes an early morning nap. He gets my leftover milk from breakfast cereal before he commutes to work in his BUV about 45 minutes away with Dadperson. Watson goes to Border Collie Daycare with his momma dog at my parent's house while Dadperson works. We suspect they spend the day napping either on the couch or the dirt pile in the backyard, depending on the weather, and they supervise the neighborhood through the big front window when they're awake. (Mostly, Watson naps and allows the Border Collie to remain vigilant.) After work, Dadperson arrives to transport Watson back home, where he awaits my arrival (which means dinner). Then after dinner we watch TV and Watson "helps" with work until around 9 - mostly he serves as a heat source and grumbles when I move around too much. After 9, he proceeds to the bottom of the stairs where he nags us about bedtime until Dadperson carries him up to his bedroom and gives him his goodnight cookie. Life as we know it is all together lovely and serene. We have recently planted Watson's vegetable garden and are working on growing his tomatoes. </div>
<div><br></div><div>We are currently contemplating a buppy -- but we aren't sure how Watson will handle it. He typically likes other dogs (as long as they're shorter than him), but he does prefer to be the center of our universe. We think he'd ultimately like a buppy, and that a buppy would keep him young, but we also wonder if he'll resent us or probably worse, the buppy. We'd get a Basset again - a boy we think. We would still adore Watson and cater to his whims, but we aren't sure that he'll share the couch or the bed during weekend cuddle time, or anything for that matter. We also remember Watson as a buppy, and we have to just prepare to dive in and do the buppy thing again, so it might be awhile before we rip that band-aide off. Anyhow I'm wondering if an only Basset who is sufficiently spoiled rotten and set in his ways will hate me if I bring him a baby brother one day. Is it too late do you think? Should Watson be an only Basset?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyway, really this message is meant to say hello to the drool - we have been lurking this whole time but we're all still here, we're sending drool to those who need it, and enjoying all of your stories. </div>
<div><br></div><div>We will try to do better with our participation and when Watson wakes up from his mid-evening nap, I'm sure he'll be interested in any advice you have for a Basset who is about to mentor a buppy in the ways of the hound for the first time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Lazy evening drool to all of those who need it. </div><div><br></div><div>- Katie, Watson and Dadperson in Colorado</div><div><br></div><div> <br></div>