Happy Birthday Bauer!

Today my little Bau-Bau is 2(or 14 in dog years J)! I got Bauer just under 2 years ago when he was about 8 weeks old. I had just moved to Chicago where I didn’t know a sole and needed a companion to come home to. After researching a bunch of different breeds I decided on the King Charles because they are relaxed, loving, small enough to fly in the cabin on planes and supposedly don’t shed. Well all came true but the shedding part. Bauer has been such a blessing in my life and I still look forward to coming home to him everyday! For those of you who don’t understand people like me who treats their dogs more like a person then a pet, you should just stop reading right here because you are going to think the rest of this post is absolutely ridiculous.

Things about Bauer:
- He is the cuddliest dog you have ever met
- He is named after Jack Bauer from 24 which is ironic because the dog is pretty much afraid of his own shadow
- He loves everyone… and assumes everyone loves him
- He knows how to sit, stay, lay down, and walk on his hind legs
- He is so chill that when he was a puppy I finally took him to the vet because I was convinced something was wrong with him because he was so low key. Nothing was, and still to this day he just follow’s you around and lay’s down wherever you end up.
- If you tell him to “go to his room,” he will
- If you tell him to “go to his bed,” he goes to the one in Jeff’s office
- I can only get him to howl at sirens and trains
- He will only bark if we are home and someone comes to the door
- He can’t sleep with us because he snores like a bulldog and hogs the bed. Seriously he has to be touching every last inch of his body to you so if you go to move over a little for some space, he just follows you and repositions… by the morning you are on the edge of the bed and this little 11 pound dog has a queen size bed to themselves
- He will come cuddle in bed with me until he hears Jeff turn off his shower. Then he knows his time is up and he puts himself to bed
- His favorite food is Rotisserie Chicken from Costco
- When he is really excited to see you he whines
- His favorite thing in this world is when it snows he loves it if you kick snow at him and he catches it in his mouth. He will be shacking because he is so cold, but refuse to go in because he is having so much fun.
- If people are over Bauer will always sit with them instead of us. We call him a cuddle slut
- He might like Jeff more because if he has to choose who to sit by, its usually him. Even though he is usually more excited to see me when I get home, so I don’t know it is a toss up
- He is a little scared of riding in cars because of my driving
- When possible he likes to be touching both Jeff and I at the same time. When we are in the car he is usually on my lap and stretching his neck across the consol so he can rest his head on Jeff’s arm
- His favorite place is Glenwood. He is a farm dog at heart. He thinks horses are just big dogs
- His best doggie friend is Piper. They are the same color but she is a Vizsla and about 3 times his size but he LOVES her and her owner Yvette
- He has only growled at one person ever which was JoJo because she jokingly punched Jeff and Bauer got all protective and stood in front of him and just growled at her. We all laughed, it was pretty funnyHis favorite people are Grandma and Grandpa (any of them really), so he goes crazy when you ask him if he “wants to go to Grandpa’s house?”