Ollie takes over the blog year end post!

Hi hi hi hi hi hi.  I'm Ollie/Ollie gurl/Good golly miss ollie/Ollipop/Olive COLEMAN.  Mom said the other doggies got to make blog posts and it's my TURRRRNNNNN!  

Here are some things you have to learn about me.  I made a bullet point list because that's the kind of girl I am.

1.  I live life at 100 mph.  Nothing should ever be slow.  EVER.

2.  Cars are the devil.  I know this to be a fact.  I would like to kill them all because they are evil and I think they might try to get mom and me.  Mom doesn't appreciate the fact that I would like to catch and eat one no matter how she tries to convince me that they aren't the evil and we should just keep running and ignore them.

3.  Warm up?  Who needs that?  We start out at an 11 and we don't back down.  Every run is a speedwork work out thank you.

4.  Birds/Planes/leaves/other dogs are also see bullet point 2.  Anything that moves might get us and I need to get it first.  

5.  Puddles are 5 stars out of 5.  The muddier and yuckier the better.  Clean water in a cute little kiddie pool is for sissies.  Even on a hot day.  Mud, water, bleh = best.

6.  Squirrel watching is the best.  I MUST patrol the yard 24/7 just in case one of those furry terrorists drop into the yard.  I will annihilate them if so.  This requires my mom's assistance so that on days she is home and working at her computer that I go in and out a minimum of 150,000 times to patrol.  

7.  I love my daddy more than anything in this world.  He is my earth, and I am his moon.  I worship him.  Mom, eh, she feeds me and takes me on runs but my love is with my daddy.  

8.  3 am is the most acceptable time to wake everyone up.  It's time to rise and SHINE family.  For some reason they don't ever seem to want to get up at that time, so I opt for chewing one of my bones right next to their heads for the next 3 hours till their alarm goes off.  It's how I show my love that I would let them enjoy chewing as well if they wanted to.  

9.  Cats are the best to terrorize.  Heck, they remind me of just a bigger version of a squirrel.  My cat Elvis can dish it as well as he can take it, so we are cool.  Sometimes we like to lie right next to each other and stare at each other to see who will make the first move.  He wins mostly because he has claws and I don't.  I've really worked hard to relax more around cats because they do really set me off.  Mom says Elvis is the perfect dog training cat and he has trained me well.  

10.  I am a racetrack dog.  Mom almost named me checkers because of my black and white spots.  I thought it was dumb at first that the little cars went in a circle and made it easy for me to catch them but then I understand why they went in circles and mom said I couldn't bark at them anymore.  

11.  I am so glad that my original family realized I am a bit too much for the average family.  I have a lot of crazy energy that is best kept for a family with dogs like me and people who can expend that energy daily.  The biggest sacrifice of love that a family can do is find a better fitting home for a dog and while I miss and still love them, I am where I need to be.  Mom shares photos all the time so my original mom can see what I am up to.  

Mom says we "may" do some races in 2026 if she can find some dog friendly ones that are suitable for me.  I also plan on going to some dirt races with Andrew this year as hello, I'm a racetrack doggie.  Mom says we are also going to start doing long runs again on the weekends and that I will at least get up to 10 miles on a run meaning I need to slow my happy butt down.  Mom says our word for the year is adventure so let's see what we can get in to!  Here's to more miles, more puddles, and more adventures!