He's smaller than a soda can! I'm in love!

In commemoration of Sprite's b-day, here's the blog I posted on 2/13/05, when I first got him...

You can take the girl out of So Cal but you can't take the So Cal out of the girl.

Bear in mind my decision had NOTHING to do with Paris, Brittany, Jessica or any of the other millions of celebrities (or people who think they are) who have been following this "purse dog" trend.

My world has completely changed by the weight of an awesome responsibility of being totally depended on for someone's entire life. For the last four days, I have lived and breathed for this little creature, getting barely any sleep each night. Am I complaining? No! I'm in love!

I have become one of those people who are obsessed with their pet. What has happened? I was lucky enough to be graced with the most beautiful animal on the planet- a 1.75 lb teacup chihuahua puppy, only 7 weeks old. This yet-to-be-named little guy has been scampering all over my apartment, chasing my 13 lb cat, attacking his stuffed toy banana. Basically being so fricking cute I cannot accomplish any work. I though I would wait until he fell asleep to work, but alas, he is even cute when he's sleeping! The divine gorgeousness of this canine has inspired me to use several memory disks up on pics of him. He's been photographed this week more than Tyra Banks! He's now a seasoned doggy model. I have the luxury of working from home so he gets all my adoration all day long!

He is already an accomplished shopper and socialite. Even in the black doggy purse I carry (which I thought would be inconspicuous enough to tote around Target without drawing attention) cannot hide his feisty personality. His little nose would press against the mesh side and sure enough, some chick would see him, squeal and he quickly made a new freind. Note to self: Next time, get a DUDE magnet dog! Dammit!

Side note- I went to a party the other day and as soon as someone discovered what my black bag contained, he was the hit of the party AND getting more action than me or my best friend. I loaned him to a guy in our group for a few moments to test my "tiny-puppies-are-chick-magnets" theory. True to form, he has the ladies flocked around him with exclamations left and right proclaiming his status as the cutest puppy in the world. I had a great idea of renting him by the quarter hour to guy friends who wish to improve their chances with quantities of women. All the guy has to do is walk 10 feet holding him and there will be a crowd of no less than 10 women, out of which at least 5-6 would be in the "hot chick" category. Brilliant! That way I can make some of the $$$ back I spent on the little treasure. I digress...

To understand his tiny-ness, look at a soda can. He's like that size. He can wear one of my ankle socks as a sweater. When I got my Jeep I thought how cool it would be that I could get a dog to put in the back and take places. Well, this guy can fit in the cup holder!

Life at the zoo is going splendidly well. His housebreaking average is about 35%, he can now kick the banana's ass, and sometimes comes when I call him. I never thought I would be one of those "dog-people", ga-ga over their fido's little acheivements...but I am in deep & I happily surrender to the experience of parenting the most genius gorgeous baby in the world- My Chihuahua!

My dog is cuter than your dog!