A Peek of Boo's Big Personality

Polar Paws is a huge part of my everyday life. I'm sure you all have seen me walking around with Boo by my side. My classes would not be the same without having a dog there. If you do not know Boo, she is an eight month old golden lab puppy. She comes from the Monsters Inc. litter. We only know two of her siblings, Mike and Roz. Mike is a black puppy and Roz looks identical to Boo. Boo loves to play and she is very food motivated. She is a goofball with an amazing personality. She enjoys driving me and my co-handlers crazy, but we love her anyways.

This past Saturday was one of the best days for her to show us a part of her personality. Polar Paws usually have playtimes with all, or close to all, of the puppies. So we decided to have one. We went to the Ada park to go run around and have them all blow off some steam. While we were there Boo had wanted to go play in the sand on the softball field. At first you wouldn't think this would be bad, but it had rained all week and the sand was terribly muddy. She went running through it a couple of times and when we told her to get out of it, she did. Boo seemed to be content for a little bit until about 10 minutes of playing in the grass. She took off running right into the mud and promptly sat down in it, covering her behind and feet.

We kept trying to keep her out of the dirt, but she wasn't having any of it. We finally just decided to let her keep playing in it since we were going to have to clean her anyways. Well that, was a huge mistake. She got the other dogs to come running into the mud with her. Her legs, feet, and behind were all completely covered. The other dogs weren't too bad since they only had their feet and part of their legs covered. We all just accepted that they would all need baths and just let them keep playing. At one point though, I looked over and I saw Boo army crawling through the mud! She caked her belly with it and proceeded to continue doing it the rest of the play time. The other dogs kept playing and so did she. She and another dog started playing together and none of us thought it would be a big deal, but then I watched Boo, almost in slow motion, fall on her side in it. My golden puppy had turned brown. By the time we had finished playing, Boo and all the other dogs there, were covered in the mud. She had it from head to tail. Boo was the ringleader of the mud wrestling and she was happily showing that off.

This play day just shows off the type of personality that Boo has and the joy of having her. She is a wonderful puppy and a little goofball. My co-handlers and I love taking care of her and looking after our little baby Boo.