To Market - Sidney's Version

Remember the nursery rhyme - To market, to market to buy a fat pig, home again home again jiggity jig?

Well, this is Sidney's version. To sofa, to sofa to curl up in my space, you're out of luck, go find your own place.

With the colder weather coming in, I've seen an increase in Sidney's activity. He can dash in the front door, race to the front room, dive onto the sofa and curl up in a ball faster than I can walk five paces to the living room. Then he gives me the what took you so long look.

He has certainly become accustom to the finer things in life. Like the sofa, football shaped pupperoni dog treats. Well, make that any shaped pupperoni dog treats. For Sidney, they are the equivalent to Pete's Liver Treats OMG Liver Treats.

And in the yard, he has one speed only - full speed. He doesn't have the smoothest of gaits, but he more than makes up for it in speed. Today he has about 12 tomato's he's pulled from the vine. It's good to have a dog that plays well independently. Usually I would care, but frost has gotten the plants anyway, so it's too late to get excited.

Last winter he spent freezing in a small rural shelter in Oklahoma. This winter he'll know the good life of foster care here in Nebraska. Maybe he'll have a home to call his very own.

To market to market to buy a fat hog - Sid will find his forever home - diggity dog.