dear otis...

remember how i dream of carrying bo around.

or putting him in a basket on my bike. 

i wish i could pick him up.

when i try to pick up my friend's dogs

they run away from me.

recently i caught my friend's bulldog and picked her up.

my friend said, "what are you doing!? she doesn't like it!"

when i see random strangers with small dogs

i ask the if they pick their dogs up and hold them? 

if they knew how much i wish i could carry around my

dog they would understand why i ask.

(grant can kind of pick bobo up.)

periodically i search petfinder.

usually i search the following breeds. 

1. mastiffs (of course, that's where we found beauregard (bo))

2. bassets (my sister has a basset)

                                               3. and beagles (they're a version of a basset but slightly smaller)

so i found this little gem, otis. 

God sent him to this earth straight from heaven

he is a beagle, boxer, who knows what else mix.

... and he is a mini pick-up-able bobo!

check it out.  otis is on the left/top, bobo is on the right/bottom.

bobo    200lbs

otis     25 lbs

after i found him, i day-dreamt about bringing him home.

i thought about how i could carry him around.

about how sweet he would be.

about how he would be just like bobo, but mini.

maybe he would snore like bobo.. but probably not eat as much.

about taking him on walks and our neighbors wondering if we had a shrinking machine in our basement.

about otis riding bo if he got tired on walks.

then i started thinking about the fun photo ops....

like otis and bo together.

and then i thought, wait!  we could put bo in my lap and then otis in grant's lap and grant would look like a giant!!!

i took the pictures below.  

grant w/ otis

deb w/ bo 

(ok, i know, i am sooooo good w/ paint so you can tell i'm lying)

does grant look like a giant!?

well, i convinced grant to meet otis. 

unfortunately, he is not the right fit.  (otis, not grant)

i know, it is sad....  really sad.

he is at a no kill shelter and he will find a wonderful home.

bo is perfect.

the sad song i listen to when i think about otis.

the words start about 1 min. in

my brother in law, bill, sent me this picture after he saw my post.

i know, he has even sweeter paint skills!  

and grant looks like a super giant.  heeyyyy big guy.