My dog.

I No Watashi No Skoshi Elizabeth Matherne.
I insisted that my little puppy had my middle and last name.  Three years later, she had moved twice; eaten sticker burs; peed on various blankets, beds, clothing articles; managed to get onto a counter and eat twenty-one hot dogs and a couple chicken breasts; gotten sprayed by a skunk; learned how to hide a potato chip; asked the iPod why it was playing music; been on a trampoline; and had barked at absolutely nothing about 127 times.  Make that 128.

I love my dog.

I No Watashi No Skoshi means (in Japanese) A little bit of love!  I don't know about love, but she's certainly a little bit of something.  With long legs, an un-cropped tail and ears (we like her just the way she is) and the cutest brown eyes, she's my gangly, pretty and cute puppy.