ALL ABOUT OTTO

Today Otto and I took a quick walk around the block. Nothing unusal happened but that in itself is unusal when something pertains to Otto. I should explain. Otto has faced a lot in the 5 short years he has been around. Talking about all Otto has faced will take a few posts..so lets start at the beginning.

A litter of German Shorthair pointers was born in Pennsyvania on April 2, 2005. Leah Hays picked out one from a group of pictures emailed to her, there was one that was a little more darker than the rest. That pup was then delivered to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where Leah meet up and took ownership of a dark brown with some white spots puppy. Otto Von Bismark, a fitting german name for a German shorthair. Leah took Otto to Traverse City, Michigan for a little bonding vacation.






From there he went to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Kyle and Leah were going to live for a couple months. Sounds pretty tame and normal right..well not really. One of the things that Otto faced at the beginning was he had a protruding belly button which needed surgury to fix. He also had possible mange on the tip of his tail, but it turned out to be a bald spot. He received a ticket for walking off leash and by walking we mean stumbling because Otto's ears were Dumbo style. They seemed so long that he could almost step on them. Otto had one other problem, his bladder seemed to be very small. He peed all the time, anywhere and especially seemed to like to pee in the apartment Leah and Kyle rented that summer. He also did not like to be alone in the crate. Actually he did not like being alone anytime anywhere. When he was alone he whinned. Not a quiet can't hardly hear it whine. He is the master of the whine. So why not just leave him, won't he eventually stop..because no, he won't stop. He will whine for hours and then evenutally you give in because you can't take it any longer and he looks at you like he is saying...Thank goodness, what took you so long... The best way to put it is..Otto is needy. He needs to be with someone, as a puppy he preferred Leah over everyone.
Its now August and its time for another move. Kyle and Leah rent a condo in Chicago where Kyle will be working and Leah will be looking for employment. Leah, having visited TC again, rents a HUGE moving van, I mean HUGE, and her and Otto embrack on a road trip to Chicago. Heather and myself meet Kyle, Leah and OVB and help empty the van and move them into their first place together. Otto christens the third floor unit with a huge puddle of pee. Welcome home. (story to continue)