Puppies and allergies and coffee, oh my!

So readers, what's your favorite kind of dog? Right now, my "doggy family" (this includes aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins...so don't go callin' animal services on me!) consists of the following:

Italian Mastiffs
Toy Yorkshire Terriers
Miniature Daschunds
Miniature Doberman
My own Husky/Retriever mutt
Shi-poo (which is a cross between a shitzu and a toy poodle. They're ridiculously funny looking!)

I have to say, as much as I love my mutt, Spence, I do in fact love mini weiners. I have no idea why. Maybe it's because they're so long and funky looking? Perhaps it has something to do with my childhood.

Growing up, Gramma had a mini weiner named Roni. As in, Macaroni and Cheese. Originally he was named The Duke, but when we went to register him at the vet, he would have to be named The Duke The Seventeeth. While a very 'prestigous' sounding name, he ended up being named Roni after he got into a bowl of someone's dinner and devoured it. Weiner dogs are slobs!

Roni was there before I was born, and once I was born, he was the best nanny I ever did have. He was a loving, mothering dog who nurtured everything that seemed helpless or defenseless. The point is, Daschund's are my fave - mini or standard. They're cute, cuddly, and internet research told me that they make the best dogs for single women. It's due to their protective nature, and the fact that they have a deeper bark then most small dogs.

They're small dogs, with big barks and even bigger barks.

Unfortunately, I am desperately allergic to both cats and dogs, despite owning both. As I'm typing this, my right hand is swollen and scratchy, red, with nasty white hives. I took a Benadryl, which is supposed to have fast acting relief, but no luck yet! Thankfully my love for the dogs and cats overpowers my own comfort, haha.

Do you guys have anything you love to death, food or critter or hobby, that you can't be around due to allergies? I don't mind being with the dogs, but I have issues if I'm around them too long.

Ah, the end of this post. It's nice to have them end, I think. I love typing, but finding a way to close it all up is amazing.

So I'm closing with this;

Tim Hortons coffee is the best coffee in existence. It's so delicious. I take it as double double, but yeah.