FINNOUS FOGHRON FARNSWORTH

Finnious Foghorn Farnsworth from Fillidelphia


This is Finnious (Finnie to his friends).... (Mr. Farnsworth to all others)


We already had one Papilon (sp) dog when Willa and I got married. His name is Gus Gus. You have to repeat his name sometimes twice to get his attention but he is a good dog and I shall cover him later.


Willa got the bright idea that we needed another dog for Gus to play with and she started searching the web for one. She found a lady down in Winston Salem that breeds Pap's and she looked at her web sight and guess who was on it and for sale for the paltry amount of a kings ransom from some small foreign country that I cant pronounce. Her computer desk is back to back with mine and I kept seeing this pix of a dog on her screen. I asked if she was looking to buy another dog and she said ''NO'' ….”I am just LOOKING''
Yeah sure. That is like a sailor with a months pay standing in front of a house of ''ill repute'' and he is ''JUST LOOKING''
Willa finally asked me what I would like for my birthday which was upcoming in a couple weeks. I mentioned a new Lambrogeini (sp) and she said the garage was already full of other toys. ''How bout a new Monico. Nope, we got a motor home.''.... She finally said she would ''pick me out something''..


Several days later she mentioned that she was going to ''take a trip'' and she would be gone most of the day. I asked if she was ''Taking money?''........''NOPE, I am just looking right now''. ''Are you takin a dog box?''...... “NOPE, What gave you that idea?''....''Get a dog box and a 'short stack' and be careful. I will see you at supper''.............
Four hours later the back door opened and in bounded the biggest ball of love, puppie peeee, yapping, bounding, running, sniffing, barking ton of fun you have ever seen.


''Happy Birthday''. His name is Finnie but we can change it if we like. He and Gus bonded immediately. Nipping and playing and acting like they had been litter mates. The strange thing is that Gus was about nine years old. Set in his ways and kinda grumpy at times. I truly believe the puppy brought him to life. Gus learned to ''PLAY'', chasing a ball and pulling a ''tug toy'' with Finnie. Rolling on the floor and playing chase and catch and bonding with the puppie in every way. Willa said she was not sure if they would ''bond'' and she worried about that till she saw them together playing.


Like all puppies Finnie loved to ''chew'' on stuff. I wound up with three sets of sneakers with the right shoe missing, one or two pairs of jeans with the crotch chewn out of same, many sox with the toe gone, thank God all my sox are alike, one cord chewn into on a power supply for my computer, 75 bucks to replace, two lamp cords eaten in two pieces, thank God they were un plugged and a mired of other stuff destroyed like the leg on the chest of drawers in the guest room. We finally got smart enough to buy some ''Dog Yuckkie Stuff'' to spray on everything but we had to be careful what we touched and then put our fingers close to our mouth.


We house trained him to a ''Puppy Pad'' and he learned that anything on the floor was a ''Puppie Pad''. We finally got it across to him that the ''puppy pad'' was the white thing in the guest bathroom and some of the time he would actually ''HIT'' it when he ''went''.... Gus was house trained and we started taking him and Guss out on the front porch. This worked out well till the UPS MAN had to walk thru the mine field. Solution, Fence in the back yard.... Poof.... Three grand shot to heck....but they have a place to ''play and poop now''....






Finnie has matured now. He has developed his own personality and has found his place in the hi-rockery of the food chain. He is kinda ''second boss dog'' after Guss but they get along very well and they have never ''fought'' over anything. They are very jealous of each other and will battle for the good place on the lap or the hand that is doing the ''scratching''.
Strange how Guss is very vocal on some things and Finnie is very vocal on different things. Guss will let us know when its time to ''come in''. Finnie will bounce and spin when it is time to go outside. Both dogs will announce supper time or any meal or food or treats or anything that can be eaten by people or dogs or both. They both will get aggressive over a cold biscuit hard as stone and covered in sand or a pile of rabbit poop or a dead fish or anything else that they find to eat. All our dogs are fed Science Diet and it is just a tiny bit cheaper than prime rib steaks and they will eat stuff that you could not force on them.
Finnie is a good dog with his own personality and he adds much to this family. Finnie has the ''long hair show coat'' and he comes from champions in his blood line. The lady that sold him to us made a deal that if or when we ever wanted to or had to get rid of him that she got first refusal and would match any real offer for the dog. She loves her puppies and she raises champions and she is very selective to whom she sells a dog. If she dont feel good about you, you dont get one of her puppies and she will tell you that right from the start. We send her regular updates on Finnie and how he is doing. She has him listed on her web sight now.


This is getting long and boring to some of you I am sure but if you are a dog lover, as we are, you know how long winded old people can get about their pets.


Finnie is our friend and we love him. When he dies he will be cremated and his ashes will be mixed with mine and Willas and Guss Guss and Gypsy and we shall all spend eternity together. Not a bad way to go I say......

ps. he is cute enough to be a girl but he is actually a boy


I am getting kinda burned out with us trying to police the world. Lets ask someone to bring our guys and gals home so we can have a BIG PARADE with bands and beer and flags and vets and all that other stuff........ God bless our troops......