BENJAMIN DANIEL!

Now that we gave Scout away, we are down to just three dogs, all of them females. We try not to give our dogs people names. I know that Dakota has become a people name, but to me, it's a dog name. Anyway, when we first got Dakota and Bristow, the girls wanted to name them after themselves, so their full names are Dakota Diane Andrews and Bristow Angelina Andrews.

When we got Bennett, we didn't know what to give her as a middle name. When Ryan came home from Japan, we decided to name her Bennett Danielle, after Ryan Daniel. But Ryan thinks she looks like a boy dog, and immediately started calling her Benjamin. So, now we call her Benjamin Daniel, especially when she's in trouble.

Like today . . .

What????

For some reason, Bennett thinks she has to tear a toy to pieces. She isn't satisfied to just sit and chew on a toy, or play with it, she has to dig her teeth into it and systematically pull it apart with her teeth. Seriously, she has torn up EVERY SINGLE dog toy we had. This was the last one, and she obviously had a great time ripping it to shreds. This toy is supposed to be indestructible. But we have learned (the hard way) that there is no such thing.

I was sitting in my chair reading, and I heard her playing with it, but I had no idea she had torn it apart like this. Arrggghhhhh!!!!

BENJAMIN DANIEL!