#dogsofsteemit Challenge: Oreo Tongetjie Snugglemuffin Nibbles Vetkop Saunders 💖

Photo taken by @therneau, evidence of the snuggling 😄

This is my entry into @supernovastaffy #dogsofsteemit challenge. I was immediately interested in partaking as, well, cats have their day and it’s only fair that our furbabies have a chance too. I am super excited to introduce Oreo. Some of you might of seen me post about him before but any chance to gloat about him is a chance that I will take hahaha!

He’s also affectionately known as Oreo Tongetjie Snugglemuffin Nibbles Vetkop Saunders hahaha. A very important name for a very important member of the family. If some of the names look a bit strange to you it's because it is in Afrikaans. My husband’s first language is Afrikaans and I love using Afrikaans words to describe things.Below is the reasoning behind every nickname that we have given him. Oreo is an Afrikaans dog. My husband’s first language is Afrikaans and we have always believed in a bilingual household.

• Oreo – Well that pretty much explains itself. His markings made us come up with that name.
  

  

• Tongetjie – Means little tongue. He loves licking us. We wouldn’t be able to stop him even if we wanted to. He walks up to us, forces his nose in wherever he can and licks. That’s how he wakes Katalina up every morning and that’s the first thing he does whenever he wants something.
  

  

• Snugglemuffin – He loves to snuggle. If anyone is lying on the couch you can be sure that he will be there snuggled up next to you. He snuggles with me every night in the bed and if none of us are sitting or lying on the couch then he is snuggling next to our Black Labrador, Miss Peppa.
  

  

• Nibbles – If he’s in a playful mood and you’re not really in the mood for playing then he will gently nibble anything that he can get his mouth around. I like to think of it as, “come on, I want to play.” He’s excited and he’s trying to make you excited too. Shame, he doesn’t quite understand that nibbling isn’t very socially acceptable.

• Vetkop- Means fathead. This is my husband’s nickname for him. I don’t particularly approve but it would be wrong for me not include it just because I don’t like it. This is my husband’s affectionate way of admiring his powerful jaws.
  

  

At the end of the day he is an amazing addition to our family. We originally made the decision to get another puppy because our daughter is mad about animals. She truly is. We thought it would be a good way to get her to finally sleep in her own bed. Unfortunately, Mommy hijacked him and that plan didn’t work out too well. He does sleep with her but in our bed with me hahaha. They have an amazing relationship. He hates it when she gets upset, which is often, and always jumps up to try and figure out what is wrong.

When I get up in the morning he snuggles with her. Did I mention he loves to snuggle? In the early days I had to force him to go outside in the mornings because he would much rather be warm and snuggly than go out into the cold.

I fell in love with him the moment I saw pictures of him and bringing him home was one of the happiest days ever. He’s been my snuggle partner ever since and yes, he is spoilt rotten. How can you not spoil that face?

His first day at home ❤️️

Thank you for reading and remember to keep smiling 😊
All photos were taken by me 😊, with my Samsung Galaxy S8.

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