Mom seems to have started a Wellington movement. It all started when she took me to Palo Alto to visit Uncles Frank and Al. they took one look at me and decided that their life wouldn't be complete without having a Wellington... so they went to the store and bought one. They named him J.R. He's kind of a pain to hang around, because he's always lording it over me that he's fuzzier, but the last time I went to visit J. R. I noticed he's getting pretty matted himself. Serves him right.

J.R. got himself a sister called D.D. She's purty....I like her a lot, and even though she lives with J.R., I'm pretty sure she likes me better. Last time I was there I got to sneak a kiss from her... but don't tell Mathilda!

Click on the picture to see more of me and my California cousins!

Click on the picture to meet Rudy!

And then there's Rudy Tetsuwan Hobart, my American Japanese cousin.... Rudy was living at our house for awhile, acting all smug because he was fuzzier than me. FINALLY he went home with his family, Mike and Mo McGowan. Mike went to Notre Dame college, and was actually an extra in the movie "Rudy", and Mo is Japanese, hence the name "Tetsuwan", which means "Atom Boy". Rudy Tetsuwan... get it?

Rudy is now living in a crib with a baby girl named Reagan Mei McGowan. She's only a few weeks old now, and I got to visit with her when she was only about 48 hours old. She's cute... she didn't really seem to care that I was laying in her crib with her, and she wasn't very good at fawning me with the attention I'm used to getting, but I'm pretty sure she'll come around.

Rudy has also also got a couple of schnauzers as friends... I don't think he realizes how dangerous dogs can be to bears. They have sharp teeth, you know!

Here's one of me in my scuba suit, and my two girlfriends, Mathilda and Flo. Mathilda is from Tasmania also, and she sits up in Mom's guest room. She's the cute one in the bikini. She doesn't get much attention, I think  because Mom doesn't like her. Or maybe it's because Mom doesn't want her to look too much like me, all matted and smelly. She's still in pretty good shape... I kind of feel sorry for her.

The other hot chick is Flo... short for Florence Nightingale Hobart. Mom bought her as a gift for MaryAnn when she got bit by the dog. Flo helped nurse her back to health.

All I know is, I get to hang out with two hot chicks!