Tater Nation

 

Officially, officially.
This is Montana’s Honky Tonk Tater Tot.
Also officially, he is a little bit crazier than his sister Plumbelina was and some of us know how darn crazy darlin’ Plumbelina could be!  This just goes to prove, 
he’s not a Plum, he’s a Tater.  
Every moment I spend with him, I see flickers of Plum’s spirit and some of her expressions cross his face.  It makes me miss her even more but it makes me happy to have a tiny piece of her living on in this pup.

We’re very lucky he was available for us to claim.
We love him.
He’s healing our sad hearts.
He is tremendously welcome in our little family.
He’s going to be a hard working little bird dog
and my best friend.


We call him: 
Tater, Tater Nation, Taternator, Little Man Tate and 
Smallmungous Smoochie Love Beetle.

He says:  
How do you do?

Comments

  1. Lara Lewis says

    !!!
    I don't even have words. Oh my heart can barely stand the cuteness!

  2. Buffalo Lucy says

    Dang it!! The last thing I need now is puppy fever!!

    Congratulations on your new addition. He's impossibly cute, dang it.

  3. calamityjane(t) says

    oh my!! he is 100% adorable and your swift shutter-snapping finger has captured his very essence! the photo of the snuggling pups is a heart melter for sure. here's to many, many years of best friendship and a great many sharptail grouse tacos from your work together.

  4. Miss Crowland says

    He's a true beauty. I would like you to smooch him for me.

  5. good morning, tater.
    i do just fine today, thank you for asking, especially because:
    you are healing my friends' hearts.
    you pile on top of the old man doggie.
    you've got that crazy earflying thing going on.

    keep it up, wee doggie.

    xx

  6. And how do you do Tater. He is lovely

  7. Andes Cruz says

    best pictures ever
    upsidedown sleeping,*giggles*
    so sweet
    and plum spirit 🙂
    tater-nater. best nickname ever 😉
    <3

  8. ooooh! So cute!

  9. Welcome, sweet and sassy Tater.

  10. holy CUTENESSSSS!!! i am seriously loving the faces he is making in these photos, so wild and crazy and such personality!!! each photo really is priceless, i love the one of him upside down in between farley's legs… i am so happy to see a little wild tater helping to heal your hearts, nothing like a puppy's love to make things better, eh?!?

  11. He is perfect!! Congrats!!!

  12. Christina Rosalie says

    Oh! He's… so… freaking adorable. Oh man. I've been trying (really hard) to hold off getting a puppy until I graduate. This series of photos did not help with that one bit.

  13. Oh plume, his littleness is ridiculous cute. Congratulations on your new addition, hey. He's brilliant.

  14. Lynsey Phelps - VerreEncore says

    oh Mr. Tater! the cheekiness lives through the bloodline 🙂

    what a sweet little fellow! Looks like Farley has taken a liking to him as well. he's such a great elder.

    congrats on the new arrival!!!
    xx

  15. Oh how dear and precious tater is, so much love in one little wriggly fur ball! Good for you!

  16. Tater Tot, we love you lots! What fantastic pictures of an incredibly, photogenic lil' one. I hope he fills your hearts with puppy joy~

  17. This cutie just stole my heart.
    Adorable. Your photos are amazin' and just more and more beautiful. xo

  18. And I wink back to you. 🙂

  19. MrsLittleJeans says

    O I nearly fell off my chair, I can feel his velvet skin and velvet breath..those eyes.

    Please make postcards…pronto…he is a beauty!

    xx

  20. Love the picture with the two sleeping together!

  21. Cutest thing ever! Love the picture of he and Farley snuggling!

  22. sweetie! 🙂

  23. ridiculously cute!!!

    obviously there was no "accident" in you being able to claim him as your own…
    so precious!

    love and light

  24. oh, golly do I want me one of those.

  25. SilverNikNats says

    Your photos really catch his personality, amazing as always x

  26. well bonjour little tater tot!….you will have to learn to speak Francais, as you are half Canadian!…

    put the shoes awaaaaaaaaaaay!

    xx

  27. LOVE the 5th picture…those eyes…those floppy ears!! So cute!

  28. Cheers to the little Uber Tuber!….i love the baggy puppy dog skin….and those little green soulful peepers and ze name….be still my heart! ❤❤❤

  29. Sooo cute, I just wanna rub my nose against his.

    xoxoxoxoxo

    M

  30. tater is the cutest puppy ever! I just want to smooooosh all over his face!

  31. Aw, such a sweet tater. Had to go with that pun! Loving another honors the memory of Plum not the opposite as so many closed minded people think.

    I bet his ears are super soft…..

  32. I can hardly stand the cuteness.

    Hello, little Tater!

  33. Welcome, Tater Tot!
    I love that crazed look.
    I'm convinced puppies and kittens see things the rest of us do not see!

    I wish you many, many happy years making joyful memories.

  34. sylvestris says

    I remember that lick of white around the half of Plum's muzzle, and see with pleasure Tater's double lick. He has similar eyes too, so it seems. What a beauty! I'm so glad he was there for you two.

    x

  35. Yay yay yay, sweet puppy nugget!!!

  36. Oh my goodness, he is so cute it hurts!!!

  37. Oh Taternator, you are furrilicious spirit lifter! I want to tug on your ears and scritch scratch your fuzzy wittle nose 🙂 How wonderful that you have him to fill some of that void…

  38. He is so adorable!

  39. Woman of Promise says

    "Heres looking at you kid"…when I saw the first photo this is what popped into my head! So so sooo adorable, I think he's a definite heartbreaker, he's got us grown women swooning all over the place hehehehe Welcome Tater Nater, you are going to be one very loved puppy!

  40. he has her soulful eyes and her sparkle . congrats on the new edition.

    im sure she is his angel whispering on his shoulder. what shoes to chew and how to make you giggle.

  41. Life among Rocks says

    that is a man who could break my heart to pieces.

  42. oh my goooooodness! The photo of him winking is freaking adorable! 🙂 I am sure he will fit in well.

  43. My Art and My Soul says

    I can't even tell you how happy this little tater makes me because I know he is making your hearts sing to the high heavans……give him a smooch from me and assure Farley that some day soon he will be grown up and his bestest running buddy ever;o) Hugs, Sal

  44. Belinda Saville says

    Oh gosh, what a photographic little guy he is…is he workin' it for the camera or what! 😉

    And I am certain this gorgeous creature could heal the saddest of hearts…what a little darling he is!

    There is no mistaking who his big sister is 🙂

    B.
    -xxx-

  45. maine momma says

    stop it my heart cannot take any more cuteness. first the pirate wink, then the cuddle, oh my heart!!!!!! sweet sweet puppy breath love.
    XOXO
    hello tater tot. welcome.

  46. The Noisy Plume says

    Thank you all SO much for these kind comments regarding the arrival of the tenacious Tater. He fills my heart to brimming every single day. I'll be glad to document his life for you in the years to come!
    xx

  47. such an adorable wee boy!

  48. he is beautiful! I love his "crazy eyes" in these pics!

  49. Oh, love!!! What a good, good boy. Thrilled for you. When we lost our beloved dog unexpectedly four years ago, we, too, were lucky enough to adopt her baby niece just a month or so later, and nothing could’ve healed my broken heart like Clover Meadow did and has. She has been a joy every minute since, and I ask her to send messages to her auntie for me all the time. And I believe she does. xoxo

  50. Oh my word, he is such a little boy!

  51. Oh my goodness. Someone posted this on Pinterest and I just had to take a look. We have a GSP who is now 8 months and she is so fun. Ahh enjoy.

  52. Beautiful pup. Good luck with him.
    We have 8 that kind of goodies at the moment :]