Dog of the Week: Cruz

Name: Cruz

Age: Nine months

Breed: Poodle

Owner: Maddie Buchanan

Favorite toy: A soccer ball. If you kick around a soccer ball, he'll chase it anywhere.

Favorite treat: They're called "happy hips." It's just a regular dog treat that's also healthy for his joints.

Where does he sleep? He sleeps on the floor in my parents' bedroom.

Does he like cats? He's really only interested in our neighbor's cat, who's a very unfriendly cat. He tries to play with her, but we try to keep him away. Other than that, he usually doesn't pay attention to cats.

Personality? He is...I don't want to say a dork, but he's very friendly, fun-loving and cuddly. He thinks he's a lap dog.

Funny story: He eats just about everything. He'll steal napkins off the dinner table and he tries to get you to chase him to get them back. He'll just look at you like, "Come on."