September 27th 2008 8:07 pm
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I can't wait for Oasis to come back home. Mid-way during our 8 week camping trip she needed to go back to Granny Laura's at Koyote Kennels for a long visit.
I sure miss her. I know we'll yuk it up bigtime when she returns in December. Granny sent along a few photos to help us with the missing her part. Check out her Dogster page and you'll see the new pictures.
Our 8 week camping trip turned into 11 as Mummy and Daddy's house retrofit went a few of weeks longer than planned. BUT I got my backyard just a couple of days after they got the keys, *and* that means I got to run around, leash free, in my own backyard for the first time in 8 weeks. I also showed the first Shiba 500 in a couple of months [Daddy: and that means we knew she was truly happy].
Our first visitor to our new home was the esteemed moderator of the Yahoo ShibaInuCrazyinCanada group. I was honored to be in the presence of such royalty. I simply cannot wait to meet the rest of her pack, Kira and Suji. Mummy and Daddy had coffee and learned a couple of tricks that they think will keep me in check a bit better, but I'll show them true Shiba Spirit! Did you know that the Ki in my name means Spirit? That makes me a true expert in Spirited-ness :)
[We chose the name Sikoya because we liked it. We later learned that Sikoya -- this exact spelling -- was the North American Native's God of the Animals. Our dearest friend, our breeder, added the Ki to the name.]
Just this week the boxes got delivered into the house. It's pretty topsy-turvy around here with a bit of foul language every now and then when they can't find something they need in a box but I think that's how all cross-country moves happen. When their stress goes up I think they are getting excited and playful and I become their counsellor and jump in with the closest toy I can find in my mouth and doing a full Shiba Smile :) That calms them down pretty quickly...
Yesterday I got into the remnants of a compost pile and got pretty stinky pretty quickly. That earned me a bath... and then today, me, Sikoya Ki, the fierce hunter, scored a mouse! I rolled in it before Daddy could stop me, and that earned me another bath! [just a half bath...]. At least one of the retrofits they got in the house was to get one of them tankless water heaters that comes with precise temperature control -- and that meant my bath was *ekzactly* 108 degrees F. Not too hot, not too cold, just riiiight.
Dear readers, they have unpacked my dog beds and my leather couch and loveseat, as well as my dishes and food and their bed (or is it MY bed?). I really don't care what else they unpack at this point as long as they let me go out and mousehunt in the big ole backyard. Anything else they unpack that I can sleep on is simply a bonus at this point!
August 24th 2008 12:34 pm
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Dear readers,
This is just a quick note to let you know you can catch all the action from here over on The Worldwide Shiba Blog Collection at http://shibafun.eigenstart.be/
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There are lots of sites to keep your paws clicking away while your humans aren't near the computer!
July 26th 2008 5:59 pm
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Dear Readers,
A lot has happened since I last wrote. Our house got painted right around the time Oasis wrote this (http://www.dogster.com/dogs/639262/diary/Please_pretty_plea se_rub_my_belly/441028) entry, and a lot of stuff of mine was missing when I got back to the house. As it turns out I would see my stuff pretty soon, but you know us Shibas, it's gotta be NOW, NOW, MINE :)
A few weeks pass after our Volunteering Weekend (see previous Diary Entry) and the next thing I know, Oasis and I are out at Granny's house (http://www.dogster.com/local/CAN/AB/Cochrane/Kennels/Koyote _kennels-118659) and am hanging out with my Buddies for about a week.
Then Mummy and Daddy arrived and they had the travel trailer with them :). That could only mean one thing -- We're going camping!
I was so happy I couldn't stop doing Airplane Ears and Shiba Smiles for an hour!
We stopped in Swift Current Saskatchewan, Brandon Manitoba, Winnipeg Manitoba, Upsala Ontario, Marathon Ontario, Massey Ontario, Killbear Provincial Park Ontario and then straight down to Knight's Beach on Lake Erie. We hung out with Mummy and Daddy's family for a handful of nights and now we are camping outside of Hamilton. My humans say it's because we are all moving from Alberta to Ontario. We'll move into our new forever home in early September, but for now we are C-A-M-P-I-N-G fulltime! Oasis and I are so happy we can't contain ourselves.
It was pretty tough being in the kennel for 8 days, but at least it wasn't 5 long days for transit - the norm - as this allowed us time to stretch our legs out. Daddy and Mummy made it pretty comfy for us, as we got some smoky beef bones (yum!) and a big handful of treats each morning when we kenneled-up. We got lots of fresh water, partly opened windows for air and the fans that Daddy built into the back of our kennels going all the time - we were pretty pampered. Daddy and Mummy kept telling us that we were such good girls (we were).
So now we are hanging outside the trailer most days and lounging in the sun and shade. Except for when we go and visit people ...
Today was the Toronto Shiba Inu Meetup, and as we got there the rain started up. There were about 25 other Shibas there, and as the rain was very hard (and Daddy forgot the umbrella), we never made it into the area of the Totordeca Dog Park that the other Shibas were at. I didn't care if it was raining, but Daddy was pretty wet. Mummy stayed in the truck, and after Daddy got to the truck he was able to wring out a few pounds of water from his shirt. I'll make new friends out there next time.
On the way home we stopped in at the most hugest big pet store ever -- Ren's Pets (http://www.renspets.com/) and Sis and I attracted *a lot* of attention. We scored some good deals on pet beds, treats and some matching leashes. Geesh, I never knew that our humans were such yuppies...
So now we are back at our temporary/permanent home and just hanging around. Mummy and Daddy are Oooo-ing and Aaah-ing at the fact they are totally plugged into services and have a microwave and flatscreen TV that they didn't have when we all left Calgary.
And Sis and I are just happy to be with our pack.
All together now ---- AWWW
Shiba Hugs
Sikoya and Oasis
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