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Year of the Rabbit

This is the fourth month in the Chinese Year of the Rabbit. Since this is a good year for humans born in the Year of the Dog, I figure it must be a good year for dogs too! Maybe I will find a forever home this year?

My human friends are not very good at keeping up posting my activities! I have been going out on staycations at my human friends' house and we've also been on a couple of longer trips to Colorado Springs. You wouldn't believe the wildlife in the yard there. Weird large animals with antlers that smelled really different to the squirrels in Denver! They were also so much bigger than squirrels that I decided that they did not need chasing! Speaking of rabbits. There are also lots of them as well and I have to say that they are a bit more tempting to chase!

Well I must be off to bed now. I am enjoying my "long weekend" as my humans describe it. I'm not sure what a weekend is but I enjoy all the long walks we take!

December again

Woof - time goes quickly! It's been lovely weather this year. I have been enjoying the summer and fall. Taking walks along the canal and paddling in the rivers has been great but of course it is far too cold now. Grrrrrrrr. This time of year is when I would have liked one of my ancestors to have been a husky or maybe even a malamute - a Shar pei's coat just wasn't made for frigid temperatures!

I have been visiting human friends at their houses often this year. I have also been on a few car rides that lasted a couple hours. That's a pretty long time but I enjoyed them. It is great looking out and seeing so many new sights - and then of course arriving at a different place!

So, it is Christmas soon and I get to go and celebrate with human friends away from the shelter. I am kinda hoping Santa will visit and leave me a new Kong Wubba and perhaps a treat-ball and maybe even a new frisbee...I can assure him that I have been a nice (NOT a naughty) dog ALL year!

Happy Holidays to you all!

First Day of Spring and there is still snow!

I think I said that I finished my boarding-training session with flying colors! Now you can see some photos of when I go to follow-up refresher classes. You can also see how the word "down" is interpreted differently by different dogs! Please note that I am in the foreground in the appropriate down position - not rolling around or slouched against the wall!

I have been to my friends house several times since I spent Christmas and New Year with them. When it got really cold I had to wear a pretty embarrasing jacket, as you can see in the photo. However, although I love licking snow I am not that keen on being cold so the jacket was probably a good idea and at least it wasn't pink. I also had minor surgery recently to remove my dew-claws. That went very well. I recuperated for a bit at my friends house and I now can't really remember that I ever had them.

I am now back full time at the shelter now and can entertain visitors if you'd like to visit (hint, hint).