Friday, December 21, 2012 at 10:23AM Lucky Spike was adopted by our friend Richard and subsequently was driven up North to New Hamshire where he will live with his sister Chloe. We imagine he will be taking retirement very serious in the very near future.
Congratulations Spike, Chloe, Richard and Paula!
Monday, December 17, 2012 at 2:54PM No, I haven't lost my mind. Turns out I'm moving to New England to be a Christmas present: a brother to a sweet girl named Chloe. She's from down here, but has lived up there since last year. Ms Patti says I was born and spent my puppyhood in Rhode Island. Who knew I was a yankee dog? I think I've lost my accent, but guess it should be easy for me to re-acclimate.
Mom P showed me a picture of my new sister. She's spotted ,too; but red & white rather than black and white like me. She's my present,too, so that's another reason we'll be having a white Christmas.
Met my new dad, Richard, today. I was a little skittish for the couple of seconds it took him to whip out a treat. Then it was a whole different story, and we were quickly besties. A little hob-nobbing with Ms Patti and Mom P and we started back north! The Weather Channel says it's already snowing in Maine and New Hampshire, so looks like a sure thing.
I'll miss all you Southern folks, but wish me luck, even though I already feel like I won the lottery. Told ya next year was going to be GREYT!
I can only exclaim as I ride out of sight, "Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!"
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 at 10:17AM Our last repetitive date for the millenium since we don't have a 13th month for next year using our current calendar. 1/3/13 just isn't the same! At least we aren't using the Mayan calendar. I understand it ends altogether next Friday on 12/21. Our calendar says that's just the end of autumn, not the world at large. Bad news for all our Mayan friends, though, who aren't around any more to start a new one. Mom P says not to worry. We are okay and already have new 2013 calendars in place and hanging behind the 2012's to pick up where they end on the 31st.
BTW, Before any of that, we will be attending the Meet & Greet at the Canton PetSmart this Sunday afternoon, the 16th, from 2-4. Come meet me there. Don't miss your final chance to add me to your family before the world ends.
Hey, this is the first entry written on our new computer. Its all in a messy pile between the old one and the printer while we learn how to manipulate it. The mouse is perched on a chair, so its easier to get to. Keyboard is way high, though. Good thing I'm tall. In case you didn't know, switching Operating Systems is a real pain in the posterior! Some stuff is pretty nice, though, once you figure out how to get to it. Too bad we lost all the shortcuts we had built into the old one.
Monday, December 10, 2012 at 1:03PM I did make it to the Santa Parade with my pal Legend and his dad on Dec. 1st. It was fun, but this last month of the year has been pretty darned quiet since. Mom P says that's normal. Its called the holiday season, and people get really busy with Halloween(& My birthday!), Thanksgiving, Christmas , and New Years plans and festivities. Foster dogs like me don't tend to find new homes until all that hubub is over. Still, I had another set of visitors this week, so ya' never know. These folks live in the city and like the idea of a quiet dog. Once again,we all hit it off, but they left here going on to meet my buddy, Spencer, too; and he's a heck of a nice guy, and almost as handsome as your truly. Wish us both luck. Hopefully, one of us might free up a foster slot
Speaking of foster slots, a new prison class graduates this month. I'll have been here 2 months by then, so will have seniority and squatter's rights here. If anybody has to scramble for foster homes, it will be the new guys. I've got dibbs, here. Mom P also told me not to lose heart. I'm welcome here as long as it takes. Her last foster son, Taz, was with her about this long and got adopted just a week or so before my class graduated and made room for me by moving on to a terrific home. I hear he's already gotten his new folks pretty well trained to pamper him outrageously. His old classmate, Spencer, has been fostered for over 3 months,now, and is still doing fine. I suspect that, like me, he gets treated just like his permanent foster siblings, and thats pretty cushy. I'd like to greet the new year in a new home, but things aren't bad at all here, and like the sports fans say, " There's always next year!" This was a good and adventurous year for me. I'm wishing for an even better one coming up for all of us in 2013.
Friday, November 30, 2012 at 1:47PM Just a quick note to let you know I'll be marching in the parade Saturday. Sort of a last minute plan. Mom P hadn't planned to go. Despite a couple of surgeries the last couple of years, her PAD(Peripheriral Artery Disease)still severely limits her distance walking. Knowing that Legend and I are good buddies, Ms Patti asked his dad if he'd take me along with them, and he agreed. Ms Patti also plans to take lots of pictures, so look for us when she adds them to the picture gallery next week. We'll be the matched pair of handsome white boys with black spots and speckles. Don't worry about MOM P getting lonely. Fonzy & Samantha are staying home and keeping her company. She told me to look for a black hound named Cane who should be there. He was fostered here last year just like me, but attended the parade with a lady from Ohio, and now lives there with her and several other hounds. They had so much fun they came back again this year. I'm excited to check this out and would love to see you there.