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| advent cookies |
I think I was too young to appreciate the holiday season last year. I was just getting used to my forever family. Mom put these long red things on the wall...they have 24 small cookies and 1 big cookie. Monty is teaching me that they are called Doggie Advent Calendars and many years ago Mom made about 100 of them for the Golden Retriever Club. Now she just makes them for friends and, of course, us. Monty says we get one every day when we sit nicely in front of the calendars...he spends a lot of time sitting there. See the one with the red yarn part way down...that's an old one. Mine is new! We're at the beach and Mom forgot to bring the calendars but Monty says not to worry because that means we will have to do "catch up" when we get home...that means lots of cookies. We get lots of treats anyway but he always wants more.
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| go dog go |
This last weekend was VERY busy. Mom and I went to a Porti match so she could help out. Maddie came to help Mom and play with me...pretty cool. One of the dogs was nervous around kids so his owner had Maddie give him lots of treats...he warmed up to her but is still a little timid about her. Kids are my favorite next to Monty and my mom and dad. Monty stayed home and our neighbor boy, Corbin, came over to let him out and play with him. On Sunday, Dad was home from sailing (they won!) so he went with us to the Porti Holiday Party. Every single dog there was MY KIND! WOW! One of the things they do is have a gift exchange...you bring a doggie gift and then you get to pick one out from the pile. I picked (with Dad's help) three tennis balls with squeakers in them. Monty loves them...not so sure my people do. Mom was in charge of the games and Dad helped me do them. I think the dogs and people had a good time, but next year Mom says she will use a bullhorn, whatever that is. I was really tired so Dad was going to take me out to the car...well....just outside the door of the building we were in there is a big fenced area for dogs to run around. The only thing to do with something like that is...GO DOG GO!!! I wasn't really all that tired. It was fun to run around with other Portis, but I did eventually wear out.
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| Maddy's new friend |
Our friend Casey who moved to Bend will have a new house in a few days. It is really big and he has 3 fenced acres to run around in. Too bad we aren't closer. Their house is on the other side of town from where I was born. Mom helped us send Casey some edible Christmas cards. He should get them soon...hope he savors them.
That's it for now. Gotta go guard Granny's chickens.
'til next time,
Juno
