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Jan. 16th, 2005 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
willow_redSo much to update, so little time. I will endeavor to sum things up far more quickly than they deserve.
First: Akito the Puppy.
He and I are both learning a lot. I think I've figured out the majority of his heritage. He's mostly Australian Cattle Dog (probably with a bit of extra dingo in him to explain the color), but German Shepherd across the top and in the teeth. Still can't figure out what makes his back fur wavy, though. ACDs, as it turns out, are the only dog breed specifically bred to bite. It's part of the whole "herding cattle in the Outback" job. Akito's a smart one, though. Last week, when I tried to wake him up early, he took one look at me, then at the light I had turned on, rotated his head around, grabbed the blanket between his teeth, and pulled it over his eyes. So cute!
Akito met my parents on Friday, and of course, it was love at first sight. Mom has an incredible gift with puppies. She had him whipped into shape in no time. I'm desperately trying to follow her example to keep from getting chewed to death. Anyway, Akito loves my parents' huge backyard (compared to mine) and they ran him so ragged that he did little more than sleep until noonish on Saturday. The car still makes him nervous, but he fell asleep on the way home in spite of himself. He's also starting to get better about allowing me to read, which was going to be a major problem.
My Birthday
Spent most of the morning lounging around and reading. Finished Dune, finally, and will be giving it back to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
shadowpryde the next time I see her.
On rather short notice, a posse (18 or so) of us went to Beau Jo's for dinner last night. This really deserves its own entry, but my computer time is short due to the puppy. Much fun was had, cool presents abound, and I now have a DVD of Fraggle Rock as well as LOTR Trivial Pursuit. This brings my party game total to three. People will need to come over at some point. Many of us then caravanned over to Erik's birthday party, where more fun was had.
Many potential things on tap for today. In reality, few of them will happen. The one thing I'm certain of is going to the "How to Live with Your Dog" class from the Humane Society. Could be interesting; could be a sales pitch for their training classes.
Must run. Akito's about to get himself in trouble.
First: Akito the Puppy.
He and I are both learning a lot. I think I've figured out the majority of his heritage. He's mostly Australian Cattle Dog (probably with a bit of extra dingo in him to explain the color), but German Shepherd across the top and in the teeth. Still can't figure out what makes his back fur wavy, though. ACDs, as it turns out, are the only dog breed specifically bred to bite. It's part of the whole "herding cattle in the Outback" job. Akito's a smart one, though. Last week, when I tried to wake him up early, he took one look at me, then at the light I had turned on, rotated his head around, grabbed the blanket between his teeth, and pulled it over his eyes. So cute!
Akito met my parents on Friday, and of course, it was love at first sight. Mom has an incredible gift with puppies. She had him whipped into shape in no time. I'm desperately trying to follow her example to keep from getting chewed to death. Anyway, Akito loves my parents' huge backyard (compared to mine) and they ran him so ragged that he did little more than sleep until noonish on Saturday. The car still makes him nervous, but he fell asleep on the way home in spite of himself. He's also starting to get better about allowing me to read, which was going to be a major problem.
My Birthday
Spent most of the morning lounging around and reading. Finished Dune, finally, and will be giving it back to
shadowpryde the next time I see her.On rather short notice, a posse (18 or so) of us went to Beau Jo's for dinner last night. This really deserves its own entry, but my computer time is short due to the puppy. Much fun was had, cool presents abound, and I now have a DVD of Fraggle Rock as well as LOTR Trivial Pursuit. This brings my party game total to three. People will need to come over at some point. Many of us then caravanned over to Erik's birthday party, where more fun was had.
Many potential things on tap for today. In reality, few of them will happen. The one thing I'm certain of is going to the "How to Live with Your Dog" class from the Humane Society. Could be interesting; could be a sales pitch for their training classes.
Must run. Akito's about to get himself in trouble.
