Party Down Party Dog!

Hi again. Yep. It's me, Dixon. Here I am with more to say. So, here goes.

Boy, did I have a great week! I cannot even begin to tell you how awesome it is to be someone's dog - even despite those annoying rules that I am trying to learn about and follow. Take the barking for example. Who would have thought that I'm totally okay not doing it sometimes, especially when the pay off is that I get to chase Donzi, the GSD, when she races after her ball. Seriously. Who knew that quiet play still could be so much blasted fun? See? I'm learning!

On Sunday, I had more fun because I got to do one of my favorite things: attend play group at Cloud Nine Training School for Dogs, my new home away from home. And, while all us dogs romped and stomped around, many of us took turns having our pictures taken at the Halloween photo shoot that was set up to raise money for MN Sheltie Rescue. I won't bore you with the details except to say that mostly it felt like we had one big day-long party, and I got to hang out with a bunch of dog friends, old and new. It was so cool. I got to meet Kepler, Dustin, and Parker, three "alumni" from MN Sheltie Rescue who were lucky enough to get adopted like me; I got to play with some of my "homies" like Bunny, Nephew, Lucy, Bella; and I got to meet a young, well-mannered Sheltie named Vigo. Woo Hoo! Let the good times roll!

Sarah, one of my specie buddies, bought a Halloween costume for me so I could dress up like a "gentleman", with a hat and tie and all. If I'm not mistaken, I believe the outfit even helped me behave in a rather gentlemanly fashion. I say this because Kepler's Forever Mom commented on my good manners and couldn't believe that I’m the little guy who has "issues". Ha!Hmmm. I wonder if that means I truly am making progress? I hope so. It will make my Forever Mom ever so happy and proud when I can be around unfamiliar dogs and not go ballistic. 

For now I'm jumping for joy that I get to be my Forever Mom's  "work in progress", and that I get to enjoy days like Sunday where I can run and play and have the time of my life. Did I mention that Sarah's husband, Brad, photographer, re-toucher, sheltie fancier extraordinaire, took some amazing pictures? Well, he did (see mine as an example). My favorites are the ones of the dogs wearing costumes! You go Princess Dottie and Lady GaGa Ruthie! Rock on!

Man, I hope we get to do this party/photo shoot thing again next Halloween, especially since I KNOW that I will be able to attend now that I am someone's dog with a Forever Home!

Thanks to Brad’s excellent photography skills, you can’t really tell that my front feet never stopped “pitter pattering” while he took my picture. Don’t I look like the perfect gentleman?