dog

January 29,2013 

 

Jack, my dog, is going on 4 years old soon. He has grown a really good boy now. I believe this is not just my partial eye! 

I got him from an animal care center. He was the last three puppies out of 15 left in a huge circle. The other pups were already in the going-to-be foster parent's arms. One of the center people offered me to hold one if I like. So I chose Jack, a black & tan little puppy. He was cute but his face looked dummy in a way. His black coat was miserablly grayish black. I guessed that was why no one wanted him to hold. heh,heh. I wanted a Shiba boy in black and tan coat from the beginning. Red coad seemed to be more popular there. Pups in black were only two. Jack and his sister. The girl has shiny healthy coat and bright shoe-button eyes. In other words, she looked cuter much much much more than Jack!! Hah, hah! Eventually I chose Jack because I wanted a boy. Anyway.

When he first came to my place I was not at all sure if he will be happy with us. But now I am so confident that he definitely is happy as a member of my family!

Yoshi, my husband, was reluctant about having a dog at first. It was right on the day I went to the animal care center that Yoshi said like, "if there is a puppy you really really like, you can bring it home." 

If he didn't say so Jack wouldn't be here now. 

And now, Yoshi, once so reluctant to have a dog, is deeply in love with Jack!

 

I tought him some tricks like "sit," "get down,""wait,""give me a paw," etc. Every feeding time, I order him to do it. My mother-in-law often says it is an abuse. She thinks those are the huge stress to Jack. She let him go to the direction he wants to go when she walks Jack... I don't think she is right ... In my opinion tricks are very important for a dog to focus on people and obey. If I just indulge him and let him do whatever he likes, he will be out of control! How to train depends on a dog owner but ... I just don't want to be called an abuser...  Hmm.. Anyway!

I can't even imagine a life without Jack! I love him!