A Thanksgiving morning conversation with Isaac

AP: Isaac do you know what today is?

 I: is it celebrates food day? cuz that’s what the neighborhood smells like this morning

 AP: lol no its Thanksgiving. Which people do celebrate by eating lots of food but that’s not the real meaning of the day. It has a couple meanings and one of them is to recreate a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621 and for some it is also a day to thank God. The theme of the day is primarily to get together and eat a lot of food though.

 

I: Well lotz of food makes for a good day.

 AP: Yes sill boy in your head that makes for a good day. The best point of the day is to have a day when people give thanks for things in their life, like a roof over their head, clothes on their back, food on the table and the love of good friends and family.

 I: and they only do that on this one day? Dogs iz thankful for everything everyday

 AP: yes- well people aren’t much like dogs as they get stuck in their own head and their self importance with their busy lives. But you are right the world would be a much better place if everybody adopted a posture of gratitude everyday

 I: likez dogs cuz dogs are cool like that

 AP: lol yes my monkey -dogs are cool like that.

 I: whatz iz you thankful for Mom

 AP: Oh my little man I am thankful for everything I already said -just like most people are, but I am most thankful to Appalachian Great Pyrenees Rescue for rescuing you and to my sweet Tonka man for picking you out for me. I am also very thankful for Companion Bridge and all the people that volunteer their time to help us and all the people that donated and participated in the auction. Thanks to them we helped lots of animals that needed medical attention this year.

 What about you?

 I: Iz thankful for all that 2 and also cookies I am thankful for cookies and cricketz.- very thankful for cricketz

 AP: of course you are…. Love you my little man

 I: I lovez everybody and I lovez my tug toy- I really lovez my tug toy

 Happy Thanksgiving from AP and I.

 We wish you and yours a wonderful day filled with love and food and maybe a cricket or a tug toy.

A Howling Good Time

Took the little man back to the beach today. Unlike last time he was not interested in digging big holes and running in circles around me. This day was all about checking everything out.

He found a nice size shell.

Smellz like a good shell

He found a new little friend who we named "Pinchy"

Pinchy the crab

Dude youz are little

He stopped to smell the roses... Wait!.. What? Yes roses... there were roses all over the place for some reason.

Youz should always stop and smellz the roses

It was very windy so he spent a good deal of time sniffing the breezes and watching the waves.

Sniffffffff

When he was satisfied that he had explored and smelled enough we headed into town. It was there that little man turned in a performance worthy of those people on the Voice TV show. Just listen to the perfect pitch and match to the sound of the siren.

On the way back to the car he met a Bear, checked out some Alligator teeth at the SeaShell shop and got a little upset at the false advertising in a pet store.



Iz like Thiz Bear



Pretty Teethz

Mom they liez! There are no catz in the box!

All in all a good day for my little monkey man!

Therapy In a Four Legged Package

One of my biggest regrets is not having enough time with the Tonka man. He was such a confident and loving soul and would have made a perfect therapy dog. Isaac displays some of those same characteristics that the big boy had. He is loving and in tune with peoples emotions, leaning in and providing contact when someone is having a bad day or sitting quietly if that is what is needed. He absolutely adores children and is fine with multiple kids swarming him at the bus stops. He is a real sweetheart. The only bad marks for Isaac are his HATRED of cats, his desire to chase the school buses and all motorcycles and sometimes he will shy away from a stranger.

This week I finished up a course with the non-profit Pet Partners to register us as a therapy team. I passed my part of the test and now just need the little man to pass his. He has had experience with some of the evaluation requirements as they are the same as the CGC test that he passed in November of 2015. This test adds on with other items such as loud people, visual and auditory distractions from the front and behind, awkward petting and other things you might experience in an institutional\hospital or education setting.

Wish us luck!