Hope all my blogging doggy dudes had an awesome Christmas. Below is a picture of my stash!
So let me explain to you some of my gifts: The green dog with the Santa hat came from my mom's friend at her job! Can you believe that, I have never met this girl but she thinks I'm adorable and wanted to give me a gift! The little bag of bones are from Dillion and his little person Emily (my mom's niece.) The kong football and basket ball are from my awesome mom! The bag of Natural Choice treats are from Ollie and my grandpa and grandma. The wrapped up thing is a Nylabone Healthy Edible from my friend Scooter and her mom and little person (my mom's sister and nephew). Yes, I had an awesome Christmas! Now for the damage report:Green dog with Santa hat-one hole, mom still needs to fix. All fuzz has been cut off hat to avoid me trying to pull it off and eat it!
Football-mom is continuously cutting the green fuzz I keep pulling off of it. She can't figure out why I do this to the football and not my tennis balls. The good thing is, I don't eat it!Basketball-two holes so far, they have been fixed by mom!
Bag of bones-3 bones gone, more to go!!Treats-2 sticks gone, mom made a new game for me called hide the treat, or as I like to call it, treat torture for Kirby! She hides the treats in the living room and then makes me find them! She has been breaking these up into little pieces and hiding them in my toys, behind furniture etc... She calls this "using my smeller training!"
Wrapped up bone-still wrapped up. Mom is saving this for this weekend, she said that I can unwrap it then and eat it! I will get a little bit of Christmas all over again!We also got a book written by my mom's neice Emily that is all about me! Here is a picture of the cover:
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas...and Happy New Year!!
Woof!
Kirby
First mom started with me. Yep, she pulled out the Santa hat again and this time a bigger bear! Mom thought if Ollie saw how easy it was for me to do it then he would do it too! Neither the bear nor the hat ever stood a chance with Ollie so we don't have pictures of that.
So then mom thought Ollie and me could pose for a picture together in front of the Christmas tree. In the picture above Ollie and I are trying to devise a plan to somehow get rid of the Christmas crazies. At this point they have also invaded my grandma and grandpa who kept laughing at us. Ollie wanted to run to the door and pretend that he had to go out. I told him that would work for distracting grandma and grandpa. So, I thought if I grabbed the stuff bear and ripped it's head off that it would totally startle my mom and she would snap back to reality. Well, then as Ollie and I were about to perform our diabolical plan grandpa comes out with TREATS!!! I found out that not only am I a sucker for treats, but so is my buddy Ollie. Yep, we fell for it, and this is what my mom got:
Yep we both fell for the treats. These were good treats too, JERKY treats. I mean really, how else do you think she got us to pose in the above picture! But then, my mom snapped back to reality and put the Santa hat on herself and pulled me into her lap and grandma took our picture:
My mom and me wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!
I also got my own Christmas stocking! Mom put my name on it. Don't you like what it says:
I also have a new Christmas collar. Now, normally I wouldn't brag about having to wear anything, it's really not my style, but I don't mind wearing this collar thing as I have gotten a lot of compliments. Below are some pics of me modeling it:
Okay, now let me tell you about the Christmas Crazies that have recently invaded my mom's head. First it starts with me wearing a Santa hat. I didn't do this very willingly, I made sure I worked the system enough to get treats. I guess it worked, mom got some nice pics of me and I got TREATS!
I know, in the pic above I look kind of pathetic don't I. I will warn you, I'm not smiling in any of these pics, I am only going through this for the treats, and the fact that my mom laughed alot and I love to hear her laugh, even it it's at my expense (nice guy aren't I).
My mom thought it would be adorable if I posed with this Santa Bear, yeah he's a bit too close for my style. Below we are having a heart to heart about how close he REALLY needs to be.
So then, if one bear wasn't enough, she pulls out another one and this one has a beard. Mom says with my little white tuff under my chin and his beard we make an adorable couple! Yeah I got more treats for this one, "hee hee", see my smarty dog smile below:
So then, my mom thought we would all look adorable in my big fluffy bed! Oh yeah, more treats coming my way for this:
So let's end this day on the upside shall we? Mom decided she was going to wrap some Christmas presents today and I thought I would take a good snooze. So when I woke up, guess what was under the tree:
A PRESENT FOR ME!!!! I can't wait for Christmas!
Mom got a little brochure with the certificate of all the things she can get with the CGC logo on it. She said she will probably get me the little ID tag, of course she also likes the bandanas and pins so who knows what we will end up with, mom goes a tad crazy when it comes to me. Makes me feel so good that I have made her so happy! 
Notice his crooked ear in the picture below. We found out later that Kirby had double ear infections. Poor little guy, but was always happy to see me anyways. He even endured the bath I gave him at the shelter. I didn't know then that he had an ear infection.
Playing with toys!
All this picture says is, "awww....."
Hope you enjoyed learning more about Kirby. Kirby has taught me so much about himself and myself. I have had to read books, watch videos and talk to trainers, something I didn't have to do with Max, but I am amazed at what I have learned. I have heard you don't get the dog you want, you get the dog you need. I think Kirby would say, you don't get the owner you want, you get the one that will make you the best dog you can be!
Well, he absolutely loves playing with this ball and will roll it and roll it and carry it around and throw it trying to get this treat out. I tested it, the treat will actually fall out one of the holes if he gets it just right. But both nights now though he has worked it and worked it, and I have helped him get it in the end. Here is a pic of him enjoying it:
Today, I was at an adopt a thon with Harbor Humane Society and we were at ChowHound. I love this store, their selection of toys and food is the best that I have seen around! Well I have been looking at toys that I think will make Kirby really use his brain. I have seen some around but are pretty expensive. Well I found one today! It's called "The IQube". It is basically a box with cutouts on the sides and inside are four squeaky balls. I can also try to add a treat in there too. Well we tried it tonight, without the treat, and Kirby did this like 5 times. He really loved this toy. He loves it so much that the last time I grabbed the balls to put them back in, I could only find two (only here could we actually lose balls). So I now have to hunt down two squeaky balls. Here is a video of Kirby, he actually pulls them all out in less than a minute! But, the next time he did it it took him about five minutes.
