I last wrote to you from Palm Springs, where I spent the last week of November and first week of December. It was nice to come home after 2 weeks away. After that, it was full on Christmas preparations. I definitely got into the spirit as you will see in my photos. I am a pro shopper and enjoy resting in a quiet area in any store while Jen shops. I was quite excited to meet Santa at the hospital and told him I had been a very good boy. I must have made the “nice” list as he brought me lots of cool toys and treats. I even had my own advent calendar.

Iโ€™m slowly getting better at focusing when Iโ€™m around other dogs and got to practice when we went on a field trip to Bass Pro Shop with my friends PADS Duke and Marnie. The highlight of the month was a play date with PADS Blazer, Morley and Shah at the off leash park. Auntie Stephanie arranged it and sheโ€™s the best.

We did a bit of entertaining and I did not eat anything off of the coffee table full of yummy food. I wanted to but would look at Jen and she would tell me not to. I got treats for avoiding it so it was a win in the end! Weโ€™ve been working on position changes, car loading (I always want to go explore as soon as Iโ€™m told to get out of the car!) and lots of other things.

Happy New Year everyone, see you next month!

Astro

Submitted by: Jen