The Good Dog Blog - Vizsla » Christmas http://www.thegooddogblog.com A journey of enlightenment Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:09:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Bodi and the Christmas Tree… http://www.thegooddogblog.com/2009/12/16/bodi-and-the-christmas-tree/ http://www.thegooddogblog.com/2009/12/16/bodi-and-the-christmas-tree/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:39:39 +0000 Nancy http://www.thegooddogblog.com/?p=594 Bodi with his first Christmas tree with us

Bodi with his first Christmas tree with us

This was Bodi’s first trip to the Christmas Tree Farm (with us)… a tradition that we had shared with Tucker for 12 blissful years! It was emotional.. to say the least.. as we had always had the Tuckman with us.

As we pulled into the tree farm parking lot… an overwhelming feeling of joy and warmth and happiness as well as sorrow and sadness had filled us both. As the tears began to well up in our eyes, I said to Jim… “I can just see Tucker, running through the Christmas trees.. helping us in our quest to find the perfect tree”!

Our little Bodi was thrilled to be a part of this tradition! He had a blast at the Christmas tree farm.. and didn’t pee on any trees!!

Bodi and Daddy and the Christmas tree

Bodi and Daddy and the Christmas tree

As you can see… Bodi O thoroughly enjoyed posing with his Daddy. So proud of that Christmas tree …that would soon be home, all decorated and filled with presents for Bodi!! Life is good!

What a happy (and very lucky) puppy this is! Bodi is awesome and we feel very fortunate to have him in our lives. He is now a huge part of everything we do.

Mommy and Tucker, Christmas 2008

Mommy and Tucker, Christmas 2008

This time of year… is a time to reflect.. and a time to celebrate the good in our lives. And it is a time to be so very thankful for what we have today… including sweet memories of a loved one lost. Even though that loved one has left this life, their sweet, beautiful soul will remain in our hearts forever!

]]> http://www.thegooddogblog.com/2009/12/16/bodi-and-the-christmas-tree/feed/ 8 The Joy Of the Toy… or… Who’s The Stupid One Now!!! http://www.thegooddogblog.com/2009/10/24/the-joy-of-the-toy-or-whos-the-stupid-one-now/ http://www.thegooddogblog.com/2009/10/24/the-joy-of-the-toy-or-whos-the-stupid-one-now/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:50:22 +0000 Jim http://www.thegooddogblog.com/?p=491 Christmas Presents Has anybody else noticed this… You go out and spend hours picking just the right toy for your four legged kids, you spend a fortune to buy some toy with “Made in China” on it that lasts for half a day at most, you show everyone how cute the toy is and you revel in the idea that your “kids” are going to love it… and in reality all you had to do was roll up a piece of trash, toss an old sock, or… put a new roll of toilet paper on the holder, and you had the best toy that your kids could possibly want.

We all roll our eyes, laugh at the stupidity of the animal in front of us, and go back to trying to figure out how we could have spent so much money at the holidays!!!

Now, I ask you, which breed here is the stupid one? Which one of us needs to have our heads examined and be “rehabilitated”?

Christmas Presents 2 Tucker loved the paper rolls, you could toss it on the floor up in the third story bathroom and he would come flying up the stairs from the first floor to attack the toilet paper monster, he would carry around his prize kill until all had a chance to see, and then he would lay down and tear it to pieces. We loved to watch him, he loved the show as well, and still 2 months after his passing we find ourselves throwing the roll on the floor and waiting for the storm to come.

This is one of the traits that Bodi didn’t pick up from Tucker, he will just watch it hit the floor and walk away, wondering what all the fuss was about a stupid toilet paper roll, and then he’ll casually pick up Nancy’s bra and walk away with it, with that gleam in his eye, swearing that there is no way he is going to let this unholy monster get to us… and all of his new toys that we were dumb enough to bring home for him…

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