Guinness & His Family Wish You a Merry Christmas

As you know, I am a part-time poet, having accidentally made some words rhyme.  So I decided to send you a poem I made up about me for Christmas.  Ready?

Guinness the Red-Bowed Rescue

Had a very cheery bow.

And if you ever saw it.

You would laugh and say, "HO! HO!"

All of the other Doggies

Used to laugh and call him names.

They never let poor Guinness,

Join in any Doggie games.

Then one freezing Christmas Day,

Santa came to say,

"Guinness with your Heart so Warm,

Won't you steer us through this storm?"

Then how the Doggies loved him.

As they shouted out with glee,

"Guinness the Red-Bowed Rescue,

You'll go down in history!"

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Diwali or Kwanzaa or whatever holiday you celebrate around this time of year.  But mostly may you have laughter and joy throughout the New Year!

Love G & Family

In which I run a Dog Show!

 Well, maybe that's a bit of overstatement.  Actually, I went to the Scottsdale Dog Fancier's "Fiesta Dog Show" at Westworld in Scottsdale.  I was a representative for ATD (Alliance of Therapy Dogs.)  My job was to encourage dog owners to get involved with their dogs as Therapy Teams.  

I have to say, I have never seen so many different kinds of dogs.  (I think some of them were really horses, not puppy dogs.)  I mean take a look at this guy.  They said he's an Irish Wolfhound. 

Remind me not to go to Ireland!

I watched some of the contests.  From my perfectly placed vantage point.  

I don't think Dog Shows are for me.  They made those poor dogs trot along with their owners, one right after the other.  Then all of a sudden they had to stop and w a l k   e v e r   s o   s l o w l y .  Would have driven me crazy.  But after that some of them came back with these pretty blue and gold ribbons.  Maybe I would do that if someone would give me a pretty blue and gold ribbon.  On second thought, maybe not even then.  

In any case, that was not why I was there.  I had to turn around and pay attention.

 My job meant I had to spot people who might want to know more about ATD.  And I did find some.  I also found some who just wanted to pet me.  (Good thing Mom gave me a bath just before we went -- I'm so soft after my bath!)

I was there for over two hours, and we took breaks every so often.  Nevertheless, it got a little boring for me after a while.

So Mom let me hide for a bit when no one was looking.

It was a perfect hiding place!

You should go to a Dog Show.  It was fun, and if I am there, you can come pet me anytime you want!!

Love, G