Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Soba wants to give a shout out to everyone who gave him a Christmas gift!!! Whoof Whoof!! Thank you!!! I took some pictures so you can see what he got. He made out like a bandit!!















After receiving this box addressed to Soba, we put it aside waiting until Christmas so he can open it. Soba has been sniffing the box. When we came home from our neighbors last night, we found him chewed a hole in the box.














On closer inspection, he even chewed a hole through the bag itself. We think he gobbled up a biscuit even though we found no evidence.















Thank you Auntie Pei-Fen for the gift. It did come with 2 canisters, but I didn't have room to put the other one in the picture.














We love the paw stocking! Good call Uncle Ron, Auntie Susan and Cousin Andrew. I think A-Gong and A-Ma was a little too generous with the target gift card! Thanks again everyone for his presents!

Mari and Her Puppies

I HAVE NEVER heard such a sad story. Stories with animals is always heart warming, but the ones where the story illustrates a strong bond and trust between humans and animals is so touching. I was surfing some shiba sites today, and came across a movie recently released in Japan called Mari and her puppies. This is based on a true event that occured on Oct 24, 2004 after an earthquake in Yamakoshi village in Japan.

I saw the trailer for the movie on youtube and then read the translated story. I didn't think I would cry, but I did. Wade found me sobbing when he came downstairs. A part of me was thinking that if we had a natural disaster here (given how prone this area is to earthquake and fire this is pretty likely) AND I had to leave Soba behind that would just devestate me!!!

Here is the clip from youtube (*** be forewarned that it will be sad. Get some tissues ready.)

Here is the link to the story of Mari and her puppies.

Here is the link to the actual site of Mari but it is all in Japanese.

Neutered

Soba got neutered and groomed Wednesday. It was a long and scary day for him. I dropped him off at 9am and couldn't pick him up until 5pm. When we picked him up at the vet, he was still under anesthesia and looked very groogy. He had that look in his eyes like how could you guys do this me. Yes, the "look" did the trick. We both felt really bad and guilty.

We had to put the cone around him so that he wouldn't lick his wound. It will take him any where from 3 days to a week to heal. He looked so sad in his cone.

I found him recovering in his pet bed this morning. Again, the same sad looking face. Poor guy!

It looks like Soba recovered a little. I found him in the backyard doing his usual guard duty. Aside from that he is also back to his normal self of sniffing around. I couldn't help laughing that his cone looks like a lamp shade when his head is down. If he only knew that we found him so amusing!

Happy Holidays!

Thanks Brian for taking a picture of the Wan family! This picture was included in our holiday newsletter to our family and friends.

Does Soba look like a reindeer?

Should we send Soba to North Pole to help Santa out? I think he can do it! =)