Christmas Day 2010

This morning, mum and D-Guy went to eat special buffet breakie for hoomans only (can you believe it?). After they came back, mum ABANDONED me and took STINKY and his gurrrrlfriend Faye for a walk. She never returned!!!! Well, not for a long time anyway.

Faye had been staying with us because her pawrents went to the city of Lost Wages. (mum: Las Vegas!)

They left looking like this,


Came back looking like this! Well, STINKY was relatively un-changed. You can see more pictures on STINKY's bloggie.


(mum: I took Faye over to the apartment for grooming after the walk. Derek was home with Sunshade.)

When mum finally came home, the sun was already setting.....


But D-Guy told mum that they should still take "Sunshade" out because he knew mum usually always takes me out to a fun place on X-mas. We usually go up the mountain on X-mas for me to play in snow, but since we already went to Cypress Mountain on my birfday, we decided to go somewhere a little different.


We went to the waterfront area by Canada Place and Vancouver Convention Center,


Vancouver Convention Center is where the broadcasting station was during the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.


Notice I had to walk around with my Santa hat on?


D-Guy took me off leash because I'm PERFECT ya know?


Then D-Guy called me, so I ran over to see him,


He said he had found something cool and wanted me and mum to go see,


He told mum she should take a picture of me with these Christmas bears inside the glass display,


So mum did!


Then, a little hooman pup started inching his way, ever so subtle (or so he thought) towards me. His dad read him very well though, and asked mum if it was ok for him to pet me. Mum said yes of course. The hooman pup was SO happy when he caught up to me,


His dad wanted to take pictures of us. So I posed, because I'm PERFECT!


Then another hooman saw that the little hooman pup got a picture with the celebrity (Queen of Muscle Butts), and she wanted a picture too.


Those two hoomans on the right were getting their camera ready because they wanted a photo of me The PERFECT ME too,


Afterwards, the man said to mum and D-Guy:

That is the cutest, best behaved dog I have ever seen!

Mum said Thank You and wished them a Merry Christmas. I get those compliments all the time and they make mum all smiley. Mum is especially happy when someone tells her how good I looked for my age!

Then D-Guy said enough posing because people kept coming up. So he just ran away. When I see a part of my pack run away, I automatically have to go chase him.


I trotted really fast away from the Puparazzis,


Me and D-Guy continued walking behind Canada Place,


Mum gave me a tennis ball to hold,


I love it when I have something I love (which means everybuddy else wants) in my mouf. I feel empowered!


BOTH mum and D-Guy wanted MY tennis ball you know???


I, Master of the Keep-Away Game would drop the ball in front of myself and taunt them with my eyes,


They fall for it every time,


They kept on attacking me, one from the front, one from the back, (mum: she LOVES the keep away game.)


ALAS... only one could come out VICTORIOUS in the end!!


Mum wanted a picture with the one and only being on earth that could out-smart her,


After the game, I took some time to reflect on the mistakes I might have made during the game. However, as it turned out, I made no mistake (as usual).


I left my mark, (mum: she lifts her leg to mark, like a boy dog.)


I took a break in front of a Christmas tree,


Then I saw some strange lights....... so I went to check them out. Don't worry, Vancouver has not been invaded by aliens,


Out of no where, D-Guy decided to challenge me!!!


He ATTACKED me!!! (I got away successfully of course) (mum: Keep away game in progress)


Then I saw MY province written in the tiles,


I found MY booootiful city and posed with it!


D-Guy walked me toward the Vancouver Convention Center,



He said he was taking me to see something special!!


Do you guys recognize the blue structure behind me??


Yes, that's the Olympic Cauldron!!


While I was posing here, a guy walked by and I turned and looked at him. It shocked him a little because he thought mum was taking a picture of a "giant, stuffed toy"....


Before heading home, more hoomans wanted to take pictures with The PERFECT ME of course!

Merry Christmas Everybuddy!!

I just wanted to say Merry Christmas + Happy Howlidays + Happy New Year + Thank You for being MY friend!!


Our weather has been super yucky, raining cats and dogs. So we had an indoor X-Mas photo shoot today,


Me & my Santa hat!


We had to put up with the usual SIT-STAY FOREVER command. I don't know why STINKY looked like there was a magnetic repulsion between him and I,


(mum: It's your super-bi*ch power Sunshade! Sunshade doesn't like other dogs in her personal space, and Jaffa has learned that ever since the beginning. Here he was trying to obey my command while making sure he doesn't get into Sunshade's space. Sunshade of course was oblivious to all this. She doesn't really care much about what Jaffa does nowadays because she knows he would never challenge her.)

Sporting a couple of different looks with the Santa hat,


It can STAND!!!


Mum, being the kind of mum that she is, had to come up with something.......


She wrapped my X-mas scarf around my head,


According to her, I looked like Mrs. Claus.


Mum reduced the magnetic repulsion between STINKY and I by physically pushing his STINKY butt against mine,



And then a fly flew by,


Mum asked us to start caroling. Me being PERFECT and all started right away while he was still processing what was said,


Finally, it was processed (takes him a while), and he started caroling too, in his own way.....


Mum said STOP. So I stopped immediately, mouf sealed! He of course, was again, still processing the request,


One PERFECT caroler, one STINKY caroler,


Then I got tired so I laid down, and his face turned constipated,


He was constipated for a long time,


(mum: so the rule here is that Miss Bossy Face is allowed to touch Jaffa, but Jaffa isn't allowed to touch her. If Sunshade was on the bed first, then he isn't allowed to get into her personal space. However, if he was on the bed first, she could go and lie on top of him if she wanted (not that she does) to. He wouldn't do anything about it. While I have seen Jaffa get annoyed at other dogs, he just lets his Sunshade get away with anything and still loves her no matter what. Here, Sunshade decided to lie down, and she laid right against him. Jaffa knew that if he moved, Sunshade would feel him "touching" her and she would tell him off. I think on top of the personal space issue, a "touch" from another dog to Sunshade means dominance. Her being a dominant girrrrrl, that's a no no... LOL.)

My bootiful face,


His constipated face!!!!!


The constipation continued,


In an attempt to un-constipate him for pictures, mum decided to give him some treats. She delivered some into his mouf, and then left some by his feet to snap him out of it,


I saw that he didn't want to move for whatever reason, so I thought I would help him out with those treats that were probably digging into his feet,


(mum: When Sunshade is in physical contact with Jaffa, he won't move until she moves. So he didn't want to move to get the treats unless I fed them straight to his mouth (doesn't require moving). When there is food involved, Jaffa backs away even more from Miss Lioness..um... I mean, Miss Piggy.)

MORE please mum?


You can see more of STINKY's constipation photos on his bloggie.

Wishing everyone the bestest X-mas and Happiest New Years!!

Love nibbles,
Miss Sunshade & family