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 Hello!!!
I am so sorry it's taken this long to get an email off
to you. We've been very busy getting to know Oakley
and loving every minute of him. Santa delivered Oakley
to our family on Christmas morning. Our six year old
had kept begging us for a dog. Little did we know what
a blessing he would be. He fits right into our family.
When Santa left Oakley outside our front door with Uncle
Johnny and he brought Oakley into our family room, instinctively
Oakley went right over to Josie and she let out a cry
of joy. She kept asking if we could keep him! Oakley
was very shy at first. He quickly made friends with
our neighbor dog, Java, a chocolate brown lab. He also
has  befriended
the neighbor dog on the other side of us, Lukey, a Shitzu
mix. He is definately the Alpha male and everyone just
loves him. He still "waves" hi with his paw and loves
his daily treats. He comes out front with us without
a leash and loves to play and frollic in the snow. But
when we say, "Oakley, backyard" he runs to the back
and jumps the fence into the backyard. He's so smart!
He is the sweetest and most loving dog. He has gotten
in trouble three times total since being here. Once
he wasscolded by our six year old for taking her teddy
bear
and chewing off the eyes. Then he was scolded by our
two year old for taking her Elmo and chewing off one
of the legs. Then he was scolded by me for chasing bunnies
in our yard. So we bought him his own toybox with a
bunch of stuffed animals (including a stuffed rabbit!)
and some squeaky toys. He now knows what toys are his
and which ones are off limits. The bunnies in the yard,
however, are on their own...so far they've been quicker
than he is in escaping through the fence. Thank you
so much for the love and care you gave to Oakley prior
to us finding him. He means the world to our family
and is a perfect dog. Here are some photos for you!
Take Care! Joani Matalone
 Kathy
and Lana,
THANK YOU SO MUCH for the time you spent with me and
the time you let me spend with Henry (aka Hans) before
I adopted him New Year's Eve. You both were so nice.
I'm really sorry that I kept you late at work, but grateful
that you were willing to stay. Lana, thank you for answering
so many of my questions and explaining everything about
the adoption--you did a really great job AND for coming
to get me at 5 points to show me the way.  Thank
you sooo--- much for letting me be Henry's mom--- I'm
a lucky girl and it looks like it is a perfect fit (it
was meant to be).
Henry is a wonderful little boy. He doesn't really respond
to his name yet---he's off exploring and in a world
of his own. He has quite a bit of energy --- we've gone
on multiple walks around the neighborhood. I think he
misses all his doggy friends at the shelter, but I hope
to arrange some doggy play dates in the near future.
 I
stopped at a rest stop before Williamsburg on the way
home thinking Henry might need to go potty, but he didn't.
He seemed a little over stimulated and scared of all
the traffic noise on the interstate and all the cars/trucks
whizzing by. We got home safe and sound and I've attached
some pictures as promised.
 From
Henry: We got "home" and my mom has a walk
in shower, so in we both went and she gave me a good
shampooing. She put a towel on the floor of the shower
and I just sat down nicely while the shower sprayed
me with water. After she towel dried me she let me scoot
around for a while,then she used this noisy thing (blowdryer)
to dry me off and it startled me at first, but I got
used to it after just a few minutes. I had some mats
and mom used scissors to cut them off--- I didn't like
that, so decided I'd take the scissors away from her--maybe
I can hide them so she doesn't do that anymore.
I'm just a puppy--so she spaces things out and gives
me lots of breaks because I don't have a real long attention
span. I love my new home. Mom takes me out alot--so
I haven't had any accidents in the house (but I've only
been home less than 2 days) and happily do my business
outside. I'm not so fond on the crate, I''d rather be
out to run loose in the house--but once I'm housebroken,
maybe I'll have the run of the house. I'm really photogenic
and mom took tons of pictures of me.  Mom
has a lot in store for me---she started teaching me
how to "sit"-- but I'm pretty good at that---I
just don't like to "stay" very long. My nails
are pretty long so she wants to trim them---not sure
how I'll like that. Mom is going to get me a pet bed
and some chew treats and maybe a sweater today and wants
to get copies of all the pictures she took of me. She
started a "Henry"journal baby book last night
too. I already got a new rope toy that I like a lot
(but I like all toys). What a great start to a new year!!!
I miss you guys and thank you all for taking such good
care of me, but MOST OF ALL for giving me the best-ever
forever mom!!! Love Henry (Hans) Gotta go now, I see
big plant I'm interested in unless mom moves it so I
can't get to it. I'll stay in touch and let you know
how things are going.
Hey everyone at smas Reuben has been with us for a few
days now he is a true joy he is great with our two small
children reuben has such  a
fun loving personality always making us smile :) he
is going to the vet on saturday to have a check up and
then off to the groomers next week to be spoiled. I
do not think we could have picked a better match for
our family's first dog thank you to all your staff who
goes out of your way each day to give these animals
a second chance at life!
The Pollocks
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