We continue with our celebration of the Sparklers’ fourth birthday. Here they were at four days old…
Today we get a report from our Arizona Sparkler — Lucas…
“My Pandemic Year by Lucas
Something “pandemic” sounds delicious but I have found it is not. In fact, it isn’t anything like my favorite cheese nibble. I started out my year at a draft test and concluded I probably needed a wee bit more practice. Live and learn. Still, I loved the long walks I took with my mom. That is until mom took some time out to acquire a new knee.
The sizzling summer was a bummer until mom started teaching me some new tricks so I could earn more of my lovely treats and Trick Dog titles. I even learned to balance a treat on my nose without eating it first! We didn’t take any long trips in my shiny red dogmobile this year but, as the weather got cooler we started going out in my big backyard every day for practice sessions that involved a bonanza of treats. I can now retrieve, jump and respond to mom’s hand signals like my border collie friend Banjo. Well, almost.
I have also been regularly pulling my cart around the neighborhood. As I said earlier, I need more practice so I can become a real draft dog. One odd thing is that I haven’t gone to any dog shows this year and everyone is wearing clothes on their face. And I now have a big tree adorned with shiny balls in my house which is also not normal. I guess I’d say my third year has been somewhat unusual but has also been, in a word, delicious. Happy holidays to all the Kaibab’s!”
THANK YOU, Team Lucas! And hang in there — the pandemic will end and we can be together at draft tests and dog shows once again. I can’t wait!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LUCAS!
