As you can see Jack is doing absolutely wonderful! He has become such a great member of the family! He is very spoiled, sits with just pointing at him, he will sit and wait for his food all day next to Louie until I tell him " Mangia " then he eats and he sometimes even shares with Louie. They are inseparable!!! Louie has even lost 18lbs! from all the playing! The play king of the hill on the living room ottoman, they wrestle in the living room all the time and chase one another as fast as the can sliding around the corners of the hard wood floors! It is too funny! I figure the people that move into my home after I am gone can re-do the floors (Ha)!

It does our hearts well when we see these two playing and look at Jack, he has the happiest eyes I have ever seen in a dog! We know he is greatful daily for his life, you can see it in him and there is not a day that goes by that he thanks us in someway! He is just a great guy and has added years to Louie's life by keeping her engaged in just ole puppy fun!

Thanks for everything once again and hope you, the family and the foster pups are all doing well!

Mark

8 March 2008

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This little guy is really something. For the first week he spent most his time in deep kimshe. The poor little guy was just a bit out of sorts. So the people at the Almond Board of California where Marsha is communications coordinator threw a "New Doggy " shower for her. She came home with 2 grocery bags full of new Jack toys! Needless to say Jack was in doggy heaven! So here is where we are with this little guy. He and Louie have become pretty good friends. She has become the dignified lady and he, of course, is the goofy pre-teen. We have to disagree with his age; we are thinking this little guy is maybe 18 mos. tops. He is very smart and learns very quickly! He sleeps on the bed (ours); he is spoiled! He sits next to Louie at meal time until he is given permission to eat with the word "Mangia." He sits and stays pretty well on command without a collar or leash. He is starting to down/stay and he loves to play ball! He has learned to sit and stay until given permission to " Get it. " We are still working on the release of the ball... He seems hard of hearing at times as he is not sure he wants to hear. But that's okay; I do that with Marsha! He sleeps through the night just fine. He is pretty much a good boy and getting better daily. We are really enjoying him and he is a great addition to the family. Of course, we are coonie fans and we just love them to pieces! Thanks again for everything, Mark 24 August 2007 Dear Rescue, I want to let you know that I made it okay. I had no idea where I was and I was concerned I have to tell ya. Well they took me out of this crate for a little while, but I kept trying to drive for my California Dad. You know the traffic was terrible and I thought he needed some help! Well, that landed me back in the crate. Wow, I was bummed and they had food right next to the crate and I wanted it! I was hungry! I was starved! You know, they do not serve meals on cross-country hops any more! I was bummed! So anyway we took this exit off the freeway and I was not sure where we were going! I was a bit worried, but I knew you had trust in my California Mom and Dad so I knew they were not taking me too far away. Well, we showed up at this really cool park and there were about 6 furry friends; one was small and I thought that he was a rodent. Soon as I touched his nose with mine, I knew he was ok. So I ran around a little bit and had fun and drank some water and then we were off to some town called Modesto. Wow, the traffic was terrible! My California Dad told me it would be a while so I went to sleep. I awoke when we got to this pretty white house and California Mom kept me in the car while Dad went in and got this other spotted dog that looks just like me. Well sort of. She is really a big girl! She is really nice though and I like her. She is a bit older and plays. Her name is Louie, she watches me and even shared a spoon of peanut butter with me!! So as you can see by the pictures I was all over California Mom and she was just loving it! Then as you can see, Louie went over to California Dad to ask who this new guy was! Then this older guy with this goofy hat came over and California Mom and Dad and Louie told me that this was Doggy Grandpa. So he was really happy to see me too and Louie helped support me as I was really pooped out. Anyway, I like my new place. It is going to take some time to get use to, I miss all of you in Georgia, but I have to say I don't miss the humidity! I think we are going to go shopping for sunglasses tomorrow and some other California things. So Mom it was a good trip. I love all you guys and I will stay in touch Spot aka JR. Johnson P.S. Oh yea...They are calling me something like Jack...???? Weird out here in California but they are nice! 11 August 2007