Surgery and my ADOPTION!

I have already shared the news on Facebook and Sirius Republic's fan page, but all the excitement made me forget to update my blog. So to all my friends who have not heard the news: I have been adopted as of October 1, 2010!

Life is good when you have a family that loves you back.   

Yes my foster family has made me a permanent member and I cannot be happier to share the rest of my life with them. Thank you to everyone who has encouraged, supported, and loved me throughout my search for my forever home, including almost 3 years spent living at the animal shelter. Without you, I would not be here today as many of you know, years of living at the animal shelter, plus being adopted and returned numerous times have made me very stressed and depressed, which almost ended my life (by euthanasia) four months ago.

Anyhow, fast forward and here I am, at 9 years of age, finally finding my very own family that will love and care for me, always.

Taking a break from playing fetch, my favorite game.

First order of business after my adoption was surgery to remove a suspicious purple growth on my chest. I didn't like it one bit but I'm a brave girl. The procedure took place last Friday and it was successful. I was stressed out when my family left me alone at the vet but I'm happy it didn't take all day as the vet said it would. Also I enjoyed all the attention and treats my family has given me both pre- and post surgery. Check out my chest now, growth-free with 6 shiny metal staples!

I'm a brave girl!

In the car after my surgery, happy to be going home. 

I'm on TV!

I was napping, all relaxed and comfortable, then Jennfer's scream interrupted my sleep.
She was shouting, jumping up and down, pointing at the television set. There I was on KOFY TV, looking like a very good girl, sitting on KOFY TV's red couch. It was filmed recently at Bay to Barkers, a fundraiser for Berkeley East Bay Humane Society, which I attended with Jennifer and Sirius Republic.
Here's the video, check it out:

Labor Day long weekend and a BBQ

Hope you had a nice long weekend. I did and also took yesterday off to recover.
On Sunday Jennifer went to look at some bodies at the Bodies Revealed Exhibition in Sacramento, California. I'm not impressed because since dogs are not allowed inside, I had to stay home while she selfishly enjoyed a whole day out! Also I had to hear about how great this exhibition was for hours in the evening.

Jennifer, Kristina and Nada at the Bodies Revealed Exhibition in Sacramento, CA

Monday was much better, I was invited to a BBQ, along with the rest of the dogs.

BBQ meat, my favorite!

Food was delicious! But humans were regulating who can eat what, so I had to create my own opportunities. Thankfully they were too busy yapping most of the time, so I helped myself to some ribs on an unguarded plate. Man it was good! They caught me later on but that's ok, it was so worth it!

Guinness and I did a lot of begging at the dinner table.

Guinness begging on camera while I worked on someone else.

One of my more effective begging faces, good for my tummy!

These two were useless! Lazies.

Even Squeaky chipped in and worked on the humans.

Cute like an OTTER

Hi! Chilly here, long time no blog, what can I say, been too busy with all the responsibilities that comes with being the popular pooch that I am.
Last Friday Aug. 13, I went with Jennifer to the East Bay SPCA. She was invited to speak to 20 summer camp participants about her business Sirius Republic. As usual I was the highlight of the program. I had a great time meeting new friends and showing off my tricks for treats.

There I am in the middle being surrounded by my fans :D

For fun, I went swimming at my friend Grumpy's house. I never swam before but now it's one of my favorite things to do!

Fetching and swimming - at the same time, oh boy, it doesn't get better than this!

I also attended several dog rescue events in the past month, helping to raise money for saving homeless dogs. I made many new friends who are also my fans at the Bay to Barkers benefiting Berkeley-East Bay Humane Society and Petapalooza event at Autobody Fine Art benefiting several rescue groups.

Getting a big kiss from Neven at the Bay to Barkers event.