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Abby and friends made sure all the dogs and cats had a gift to open Christmas morning! Abby said it matched the picture in her head perfectly.
Thank you from Abby to...
Grandma Finch
Grandma Nelson
Jaime Williams and Ross Nelson
Dr. Adrienne Kanne
Penny and Scott Bell
Kathi Ortmeier
Dr. Pete Bashara
Racquet Corner
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TWO YEARS AGO
My Aunt Penny has a nephew Matt. Though we have not met, I decided that since we have the same aunt, we are cousins.
Matt and his family recently rescued this adorable puppy, Zeus. I've not met Zeus either, but I love him so much!
From Matt...
Name: Zeus Meatball Wallace
Age: 6 months
Weight: 45 lbs.
Breed: Mastiff mixed with American Staffordshire Terrier
Adopted: Nebraska Humane Society. He was fostered because he was underweight. We think there was abuse before Nebraska Humane Society because he was very shy around certain men, but he has gained a lot of confidence since then.
Training: We were definitely worried about his past and shyness catching up to him because of his big breed. We wanted him to be well socialized and confident, so we went with positive reinforcement training with a clicker right away. I learned from YouTube. He is very good at sit, lay, shake, kennel, stay and heel and knows the word "no" very well so he stays out of trouble.
Favorites: Staring out the window...
naps in the sun...
naps in the bed, naps in your lap...
playing outside with his 6 year old bestie...
and cuddles with his Momma.
Sarah and I comment all the time about how we lucked out with this man Zeus. He is obviously a handsome boy, but his relaxed temperament, his sometimes playful but very lazy personality, trainability and love for sleep and the fact that he has to be touching or near you at all times fits our team perfectly.
Thank you for sharing Zeus with us, Wallace family! He is amazing!
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TWO YEARS AGO
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to You and Yours
"Have you been good Lucy?"
"Who among us can say who is truly good?"
Lucy decided she should have just said, "yes."
Spoiler! Santa included Lucy on the nice list!
Greta is a German Wirehaired Pointer cross of my friend veterinary assistant Katelyn Clark. She is ten years old. Isn't she gorgeous?? And so sweet! Merry Christmas Greta!
Onyx is my niece Kylah's kitty. Isn't he gorgeous?
Merry Happy Thanksgiving Christmas from the always dapper young man Onyx!
Oh Freebird!
Freebird says "Ain't nobody got time for this reindeer nonsense!"
That's better! Good job Joe!
Buttercup <3
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TWO YEARS AGO
These cutes belong to my veterinary technician friend Erika. They would like to wish you a Merry Christmas!
Frank is the cat of my veterinary technician friend, Allison Parker. I love Frank and his cute face so much!
Merry Christmas from Frank!
Frank in dog and cat vision!
One sunny June afternoon, Mrs. Claus and the elves were in the kitchen making suet treats for the reindeer, when she looked up and said wistfully, "I think I would like to see the pets at the Nebraska Humane Society."
"Nebraska?" asked Santa from behind his Saturday Evening Post. "Well, let's go then!" They finished the treats together and prepared the sleigh. The reindeer were excited for an off-season trip.
A few moments later, the sleigh gently touched down in a field near the Nebraska Humane Society.
Santa and Mrs. Claus went inside. Even dressed in summer clothes, all of the children recognized them.
Together with the crowd of children, they went around to greet all of the pets. The most wonderful of all was a beautiful cream colored Doodle who cocked his head and smiled warmly at them all. " I would call you Cecil," Mrs. Claus said softly.
As evening approached, the children were called one by one to leave with their families. Santa went out to prepare the sleigh and the reindeer for their trip home.
Mrs. Claus paused again in front of Cecil. He put his paw up on the gate and she put her hand on his paw. She turned to walk toward the exit. She came back to Cecil.
Santa was waiting with the sleigh and the reindeer, but Mrs. Claus knew he wouldn't mind if she took a few minutes to clear her head.
Summer was busy enough. Imagine having a dog to care for at Christmas time! Mrs. Claus was not sure the timing was right for a new dog. But if not now, when?
"Are you coming, Dear?" Santa texted.
"I really love this dog, Dear. What should we do?" Mrs. Claus texted back.
Santa knew just what to do. He kneeled next to the sleigh and began to pray. The reindeer took a knee and prayed too.
Inside, Mrs. Claus also prayed. "God, I just need a sign!" she said.
Mrs. Claus walked into Animal Outfitters, the pet supply shop of the Nebraska Humane Society, still praying. She came to the leashes. "We don't need a leash. We don't have a dog," she thought sadly.
Then, there it was. The most beautiful leash Mrs. Claus had ever seen. Among all the summery designs that June evening was a wonderous Christmas leash. It was Christmas tree green with running dogs wearing Santa hats. It was the only Christmas leash. It was the only one of its kind. A sign! The sign! Mrs. Claus laughed and texted Santa, "please come back!"
They applied to adopt Cecil. They were, of course, approved. They bought the leash. They left together even happier than they had been before.
And they are all still living happily together today.
-The End-
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TWO YEARS AGO
These are actually pictures through all of December out by Karen and Phill's and the Jones family's homes.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays all!
Lucy by her tree
The rarely photographed Phill Finch
I love this picture of Tidus and Lucy!
Karen and the doggies
Tidus being cute
Tidus being cute in a hoodie
Tidus and Abby
The rest of these are pictures from Christmas Eve at the Jones's house. Merry Christmas! We love you all!
Snookie Jones by her tree
The big kids decorating cookies
Abby and her hedgehog sweater and hedgehog friend-cousin
Oh Pickles!
Russ and Matthew
Facetiming with Kylah!
Nice smile Travis!
Matthew made this for Kristi! I cannot get over how gorgeous it is!
I tried to photoshop out Oreo's idiopathic corneal edema, but ended up leaving her in all her natural beauty. I could not fix it, but it does not hurt.
Jones's tree is always beautiful!
Amanda by the tree
:)
I am pretty sure by the time this is posted, Amanda will have stayed up all night reading this book from Aunt Jodi. She was so excited!
This is seriously about two minutes after the previous picture :)
That is not your hat, sir.
This is my favorite Christmas Eve picture! Aunt Kristi took it of Madi opening her gift from Kristi - a pillow with pictures of Madi and her horse on it :) I think Madi loves her pillow as much as I love this picture, maybe more.
When you are a big kid, gloves are a cool gift.
Merry Christmas and happy holidays and happy new year to you and your family with lots of love from ours <3
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Post from one year ago today...
December 25, 2015
Our neighborhood Christmas party was this past week. As always, we had a very nice time. We have the best neighbors!
Russ was compared to a young Moses, which is, of course, a compliment!
Mary and Sarah led games again. They were so fun. :)
We had to draw a Christmas scene on top of our heads!
Top left - Russ's, top right - mine, bottom - Abby's. My great idea to hang our pictures on our wall was vetoed.
Sandy won! Woo!
Irma won the alphabet game! It couldn't happen to a better person!
Merry Christmas All!
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Post from one year ago today...
December 18, 2015
No room, no room, you cannot stay.
Happy Christmas from Abby and Jack Skellington/Luna!
Merry Christmas!
We love our neighborhood and our neighbors. We are truly blessed.
“Will this help?”
I obviously don't have any advice for cats and Christmas trees for you, because if I did, this wouldn't have happened to poor Liz.