I walked a heck of a lot this last week. The walks were great… although I was sore for a day after playing hard with Skoey one afternoon. I met a few new people last week and a couple of them thought I was two or three years old for the way I played and looked. We told them I was seven and they about flipped! I’ve been walking up some steep hills and I can keep up with Skoey. In fact, Skoey has problems keeping up with me and he just turned two years old. I love my walks. I especially like it when one of them will walk Skoey and me and it’s the three of us. We’re easy to control if only one person is able to take us at a time. We get compliments all the time on how great we look together.

The ducks from the pond have been in the yard here and I like to watch them. I also like to watch the rabbits. It’s the squirrels that bother me. They tease me all the time by running on the fence onto the low tree branches and “bark” at me to come and chase them. I did at one time but I never have gotten one so what’s the point???? Yet the squirrels still tease me day in and day out. I do enjoy my time outside. They have a dog house outside that I take naps in while Skoey suns on the deck. I like the doghouse cuz it stays cool for me. They only keep me out there for so long. I don’t like coming back in sometimes but they make me.

I got groomed last week. I got a bath and a haircut. They took pictures of me to put on the site. I didn’t want to put them up (I’m modest) but they made me. The groomer said I was such a good boy. I don’t mind baths or haircuts one bit. They all liked me there and said to come back. I also got my nails trimmed but my fosters had been doing that awhile and the nail trims don’t bother me either.

Today we all went to a park in Lakeville. I just had a blast. I am truly a hunter. Whenever I’m on a scent I do this cute dance and turn around. I get so excited but it’s not in an overbearing way. There is nothing I like more than hanging out in parks and meeting new people and dogs. Well, I guess swimming is tops but they wouldn’t take me this week cuz I just had a bath. They promised in the next two weeks I’ll get to go swimming and I can’t wait for that. I also love car rides. I’m real good in the car. I love to have my head out the window but they won’t let me do that much because they say it’s not good for me whatever that means.

Well, I guess that’s it for now. I’ve had such a wonderful time and they tell me they’re going to find me a fantastic home because I deserve it. They say they have another family that they are going to call today or tomorrow, so if you are interested in seeing me, or think you have room in your house for me, please let RAGOM know, I need to find a forever home.

Hi, my name is Jack. I have never written one of my updates before, my past fosters did those, as I was fairly drugged up from my surgery the past few weeks. I arrived at my new long term foster family this week, so I have a lot to say (I do talk a lot).

I really need to thank RAGOM for taking care of me and giving me a ligament surgery that I had to have. I am really grateful that RAGOM saved my life. Being able to use my leg is all new to me since I hadn’t been using it before my surgery for a period of time. My vet told me I need to get used to using it because it’s going to be ok now. That’s all I need to remember. I am using my leg more than ever now. My foster parents are doing physical therapy and walk with me several times a day. I’m told I’ll be as good as new. I’ll remind my parents to update the progress on my leg including pictures, because my hair is coming back already!

Skoey is their resident and he’s been helping me as well. Skoey gives me plenty of space but I cannot help myself from playing with him. If I want something he lets me have it. We love playing tug of war with the games around here. They tell me it’s unreal that I’m seven years old because they think I act younger than my years.

My foster parents are also working on manners with me. I listen well most of the time but I can be stubborn. They think they can change that, we’ll see where that goes. I think my foster family has high standards for listening and behaving, but they say that they have those with all of their foster dogs. They say I am a really good dog, so I’m going to try real hard to learn from them.

I enjoy meeting new dogs. I met the Shepard/Rottie mix next door who is also named Jack and we say hello now and then. I haven’t been aggressive to any of the dogs I have met here yet. They tell me they know many dogs and I’ll get to meet them soon enough….when my leg is up to par. They only allow so much time to play with Skoey because they want to make sure I don’t overdo it. They treat me like I’m a child of theirs. I’ll let you know how things are going next week, but this last week was very nice. I like it here.

Notice the freckles on my face. Aren’t they sweet? How many dogs do you see who have white freckles on their face? Don’t you want a unique dog? I am very unique, just look at my freckles!