This morning I took Shio to the vet for his biannual kennel cough shot. He's in great shape (as expected) and weighs 23.5 pounds. We suspect that this will be as big a he'll get. He's been excellent during the uncomfortable vet visits and runs to the office even though he's been poked and prodded every time. They treat all their patients like royalty there.
One thing I noticed when I took a picture of him in the waiting room is that he's getting his dad's Shiba face!
I was laying down on our couch in the living room when Shio decided that he NEEDED to play with me. This does not happen very often but I was able to catch a short video of it. Here's footage of Shio's sneak attack!
Yesterday, I went to Bed Bath and Beyond to pick up a gift for a friend's housewarming party. I dragged Shio along with me to run errands on 5th and 6th avenue since he would have otherwise been bored at home. When I walked through the BB&B doors, the security guard said that in order for Shio to be in the store with me he needed to ride in the shopping cart. So.... into the cart Shio went.
Each time we walked down an aisle, there would be someone who wouldn't be able to resist a doggy sitting in a cart. Shio was very well behaved in the cart but he did try to jump out a couple of times (which was scary for me).
In the end, we were able to find the gift and run out of there in 25 min. It took 10 minutes to find and pay for the gift and 15 minutes of stopping time for people who wanted to say "Hi" to Shio.
Mission accomplished!
When we made steak for ourselves this past Sunday, we made sure Shio got to share in on the good stuff -- we got a bone-in ribeye steak, and gave Shio the bone.
As you can see, he was pretty happy about that arrangement.
Taken with Nikon D700, 50mm f/1.4G.
Shio has a obsession with destroying the ears of his toys as evidenced by the photo below:
Taken with Ting's iPhone 3GS. Clearly, all the nicer photos are taken by my better half.