Shio vs. Costume

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When people say that dogs have personalities and are expressive, non-dog-owners do not really believe. We lucky dog-owners, however, know better. Dogs are very good at showing their humans how they feel.

For example, look at Shio's expression as T put a costume on him...

_DSC4597-EditBeing the good boy that he is, Shio put up with wearing the costume. However, he showed us his discontent:

_DSC4592-EditWith the costume on, Shio did not move at all. He basically gave us the sad puppy eyes until we took the costume off.

Regardless of whether he enjoyed being dressed up or not, we had to bring him to the dog run Howl-O-Ween party as Robin Hood!

See the resemblance?

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We found his Maid Marian there too!  (Did not plan it... I swear!)

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Shio vs. Squeaky Toy Sounds

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Squeaky toys are Shio's inedible equivalent of marrow bones. He's becomes so fixated on the squeaky sounds that we actually use toys to aid in training him rather than treats. I've been finding inspiration from school projects by researching Pixar's animations on my computer. While watching the short animation, "For the Birds", Shio hears the squeaky noises that the birds sitting on the power line were making and immediately ran over to find the new squeaky toy.

My very confused dog sat there looking at the computer desk and started searching underneath the desk and in his crate for the new squeaky toy.

Poor little pup.

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