He is now two years old, and I can't believe it... that makes him a real dog! He's not a puppy anymore!
He is still the love of our lives, and he puts a smile on our face every single day. He has so much spunk and personality. Last year for his birthday, we just put a party hat on his head and took a picture.
Our handsome little one-year old last year. Looking like a dorky office-worker.
This year, he got a couple little presents. He needed a new toy anyway, so we picked up a squeaky frog for him from Homesense.
Opening his present...
Little did we know, we had bought him the world's most annoying squeaky toy! Yay!! He's been obsessed with it since he got it.
We also got him a special treat...
McDonald's ice cream cone! What a lucky guy! Sherlock's first ice cream..
We zipped out to McDonald's with Sherlock in the car, picked up the ice cream cone, and planned on zipping back home to give it to him in our yard. Shortly after we left McD's, we realized the cone was not going to make it. I pulled into a side street off 176 and we jumped out of the car and gave him his special goody on the side of the road... Oh well! Haha He enjoyed it.
I had him eating around the whole cone just like a person would. So cute! He was in heaven!
Scary Moment
Also, the other day, we were walking back from the grocery store and walked past a car with a MASSIVE dog in it. I don't want to say pit-bull, but some sort of bully-breed... Huge... probably 90+ pounds of pure muscle. We smiled at the guy and dog as we walked in front of the car, and then the dog started going NUTS barking like crazy. The owner was holding the dog back in the back seat. We continued on our walk, and all of a sudden the dog was at the back window barking like crazy. Kind of strange, but we kept going. Before we know it, the dog LEAPED through the back window of the car and went straight for Sherlock's neck.
Oh. My. Word. It all happened very quickly. Sherlock is down and yelping like crazy, David charges the dog, who then lets go and runs onto Fraser Highway. In the mean-time, as soon as I see the dog let go of Sherlock I yank him out of there. The owner finally realizes what's going on and jumps out of his car to make sure everyone is okay and round his dog back up... Thank God Sherlock is okay. No broken skin, just a lot of noise...
That was one of the scarier moments we've had with him... The owner apologized profusely, and I was in too much shock to be angry at them. I also had a moment of... that dog is going to get the shit kicked out of him if we are mad...Since Sherlock was okay, we parted ways (trying not to make a big deal which could freak Sherlock out). We walked about 200m further down the road and pulled over to double-check his neck. Just the other dog's saliva... no blood... Thank Goodness. Oh my gosh... Sherlock seemed fine. Some witnesses to the situation ran up to check on us all, and Sherlock greeted them happily and got some love. We didn't want to make a big deal of it or seem panicky, because that's what the dog would feed off of, and that could create nervous energy in Sherlock.
Overall, it could have been MUCH worse. I just had a vision as this dog jumped through the window and went after Sherlock's neck of the lock-jaw. I was thinking... oh my god... my dog is dead... I can't pull him away, because that will rip the flesh... that dog is on him... I can't get him off... That was scary... :(
We are very grateful it was more of a scare than anything. I hope the other dog's owner learned something from that... Like maybe don't take your 90+ pound aggressive dog out of the house off-leash (and with no collar)? Maybe think about some training?
Hopefully Sherlock wasn't scarred, and doesn't translate that moment into future interactions with big, barky dogs. Just gross and shocking.
On a Lighter Note
This dog has brought so much joy to our lives. I can't wait to see what he'll be like as a big brother. He seems to be very interested in kids, and his demeanor tends to calm down around them (unless they're screaming excitedly... then it's fair game). Last week at the dog park we turned around for a minute and Sherlock went to visit a girl through the fence (she must have been about 2). We smiled, and then she started sharing her popsicle with Sherlock through the fence... Haha he couldn't have been happier. The more positive associations the better in my opinion!
To another wonderful year Mr. Sherlock! <3
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