Merry Christmas & Holiday Cheer

The SPK dogs are waiting for Santa.

Lydia and Scout made a deal with the rest of the dogs that they would stay up all night waiting for the fat, jolly red man to appear. Aliy made a last minute check on Gravy at 11PM and while wearing her large red race parka, they almost jumped the gun and howled “SANTA!” But… no he’s not here yet.

Driver and QT are on the official NORAD Santa Tracker website and they see him still in Nebraska. QT likes her Apple MacBook Pro, whereas Driver is a Windows laptop geek (who would have guessed?) Right now they are keeping Allen awake playing Free Cell (thanks to Doug for that game being introduced to SPK!)

Cloud and Peach, who are both feeling quite domestic, broke out of the Heat Pen and hung all the dogs’ stockings (we call them booties here) up for treats. They are hung in the garage (which clearly does NOT make the garage smell like cinnamon and spice). But they are ready to be filled and hopefully Jolly St. Nick will not be intimidated by some of the brown stained, somewhat smelly footwear. Hint, hint: dog treats, biscuits and chew bones of any sort are appreciated! Cloud and Peach got into no other “trouble” while they were out and about.

Opps… Scout just claimed to be a tired, grouchy, scrooge – yea, like no one knew that already – and left Lydia alone to watch for Santa. Scout said he needed his beauty rest. Lydia is on her own. How can Santa resist that face? Not a chance!

You must admit that Jeanne Schnackenberg is the absolute best photographer. We can not thank her enough for all the time and effort she puts into taking fantastic and fun photos of SPK dogs. And these are REAL photos. Not photoshop! Here is the kennel garage with Jeanne in action. The only hiccup was that Lydia and Scout required Yummy Chummies in their dressing rooms for rehearsal. PICKY! And without Karolyn and Wendy to help out, there would have been about 10% of the Christmas cheer.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!