Celebrating Six Years Today - Jerry’s Adoption Anniversary

We adopted Jerry shortly after his rescue from Mexico. He had 3 months of rehabilitation before we were able to adopt him. Jerry was approx 3 1/2 years old when he arrived to Canada so that would make him approx 9 1/2. We don’t know his birthday so we celebrate his adoption day all the same.

Today we went down to Royal Bay Beach Park for a walk on the beach, Jerry had a blast. Started with chasing a bird off the beach which flew about 15 feet out and sat on the water taunting him. Jerry was venturing out as the waves rolled away and jumping back in a hurry as they rolled back in, ohh scaredybear is afraid of water. I think it’s mostly that he doesn’t like being wet or dirty, such a good but fussy dog.

It was very windy but still quite warm, we had a long lazy walk down the beach stopped for a few minutes and meandered back. We come down this end so Jerry can run around freely without worrying about other dogs. On the way back Jerry was falling behind starting to show his age getting tired near the end of our outing.

Jerry used to be the dog of nonstop energy, as he is getting older he’s beginning to slow down which is alright for me. With his age also comes wisdom and he has learned a lot in those 6 years and still proves himself able to learn new tricks. We like to give him the treat drill, sit, lay down, rollover, sit pretty, shake a paw, other paw, high 5, turn around, three times. Each step of the way he gets a training treat if he executes the trick correctly. Sometimes he will get so excited he will just run through all the tricks himself and receive a handful of treats at once.

We always bring Jerry to the beach on anniversary day because it was the first thing we experienced together. The very first thing we did was go for a walk on the beach in lady smith just after picking him up. Mel my fiancé let Jerry off leash and he took off after some birds but Mel’s quick thinking she called his name and ran back our direction and Jerry followed. I remember the look she had as soon as he took off, ohh crap! We knew right away his name was staying because he looked right away when she called.

He still acts like a puppy just a little more respectful of one. When we get home from walks he bolts up the stairs and prances waving his head back and forth stomping at the ground like a horse. That is his feed me dance combined with a few circles and snorts. Jerry isn’t the most vocal of dogs with his voice but the other sounds he makes says enough. When you ask him a question and he agrees he will snort, and if he doesn’t agree he will yawn or take a deep breathe and hold it. Today has been a spoilt day for the bugger, two handfuls of training treats, plain old fashion doughnut, some of our peanuts plus an extra large scoop of his regular kibbles. He has now successfully been exhausted and sleeps contently.

I have always spoken to animals as if they can understand English in the same way we do. I figure the meaning of what I’m saying can best be interpreted through tone if I speak casually. Jerry has taken to this and attempts to speak back in his own language of body movements and noises. It’s nice being able to just simply ask him “what do you want” and for the most part he will show you.

We are both so glad Jerry was the choice for us by the adoption company, he really is a lot like both of us. He is very low maintenance, cuddles on his terms, rather not deal with other people/dogs, hates the rain and being dirty, fairly quite, fiercely loyal and protective yet still gentle. We really could not have asked for any better of a dog with such personality.

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