Juneo de Shadow - A Day In The Life

Shadow is my dog.  June of 2009 is the month of Shadow, she is 105 years old this month.  She came as a stray and this is her calculated age as she was a stray.  If it is June, I do not even know which date in June and over the years it has come to be Juneo de Shadow.  She arrived in December of 1994 and the vet gave her estimate age of 6 months.  She still had her baby teeth and I remember when she lost one, she came over to the couch where I was laying to show me.  She later ate that couch and I am still bitter about that.  It was my favorite couch I have ever owned.  I completely forgave her but I can still be bitter, she has had to forgive me so many times when I have stayed out too late, worked late, needed a nap or go away without her (that is a rarity).  Shadow goes where I go whenever it is possible.  She travels well and stays in hotels amazingly well.  So did Bixby (RIP). 

Our days are filled with play, she likes to learn new tricks daily.  She can shake (in an unconventional way), show her pretty teeth, look outside, go wait, giddy up, giddy down.  She will do whatever I ask her to do. 

She does not get up at the crack of dawn and rarely through the night, if she decides she wants to do either of those though, she will let me know.  She is pretty much a quiet dog but Wow, I said…can she talk.

She eats homemade dog food consisting of eggs, chicken, beef, potatoes, rice, peas, carrots, beans, cereal, cheese crackers, some cheese (she is not a big fan of cheese).  Shadow is the only dog I have ever seen who chews her meat (sometimes) and has turned down bites of eggs if she is in the mood for meat.  I had to quit using one of her nicknames of Chicken because she now translates that to eating chicken.

Shadow literally stops to smell flowers as we are walking.  I am very happy to have Shadow in my life and I would like to say Happy Birthday Shadow.  I do not consider her my child or me her mom, she is just a great sidekick.  If you would like to leave Shadow a birthday wish, comment below.  Look for more recipes and details of how she stays so young in articles to come.