Ayden about 12 months old with River.
Just a few pictures I took of him today. Most of our pictures of him are pre-digital.
I feel like River is a little left out on our blog so in honor of his birthday a few weeks ago and just for posterities sake I will tell you a few things about River.30 things about River
-Brad didn't want him but I convinced him we should have a dog.
-My little sis, Hillary, should be credited for finding him in the paper.
-He is our first "kid" and just turned 7 last month.
-He comes from a line of award winning sled dogs and show dogs.
-He is a sled dog reject.
-He has three names. He was named Nixon by his breeders, his papered name is Castleroock's Scandalous Afair and we named him River Lewis.
-He isn't loyal to us. (that is very normal for the breed)
-He is amazingly gentle and good with kids.
-He still has some nateral instinct that comes out around cats.
-He killed a kitten once and we had to go to court for it.
-He LOVES to exercise and "work" since he is a working breed.
-He doesn't bark.
-He doesn't slobber.
-He will howl with you if you get a group of people howling.
-He is very hairy.
-He has a very strong urge to run.
-He has run away from us over 100 times but only ended up in the pound once luckily when he gets tired of running he just finds a nice person who calls us.
-He has an ID chip in him but that has never been used.
-He loves to pull us on our long board.
-He hates getting in water and eating peanut butter.
-He is a self regulator meaning he only eats when he wants and will go days with out food.
-He saved my life from a man who tried to break into our house.
-He and Alex are best friends. He likes Ayden too, but not as much.
-His favorite place in the world is visiting his grandparents in Park City.
-We gave him back to the breeders twice when he was a puppy because of things he destroyed but we couldn't really live without him and always went back for him.
-He remembers people and will greet you with some excited howls when he sees you if he likes you.
-He mostly sleeps in my closet during the day.
-He jumped out of our car one time while it was moving and we ran over his leg.
-The only way to keep him in our back yard is with a small pony electric fence.
-He loves other dogs and runs up to them very quickly which usually makes them attack him.
-When we first got him at six months old, he was very babied and slept on our bed and would cuddle in our lap even though he was full grown.
River really is the greatest dog. We love him so much and we will all be really sad the day he isn't with us anymore. Lets just pray he keeps getting back home when he runs away and is able to live another happy 7 years with us!
Don't forget to watch the video of him going down the slide in our back yard. Ayden is about 2 in the video.
Don't forget to watch the video of him going down the slide in our back yard. Ayden is about 2 in the video.
9 comments:
Gotta love River!!! My kids have never liked dogs...but River is no big deal now!!! You fogot to say how much River enjoys other people's crotches!!! Just teasing!!! Love him!!!
Thank you for sharing 30 things about River! It was good for us to hear about your early River stories... Our puppies have done some things lately that makes Skip want to give him back to the breeder (that is my parents so that is why it hasn't happened yet... haha) So it is nice to know there is life after the puppy stage!
Oh my gosh Jenni! I seriously can't believe River is that old!!! Time seriously flies. I love those pictures. I remember the kitten incident too. I love River and still can't believe its been that long!
I'm not sure if I knew that you tried to give him back. Probably a good thing that I didn't know. Would have kicked your butts. I love him so much. I always talk about him like he is my dog when I tell people about my pets. He makes me look cool.
Hi Jenni, it's Kristin Sargent. I found your blog on Jenni Anderson's blog. Oh your family is so cute! we have a blog too if you want to check it out supersargents.blogspot.com
River is easily the coolest dog in our neighborhood. Any challenges? I didn't think so. While my brother was house sitting during our California period he said people constantly came by to see River. They found it odd that River would get a lot of visits when they didn't. When he is outside in front of our house there will be momements where he'll be surrounded by about 8-10 kids thinking he is the coolest thing on earth. The wierdest thing about River is that we never see him unless we get visitors and then he comes out of his closet. Thats right, the closet.
Leanne Johnson here, I found you from Kristin's blog. Your kids are so big! And do I hear #3 is on the way?! Congrats! check us out at dannyleanne.blogspot.com
no one get any ideas, #3 is not on it's way :)
sorry...my bad! I mis-read something somewhere else :(
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