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MERRY
CHRISTMAS & HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!
From…
The
TIBETAN TERRIER TRIBUNE
 December is magical,
beautiful and VERY festive! The holidays
have a way of bringing out the beauty in so
many people. Christmas makes me want to
bake, connect with old friends I haven’t
seen for a long time, and give extra hugs to
all of my family! I love the lights,
glitter, decorations, and hustle bustle of
the Holidays!! Christmas is also a hard
time for a lot of us because we miss our
loved ones who are no longer here with us
and we spend that extra bit of quiet time
remembering all the happy times we shared
together.
The dogs are busy
gearing up for Old Saint Nick! Glitzy’s
shopping list is enormous and Caroline has
already spent a small fortune on her with
much left to buy! All of the TTs enjoy new
toys, beds, treats and as is the case with
Glitzy….new clothes! Is she the only TT
running around with hoodies, t-shirts and
faux fur jackets? I hope not! Otherwise
people will start calling us eccentric weird
“dog people”!
The Tribune has been a
big part of my Christmas both this year and
last, and I hope you are enjoying this issue
as much as I am. My Christmas wish to all
of you is that we will continue to use this
Magazine as a way to come together and
celebrate our incredible, quirky, and loving
breed with laughter, joy and new
friendships!
Our
front cover story
this month gives you an upclose look at one
of the “greats” in our breed! John & Joy
George of Samsara Tibetan Terriers have
shared much of their life with TTs and you
will enjoy this heart to heart interview
with John! I would like to publicly thank
The George’s for their willingness to share
their thoughts about owning, showing and
breeding.
Our
back cover story
is Part Two of Kevin Grew's series on
"Bringing Up Puppy". You will want to join
her as she shares some of the questions that
will surely arise as we are "bringing up
puppies"! If you are just joining us in this
series and missed her first part, then
please click on this link to read
Part One
of "Bringing Up Puppy."
Our
December contest is
your opportunity to send us your favorite
Christmas pose! Photos with Santa are ever
popular as well as sleigh rides, poses by
the decorated tree or any other festive
photo of your TTs!! You may send up to
three photos for our December “Christmas
with TTs “contest!! Please send them in jpeg
format for Marcia.
From all of us here at
my house…God Bless each and every one of you
and your precious Tibetan Terriers as you
celebrate the wonder of Christmas!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
Shannon, Jeff Sr., Jeff
Jr., Nick & Caroline
Maestro, Hollister,
Glitzy, Lorali, London & Campbell
Shannon's
Christmas "Picks"
I
received this from my dog photographer,
Bonnie Nance, and I just have to share it
with everyone!! She painted this incredible
leash rack with my CH Maestro, CH Hollister,
& CH Glizy!! I LOVE IT BONNIE!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much!!!!!
Christmas presents are so much fun when they
are handcrafted!!!!
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What's New !!!!
 12/24/2005
Our Spotted Christmas
Miracle!!!!
Three days before Christmas Eve,
a Dalmation showed up at our
house. He was so underweight
that it was painful to even look
at his body. I could hardly
stand the pain he was in as his
bones were protruding from his
body so badly that it hurt him
to sit or even lay down. Jeff
and I agreed that we had never
seen a dog this badly
malnourished. He would not come
to us and was very unsure,
however, he would eat his food
we put on our porch for him
three meals a day. Our vet told
us how to feed a starving dog.
We used vitamins, etc...
I put a crate on our front porch
and filled it with blankets and
covered it completely with a
large furniture pad and placed
his food bowls inside until
eventually he never left his
cozy new home. When he would go
to lay, his small crying voice
would whimper in pain as he
tried to nest himself without
causing himself pain.
Lastnight we were able to pet
him and actually get in the
crate with him! He has
completely broken and stolen our
hearts. I don't think there are
enough words I can use to
describe how much the starvation
has attacked him. It hurts him
to be patted anywhere but on the
face. My neighbors, who have
rescued five large breed dogs,
have taken him home with them
today and are going to nurse him
back to health. They only live
two doors down and were very
anxious to help as they have a
dalmation.
This dog is so incredibly
beautiful when you can begin to
look past his whithered
starving body and the miracle is
that we later heard that animal
control officers as well as many
other people have been trying to
catch him for days and get him
off the streets, however he
would growl and escape....I
can't tell you why he picked us
as the only people to surrender
himself to, but it was
definitely our Christmas miracle
this year. He wanted to
befriend us and we never pushed
our love on him. We just gave
him what he needed which was
food, warmth and very friendly
voices. Eventually he fell in
love with our family.
Apparently all efforts over the
past weeks by concerned people
have not produced an owner for
him, so we will be accepting any
interested inquiries. I know
our neighbors are also
contacting Dalmation rescue. He
will stay with our friends until
he is completely ready to be
adopted.
Our greatest Christmas gifts are
the ones that are given freely
and from the heart, and so this
year, the greatest gift our
family received was the love of
a starving, hopeless spotted
face and the greatest give we
gave this year was to open our
hearts to that precious boy who
had all but given up on life.
He was our Christmas miracle
this year!!
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12/24/2005
Photos
added on the Contest page
12/09/2005
The Story of
Napoleon
12/09/2005
New Brag added
12/01/2005
December Front
Cover
12/01/2005
December Back
Cover
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