JASPEN
UPDATE – Adopted in June 2013
I
went to your site to see what items you might be in need of and saw the picture
of me, Jaspen (the black dog) and Normie (Brown dog). I adopted Jaspen from you
as a puppy in June of 2013. She has been the most awesome friend. We go camping
a lot and she loves it. We camp up in the U.P. and, as you can see, she has
visited Mackinaw City, the Soo locks and many other parts of Michigan. She has
been in 3 of the Great Lakes and this year we hope to visit the other two, so
she can put on her resume' that she has swan in all 5! This year she actually
started swimming. I'm pretty sure she is part hound so although the Lab in her
loves to go in the water, the hound part took 3 years to go deep enough to
swim. She actually likes it now! She still loves ice cream and that is a
frequent stop no matter where we are. When we go to Mackinaw city we always eat
at Scallawags. She loves their whitefish. (She has actually made me quit eating
at McDonald's. I bought her a hamburger there on 2 occasions and she threw up
both times. I figured how bad can the food be if it makes a dog sick? Haven't
eaten there since!) She loves to travel - doesn't matter where, just as long as
she can come along. Normie gets to join us on a lot of our trips. He loves
camping too! It's amazing how people gravitate to people who have dogs. I have
met so many nice people who just come over to the camper and ask if they can
pet the dog, which is usually followed by a story of their own. We were camping
in St. Ignace and met a little girl named Courtney, while sitting down by Lake
Huron. She came over to pet Jaspen and stayed for quite a long visit. The next
day we were downtown looking at a big display on main street and out of the
crowd of hundreds I heard, "It's Jaspen" and her comes Courtney to
give Jaspen a hug! So many good memories shared with her. She sleeps in my bed,
but likes her space, until my other dog (Spud) is sleeping next to me and she
wants to be there, then she makes grunting noises so that I move him. I cannot
express how much I love her and how much she has added to my life. I got her at
a very dark time in my life and she helped me see the sun again, something I
can never repay her for. As you can see, she's quite a ham about having her
picture taken! My sun rises and sets on her! Thanks
