Hope everyone enjoys the holidays. Feel free to add your messages here.

And for a few laughs, here are some photos from the big Holiday Party. Notice that Laurel and Maggie spent alot of time up by the tree getting new gifts. (This link also has some photos I’ve taken over the years. )
http://lou.fhlou.com/WM/ALbums/

This is appropriate for the number of people who keep putting their dogs up for adoption when they find out they are going to have kids…..

After two long years of being on a waiting list for an agility dog, we have been notified by the breeder that, at long last, our number has come up and … WE ARE HAVING A PUPPY!!!

We must get rid of our children IMMEDIATELY because we just know how time consuming our new little puppy is going to be and it just wouldn’t be fair to the children. Since our little puppy will be arriving on Monday we MUST place the children into rescue this weekend!

The kids are described as:

One male – His name is Tommy, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), light blonde hair, blue eyes. Four years old. Excellent disposition. He doesn’t bite. Temperament tested. Does have problems with peeing directly in the toilet. Has had chicken Pox and is current on all shots. Tonsils have already been removed. Tommy eats everything, is very clean, house trained & gets along well with others. Does not run with scissors and with a little training he should be able to read soon.

One female – Her name is Lexie, Caucasian (English/Irish mix), strawberry blonde hair, green eyes quite freckled. Two years old. Can be surly at times. Non-biter, thumb sucker. Has been temperament tested but needs a little attitude adjusting occasionally. She is current on all shots, tonsils out, and is very
healthy & can be affectionate. Gets along well with other little girls & little boys but does not like to share her toys and therefore would do best in a one child household. She is a very quick learner and
is currently working on her house training-shouldn’t take long at all.

We really do LOVE our children so much and want to do what’s right for them; that is why we contacted a rescue group. But we simply can no longer keep them. Also, we are afraid that they may
hurt our new puppy.

I hope you understand that ours is a UNIQUE situation and we have a real emergency here!!! They MUST be placed into your rescue by Sunday night at the latest or we will be forced to drop them off at the orphanage or along some dark, country road. Our priority now has to be our new puppy.

A note from Vicki and Trish: 

Dear West Mesa Students,

The Christmas party will be this Sunday, December 16th at the School from 2pm-4pm.  We hope to see y’all there.

Classes will be canceled next week--December 18th through Dec 20th.  The School will be closed for Christmas vacation for the following two weeks also.

Classes will resume Tuesday, January 8th, 2008.

The Connie Cleveland Seminar will begin that Friday, January 11th, with the Small Dog Seminar.  The regular seminar will be on Saturday and Sunday, January 12th & 13th.