Hello friends:
Since Shadow is here, we go to the city and other places a lot. Two days ago they left me behind for too long, but yesterday they took me with them. It was exhausting but much better than staying at home alone. Shadow even talks to me sometimes, but I still haven't gotten my share of saussage.
I will report more when Chris gives me more time, apparently she is very hungry for her beloved breakfast. So you have a nice time and don't forget about me, yours, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
So Shadow has safely arrived a few days ago. We did meet him on the platform of that particular train station, and I immediately recognized him when he came and hugged Chris. I feel he has not changed at all, he and Chris are as silly s they have been before. Only I have changed, have given up asking him for pets. He would not pet me anyway. I am a nice dog anyway, haven’t played my licking trick on him at all. But he is equally nice; he occasionally pets me and takes care of me. He hasn’t had any delicious sausage yet to share with me, but I’m sure e would, if Chris lets him.
Yesterday he slept most of the day, but we also spent some time on the balcony talking with mom and Suse. Today we finally went out to the city, walked around and in and out of stores, as always. Now he is sleeping again. Try to guess what Chris is doing: watching tennis. All right, let her watch while I am taking a nap, yours, happily, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
I am sorry I was not able to write my blog. Blame it on Chris; she spent her time emailing or watching TV. She did not even ask if I wanted to write my weblog! Chris’ TV watching habits have changed during the last few days. She never watched any game show or movie, but instead she switched back and forth between channels on which people talked forever. She even switched between English and German talks, but I honestly don’t understand what difference this makes.
Yesterday she talked to Shadow. He must have managed to take her major worries away, because from then on she has started whistling and singing more again. He should be coming soon, but since I am not too familiar with the human why of categorizing days and weeks and months and years, I don’t know when exactly that will happen. I will know when we go to that particular train station, where we usually pick him up. And then he will com and hug her – and not give me a single pet at all! Sometimes I really wonder why Chris likes this Shadow so much.
As the weather continues to be warm and sunny, Chris takes me on the long afternoon walks every day, which I really enjoy, although it is starting to get too warm in the sun. This afternoon we even took Theresa. The two seemed to have a good time, laughing and joking al the time.
You know, people, don’t expect me to write anything about war. I don’t know what this word tries to express, but I feel Chris prefers to stay far away from it. I think her uneasiness was caused by this word, and if that’s the case, I think I wouldn’t like it either. I don’t like things that cause my master to be worried in any way. I believe there is no such thing as war here, for the day is sunny, birds are singing, and I get my food every night. And here is another positive thing: Tonight I took Chris to the post office. Usually I prefer the route to the train station, because that means travel and adventure. But tonight she was really satisfied when I took her safely and without any mistakes to the mailbox and even announced it. We both were proud of me.
All right, this should be a nice positive thing to end today’s writing. I hope all our readers are not worried by this war-thing and get their food, too, yours, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
These days we did not go for our long walks anymore, Chris does not like the fog and wind, it is not as warm and sunny anymore as it used to be, what a pity! But I do go out and play with grandpa Ajax when he feels like it. Chris has started combing me again, probably because she does not like me to shed too much hair in the apartment. Yesterday mom and Chris cleaned the apartment with this horrible vacuum cleaner. They are nice though, they make sure that I can pass it without having to fear an attack from this noisy thing.

Chris does not feel too good, I can sense that, because she does not sing and whistle as much as she used to. She walks around and thinks a lot. I have not found out why, but I guess she is somehow worried about Shadow. I don’t quite understand that; she should be happy she will be seeing him a couple of days from now! Somebody understand humans!
Tomorrow Shadow has a holiday and some kind of New Year celebration. I don’t understand why he celebrates it differently from Chris. I remember her celebration being at a cold time earlier on. Well then, happy new year, Shadow! Tell you something, am looking forward to your visit. There are several reasons:
The first one is a little unselfish; I just like it when Chris is happy.
But the second one is quite selfish: I am looking forward to the pieces of sausage you give me, and the food you occasionally prepare for me, and to licking your hand when you aren’t expecting it!
Have a wonderful time everybody, yours, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
I am sure I told you about Nico’s visit at our home. All in all he was nice in my opinion. He gave me pets whenever he passed my mat, so that Chris in the end called me away from him. He even wanted to pet me when Chris was angry at me, which she did not like at all. She says she is supposed to be the only option for me when it comes to solving conflicts. I don’t know what that means and why she said it, but I guess she is right, as most of the times.
The weather was nice all weekend long, so we went for long walks, which was incredibly nice. Nico brought an instrument they call guitar, on which both he and Chris played. He even left it here, so if I am not totally mistaken, there are two in this apartment now. Heaven knows why she needs two, for I have never seen a human with four hands, thus being able to play two of these tools.
Mom was sick over the weekend, so Chris looked after her until Suse and Lena came.
There are two more things I would like to get rid of. Firstly, I have come to the final conclusion that Shadow is a special person indeed. Here is another major difference between Chris’ behaviour to him and Nico. The most obvious thing for me was that she kept me company in the living room for the night, while she leaves me alone when Khodadad is there. She never kissed Nico or even hugged him. That is strange for she hugs mom and Lena and Bianka and Lesley. Well it must have something to do with Nico being a male. I understand this much, because humans have males and females, too.
Secondly I need to thank all you readers again, as we have passed the 600 hits on the weblog a couple of days ago. So congratulate yourselves from me for making my weblog modestly but constantly successful with a loyal and good-hearted little circle of readers. Be assured that I appreciate every single one of you, especially my one Iranian reader who has read my rambling on since I started. Do I need to mention Shadow for installing it in the first place? And certainly I need to mention someone they call the grandfather of all weblogs. Chris says he’s Iranian, too, and she has met him, okay I haven’t, because she never took me to Iran:-P
You readers never stick out your tongues, will you? I leave you awaiting my food and looking at Chris watching tennis, yours, Hapoo.

Hello friends:
Have I told you that we are going to get a visitor tonight? It's Nico, the one we saw in Hamburg last summer. I can't really remember him, but we'll see.
Yesterday we went to the post office, and Chris trained me a lot. I didn't like that much, I preferred following mom and Theresa, but Chris, unfortunately, is more stubborn than me.
In the evening then Sghadow called, and Chris was not sad after that anymore. I guess things have turned out to the better for him. However, Chris fed me very early and even slept early. Poor master, she must have been really tired!
I wish you a nice and sunny ay, yours, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
I had a long day today. First everything was as usual: After the ladies had had breakfast down here with the familiar smelling coffee, all the four of us went for the morning walk. When we returned, our phone rang and rang. And when Chris found out that it was Shadow, the two talked for quite a while.
It seems the subject was not too positive, for after they had finished, my master was quite thoughtful. So I went and showed that I was there, too, which made Chris smile a bit. But I did sense all day that something must have been wrong with Shadow; I don’t know what exactly it was, that’s one of the few things I cannot figure out.
But if it’s true that Shadow will come visit us in a couple of days, then he should be looking forwards to seeing us, especially Chris, right? And then he can again follow the meaning of his name, be Chris’ Shadow. Wherever she goes he would be with her. And then the nicest thing is that Chris would be happier than ever!
Anyway – after that talk we soon left for the train station. Then we took a bus and went to this place we had been to before. And then we took a car and drove it back home. This must be the new car of ours – the old one has disappeared, and today we drove quite a bit. After we had arrived I had to stay in the car for a while, but then Chris took me to keep them company at lunch. We went home after another strange shop, but then left again for apparently another food shop, for I was left behind again.
It was a long day, but finally we’re back at home, equally tired. I hope you are tired too, and I wish you a good meal and wonderful dreams, yours, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
This was a longer than expected trip, but it was quite nice. We went to the sister who has a dog and a nice yard one can play in. We went there with a cousin and her daughter. On the day we arrived we went for a walk, and I wanted to drink a bit of water from a pond. I fell in, which did not please Chris, it stank like hell, and for a punishment I had to stay in a little room far from all human noises. After I got bored I barked like hell, so Chris came and gave me an ear to chew. And after that was eaten and I got bored again, I started barking, and finally Chris let me go into the corridor where I usually spend my days.
All in all it was nice. The following day another sister and her husband came with a little baby, but after it had stopped raining I spent most of the time outside. The other dog, a male, made clear he is the owner of this yard, but that was no probs for me, as long as I knew Chris was still there.
The little daughter was sick, so we had to stay another day, but you can’t imagine how happy I was when we finally went home! I missed mom and grandpa Ajax, and my mat in the living room, and my beloved daily routine!
So here we are back, and Chris is expecting a visitor for Friday, but she tells me I have only seen him for a short while. We’ll see how he is and how I like him. For now I have to quit, for Chris wants to check her emails. Keep well and have a nice day, yours, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
I am truly sorry I did not update my weblog any earlier, but yesterday Chris was too tired to let me play around on her PC. And anyway, whenever I do update, I at least have something to tell you.

First of all, I think it is worth mentioning that Chris has started to give me small extra training lessons at home. She checks if I can still announce a seat or door or staircase, and this evening, as I was jumping up to open the door she was quite unhappy with me. She makes sure I do what she wants me to before I get my food. This evening she also put out a new water bowl for me, which is of plastic. She cleaned and dried the metal one and put it in her little bag. This may be an indicator for a trip, on which she for once takes me

I need to admit that that she took me on two trips. Yesterday we went to Rostock and walked quite a distance after we had taken the bus, and then we drove a car I have never seen before. I was allowed on the back seat. We went home and mom and Chris had something to eat, and then we went back to the place from where we had taken the car. There mom and Chris sat at a table and talked to a man. Mom and he exchanged some papers, and then the three of us left by bus. I have not yet managed to understand what this was all about. This afternoon someone must have removed our old car finally, it is no longer in front of the house, which enables me to jump through the flowers to follow grandpa Ajax faster.
Then we went and they had something to eat, and a very nice gentleman came and brought me cold, clear water. O how I loved it!

Today finally mom and Chris prepared a vegetable salad they call quite strangely, and Chris fed me very early. Then she got ready and took me with her. We went to the local church community centre. There Chris and mom sat down, people talked a lot, once only one, and then the entire group, and they sang and played music. Then they had different kinds of food, but nobody shared anything with me! Why is that? Chris took me outside twice to get some cool air and run a little. And when we finally left, went and drank water from a patch outside. That is more delicious tan the water Chris gives me.
So I do think tomorrow we are going somewhere, but I don’t know where and how long. I only hope it will be a nice place, preferably with a sociable other dog. So have a wonderful weekend all and enjoy it, yours, Hapoo.

Hi all my loyal and patient readers:
I have to comment about names again, since Shadow said something interesting...
He said what his name was, but still I don't agree. In my opinion people's name is what I call them, not what they think they're called. Maybe Shadow's parents called him different, but don't you think it is easier to call him Shadow after his characteristics? Or is that not a nice human name? I could also start calling hris Master, but I'm afraid she wouldn't like that much either.
Have fun thinking, Hapoo.

Hi friends:
Since yesterday Chris keeps doing something I have noticed on humans before, but I never quite figured why they do it. All of a sudden Chris has developed a sense of care for her nose. She takes out a piece of paper to clean it mor often than usual. I think she could save the paper if she did it like I do, wait for her to clean my nose or just clean it myself by licking over it.
Besides that nose cleaning obsession Chris is coughing a lot and having loads of awfully sour hot water. This morning she took a hot bath and lay down in the upstairs living room while I had to wait downstairs. Too bad, but I am sure mom took good care of her.
Then as we returned from our afternoon walk today the cousin came and visited. And a while after that it was high barking time for me, because I heard Suse and Lena arriving long before the folks upstairs realized it. Apart from that Chris is doing fine, writing a lot of emails and talking a lot about Shadow. I keep waiting each day for him to show up, but so far Chris has always come out of the bedroom alone, and we have not yet taken the train to that particular train station, where we usually wait for him. I hope that time will come soon, so Chris can forget about her nose again. Have a wonderful Sunday all, Hapoo.