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Murphy's Newsletter December 2007  I'm currently on my spring vacation, so I've finally buckled down to crank out 5 months worth of Murphy Updates. First up, Christmas! As most of you know every year I send out
a Christmas card featuring Murphy in We also got lots of cards from our friends around the world, as my online cocker group does a Christmas card exchange every year. To your left you see Murphy bringing in that day's card. As for Christmas itself, it was very low key this year, as I worked Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and Allie and family were down in Texas this year. But it turned out to be a really nice celebration - Christmas morning at home with my parents and Murphy, then a potluck Christmas dinner at St Paul's with coworkers. But when it came to Murphy, it was pretty much the usual Christmas - lots of treats. Below we have Murphy opening his presents.     We're slowly working through all of them, but due to his allergies we're taking it very slowly, to see if he reacts to any of them. Everyone went out of their way to find wheat/chicken/beef free treats. In addition I gave him a leash/collar combo in red plaid, a wintery sort of set. Murphy also got a gift from my friend Tiffany:  It's a towel, with an accompanying face cloth that we use for his paws. It's practically a blanket for Murphy, so one day I used it as such:  You might notice that from here on the pictures of Murphy feature much reduced red eye. That's thanks to a new camera my parents gave me for Christmas. Thanks Mom and Dad!
The first one is Murphy wandering in , pouncing on and eating the snow. The second one is me stomping my feet and him jumping around in the snow in response. Murphy has decided this year that he likes to eat snow. In the past he'd stick his nose in it and snuffle it, or dig in it, or try to catch snowballs, but this year he just sticks his nose in, fluffs it up a bit and starts eating! Below you can see him head down in the snow. I have no idea where this is coming from.
Meghan Here's the link to the next update: January/February/March 2008
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silly situation. Unfortunately I'm rapidly running out of ideas
as I've already done a snow scene, a visit with Santa, working
in a toy shop as an elf, a visit with the Grinch and even a New
Years party with Murphy in a tux. I start thinking about this
card in September, and I'd come up with a few ideas, but they
all presented technical obstacles when putting Murph into the
mix. But Allie came to my rescue. She sells handmade cards online
under her brand 
Now we move into just your regular winter stuff.
It seemed like this year Vancouver got more than its usual share
of snow (in fact we just had some a few weeks ago - the end of
MARCH). Murphy loves the snow, so I took some video of him. Neither
are the best quality, as it was overcast that day, and my ability
with the new camera is severely limited!
Late in January we were out playing in the yard
- it was warmer, and nearly all the snow had melted except in
higher up places like where I live, in a valley part way up the
mountains - so I thought we should capitalize on the snow while
we had it. So I was out there in baggy sweats, a hoodie, little
boots and mitts, kicking snow at Murphy while he jumped around
and got COVERED in it from head to toe. He was running around,
jumping in circles, loving every minute, and I was laughing and
laughing, and talking and shouting at him, and throwing snowballs
at him to catch. By the time we were done the snow in the yard
looked like a tornado had run through it. Then I realized that
all my upstairs neighbours (there are 3 floors above me) could
be looking down into my yard wondering what the hell this person,
who looks like a raggedy 15 year old kid, is doing kicking and
throwing snow at this poor little dog! Luckily
we've had no visits from our Animal Welfare Office so far.