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hello friends I am new to the Gladly household

I am Champ I am a very good boy a very good boy indeed

or that's what they tell me when they are skritching behind my ears I like skritches also I like to hear that I am a good boy

I do not like so much to hear DOWN or OFF so I am trying to remember that couches are for people not for Champ, for people not for Champ

there are a lot of things to remember though

it tires a boy right out, remembering all the things

things I like: belly rubs, ice chips, tug, and digging old walnuts out of the shrubbery to crunch-crunch-crunch them

things I don't like: firecrackers 

also when I can see other dogs having walks I get worried because are they mean dogs or nice dogs? hard to tell

once I lived in a Bad Place and sometimes I still get worried even when I am trying to be a very good boy

Jamie says maybe I am named for Champollion and maybe I am a philologist dog I do not know about philologists maybe they are crunchy?

but Jamie is the one who says "food, Champ" she can call me Champollion if she wants to

I like to rest my left hip on her feet when she is typing and I am sleeping she does not mind no she does not mind

I am only staying for a little while not for a long time just a little while but it is a nice place to stay if you are a very good boy like me

XLXL (L is for lick because O for hug is hard when you are a quadruped),
Champ

Comments

[Linda Moxon]

I could only see one picture and that wasn't enough!!!! I need more pictures please!!!

[Linda]

WAIT I reread and why is Champ only staying for a short time?? JAMIE, I NEED SO MUCH MORE INFORMATION!!!

[Jamie]

Champ is staying here temporarily because he is a foster dog. Not everybody here was on the same page about adopting a dog, so we were looking for a more short-term arrangement.

[Andrea]

We have three foster fails currently sleeping in the sun at our place. All were working cats that had either been left behind or were being neglected. One who is getting spayed tomorrow was nearly dead when we got her in Dec. she was covered in oil and mats and weighed next to nothing.

Now they are all queens who live the life of Reilly. Animals blossom under love.

[Karen]

is Champ's style by any chance inspired by Archy and Mehitabel? If so, excited, because I thought this book had been totally forgotten! (and I love it.)

If not, never mind, sorry for asking nonsensical questions in your space.

Either way, he is a beautiful dog, thanks for sharing.

[Colette]

I hope he stays for a long time, because "Champ Gladly" has a nice ring to it.

Unless, of course, he takes to champing gladly on to forbidden objects.

[Lilian]

Awwwww.... I absolutely love the writing of this post! So moving at times, I almost cried. But then again, I’m super soft hearted. Sigh./
.. I haven’t checked your blog in ages! :-( it’s late but I needed to check you on my phone before going to sleep!

[Pigwotflies]

Doggo! You got a good Doggo! Hello Champ!
More pictures please!