{"id":4532,"date":"2021-07-29T14:48:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T21:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=4532"},"modified":"2021-07-29T14:58:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T21:58:48","slug":"aeros-15th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contrapositivediary.com\/?p=4532","title":{"rendered":"Aero’s 15th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today is Aero’s 15th birthday. He was our first show dog, and became an AKC champion in 2010, under Carol Duntemann’s expert handling. The photos below are of Aero when we first got him in 2006, and from the 2009 Bichon Frise National Specialty show in St. Louis.<\/p>\n

He’s still reasonably spry for a dog that old, though he doesn’t see very well and gets confused now and then. Given that he’s now 105 in dog years, I’m very happy he’s still with us and still running around.<\/p>\n

We’ll be giving him his usual birthday “cake” of raw hamburger a little later today after supper. Everybody gets some–and sometimes I think it’s gone in nanoseconds. But however he wants to enjoy his birthday is fine by us. He’s been a terrific dog, loved the show ring, and brought us a great many ribbons. If he mostly sleeps in one of the (many) dog beds scattered around the house these days, that’s ok. He’s earned it.<\/p>\n

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