Jasper loves Christmas trees. When he saw the car drive up and the tree get carried in he was so excited! The first year we had Jasper we thought he was going to be ummm hard on the tree. It turns out it is more like napping in the forest. He slept under it and he tried to drink water from the tree stand and ran in circles under it. When we started to decorate the tree and hang the ornaments he got in on the process much to our shock. He went to his toy basket and got one of his squeaky toys and balanced them on the branches then went and did it again. Jasper is an outdoor winter type dog and he appreciates our seasonal attempts to bring the outdoors in.
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OMG. If we saw this dog behavior in a movie we would say it is fake.
Oh the Jasper stories I could tell! lol
Jasper truly is a remarkable dog. He is unbelievably intelligent, helpful dog and his language understanding is phenomenal. He is a pure bred Samoyed dog which is an ancient breed and it is next thing to living with a good natured wolf. We have done some training with him, including sled dog training when he was a bit younger and the person training offered us a lot of money for him. He said Jasper was truly exceptional and would be the kind of dog that would be a lead dog for a team because of his intelligence, communication skills and automatic willingness to do what needs doing. He is a bit oversize for the breed and a physically strong alpha male.
He is NOT a great assist dog though because he thinks he knows better than me and he has no interest in fetching anything. He has helped me get laundry out of the front load washer and into the dryer though.
Wonderful to hear of Jasper participating in decorating the tree. :)
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