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Sunday, September 13, 2009

Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:40:56 GMT

I'm still around! Apologies for not updating more regularly. I'm 9 years old now and still working as a Therapy Dog. In fact, I went to an event yesterday and got to meet two very famous mice!

I'm in the process (well, my Mom is) of tranferring my blog over to another site. All posts and comments will be there and anyone will be able to leave comments with no log-in required. I'll leave a note here, but will will just still be my domain http://rustythedog.com redirected elsewhere instead of here.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:30:07 GMT

Happy Holidays!

Photo courtesy of the Toluca Lake Home Owner's Association

My Mom & I have been terrible about keeping up with this blog! I hope to get caught up soon!

Monday, July 21, 2008

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:12:59 GMT

Dream Street

I don't have time to write much, but I worked yesterday at a very special event. We had to drive a ways, but we ended up at this beautiful camp full of really friendly and smiling kids. The kids are all "sick," with things like cancer, but you'd never really know it. They were having so much fun! My therapy dog friends and I got lots of petting and hugs!

Saturday, June 14, 2008

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 06:44:14 GMT

We Did It!

My Mom and I did the walk last weekend. We raised $600 for the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House! Here are a few photos from the event:

My Mom got this cool adapter for water bottles so I can drink out of them.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:56:35 GMT

Walk For Kids

My Mom and are doing a charity walk for the Los Angeles Ronald McDonald House. We joined the team of a fellow therapy animal, Oreo the Rabbit. You can click the icon below to sponsor.

Saturday, March 22, 2008

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 18:35:13 GMT

Another Year Older

I recently celebrated my 8th birthday. I have to say it was probably the best one I've ever had! I've been working with some kids in a special after school program a couple of Fridays a month. Since my birthday was on a Friday, my Mom thought it'd be fun to have a party for me with my friends.

Here's my special Happy Birthday scarf. Pretty stylish, isn't it?

I also had my very own party hat and a "pupcake" from Three Dog Bakery. All of the kids had human cupcakes, wore party hats with paw prints and sang to me.

After all of the festivities, I worked with a couple of the kids. Our session ended with me getting lots of belly rubs. Check out that grin!

Monday, January 07, 2008

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:41:01 GMT

Happy New Year!

I'm looking out on my back yard, hoping the rains end soon. I want to go out and PLAY!

Monday, December 17, 2007

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 07:49:37 GMT

I've Been A Very Good Boy This Year

Rusty aka 'Santa Paws' and Santa Claus
Photo by Marcy

Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:10:22 GMT

All In A Day's Work

Being a Therapy Dog means that I often get to participate in some pretty special events. This past weekend I got to hang out with the kids participating in Snowball Express. Children who have lost parents in military action were flown in from all over the country for a weekend of fun events in Southern California. I was so happy to be there and give lots of hugs. They hugged and petted me and some of the Moms and Dads said, "Thank you. The dogs were my kids' favorite thing here today." I posed for a lot of photos and brought smiles to a lot of faces that haven't had much to smile about lately.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:47:26 GMT

Coming Soon

I went to dog camp this past weekend and hope to tell you about it and post photos soon. It was lots of fun!