Here's today's story from his mom:
Hi you two… Here are some pics of our dear Yoshi at the ‘End of summer Bash’ we had this past Saturday, on the water… Of course, as always, Yoshi was the main attraction… he even ate a Seattle Mariners barbecued hotdog with us!… (no worries - just one and also just a bit of BBQ chicken minus the sauce). He is so wonderful in settings like this; after the initial sniff around he just settles in and is quite happy and content just lying there, being a part of the action.
Here's a photo of Yoshi with his new best friend (my brother, Jimmy) and just a few others (sans Yoshi) to give you an idea of our view…
Yoshi played on the private beach in the sand and we all had a wonderful time.
After this party, (yes, we were social butterflies this weekend!), we went home and then were invited across the street for a front-yard, 8-year old's birthday party with about 100 people in attendance (about 60 parents and 40 kids between 3 to 10 years of age). Again, Yoshi was the main attraction and indeed in his element. He even outshined the jumpy tent they had at the party and we stayed for about 2 hours… At one point while Yoshi was laying down and he literally had 11 girls (4-7 years old) surrounding him; they were laying beside him and ‘loving’ him…it was quite a sight – all the girls had pastel summer party dresses on. I tried so hard to get someone to take a picture but although promised; no one did... it was very chaotic (as I am sure you can visualize) but Yoshi loved each moment. Sheba not so much, but she was a trooper. We got home - Sheba was glad. I think Yoshi would have been content to go back over for a few more hours…LOL
The best part and truly the heartwarming part of this story was when Yoshi was busy being "loved on" by the little girls as described above, one of the dad’s yelled out for Zander (the autistic 5-year old) who was on his tricycle and I guess the dad thought he was about to tip over. The dad yelled, "Zaaaaannnnnnndddddeeerrrrrr!” quite loudly and rushed over to him (Zander) in one fell swoop. In a split second, Yoshi (unsure of the dad’s intent; I believe thinking the dad may be trying to harm his dear buddy Zander), leapt up, was on his feet and dashed over about 15 feet to Zander.
Yoshi first "nosed" the dad; when the dad paid no mind to this, he then kind of body slammed him (not too hard; just enough force to simply get the dad out of his way!)… and then, ever so gently and sweetly, Yoshi sniffed at Zander (who had started to cry when he initially heard the dad yell) before giving him several Yoshi Kisses… Zander stopped crying upon receiving the Yoshi kisses (afterwards he told me he was so happy that Yoshi kissed him; as he knows “yoshikisses’ are handed out infrequently) and hugged our Yoshi – it really was amazing… the startled dad (who weighed all of about maybe 120lbs) had thankfully backed up with his hands up and afterwards said, “Well this must be Yoshi who I have heard so much about."… Boy, how true it is...what they say about Akitas protecting and guarding children… don’t you just have the chills and love our boy even more?...
I actually got a bit teary eyed witnessing this…"
After this party, (yes, we were social butterflies this weekend!), we went home and then were invited across the street for a front-yard, 8-year old's birthday party with about 100 people in attendance (about 60 parents and 40 kids between 3 to 10 years of age). Again, Yoshi was the main attraction and indeed in his element. He even outshined the jumpy tent they had at the party and we stayed for about 2 hours… At one point while Yoshi was laying down and he literally had 11 girls (4-7 years old) surrounding him; they were laying beside him and ‘loving’ him…it was quite a sight – all the girls had pastel summer party dresses on. I tried so hard to get someone to take a picture but although promised; no one did... it was very chaotic (as I am sure you can visualize) but Yoshi loved each moment. Sheba not so much, but she was a trooper. We got home - Sheba was glad. I think Yoshi would have been content to go back over for a few more hours…LOL
The best part and truly the heartwarming part of this story was when Yoshi was busy being "loved on" by the little girls as described above, one of the dad’s yelled out for Zander (the autistic 5-year old) who was on his tricycle and I guess the dad thought he was about to tip over. The dad yelled, "Zaaaaannnnnnndddddeeerrrrrr!” quite loudly and rushed over to him (Zander) in one fell swoop. In a split second, Yoshi (unsure of the dad’s intent; I believe thinking the dad may be trying to harm his dear buddy Zander), leapt up, was on his feet and dashed over about 15 feet to Zander.
Yoshi first "nosed" the dad; when the dad paid no mind to this, he then kind of body slammed him (not too hard; just enough force to simply get the dad out of his way!)… and then, ever so gently and sweetly, Yoshi sniffed at Zander (who had started to cry when he initially heard the dad yell) before giving him several Yoshi Kisses… Zander stopped crying upon receiving the Yoshi kisses (afterwards he told me he was so happy that Yoshi kissed him; as he knows “yoshikisses’ are handed out infrequently) and hugged our Yoshi – it really was amazing… the startled dad (who weighed all of about maybe 120lbs) had thankfully backed up with his hands up and afterwards said, “Well this must be Yoshi who I have heard so much about."… Boy, how true it is...what they say about Akitas protecting and guarding children… don’t you just have the chills and love our boy even more?...
I actually got a bit teary eyed witnessing this…"
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