As many of you know, my blog friend MaxDog in South Africa and his family have had some devastating news: Max has an inoperable tumour in his liver and he has come home from the vets to spend time with his family. It is a very tough time for them but Max is a fighter and we are all fighting for him too and keeping him in our thoughts.
Max’s ‘Mom’ realised that she didn’t have many nice photos of her and Max together and is capturing those precious moments now – but she reminded us all to “seize the moment” and get more ‘ Together Pictures ‘ with our humans. I am very lucky because I have a maniac camera human who has to take a million pictures of every small thing every day – so I have quite a few pictures with my humans already! 
So this post is dedicated to Max - here are some ‘Together’ pictures of me and my special human, Hsin-Yi:
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The first time we met…
(4 weeks - look, my brothers are trying to climb into Hsin-Yi’s lap too! 
I was the first of all the puppies in my litter to get my very own human and I think they were all jealous!)
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The last time Hsin-Yi could pick me up…
(9 weeks – 10kg/22lbs)
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Graduating from puppy class!
(16 weeks)
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Helping in the garden…
(4 months)
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On Hsin-Yi’s 30th birthday…
(5 months – Hsin-Yi waited 30yrs for her dream of having a dog!)
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All grown up now!
(14 months)
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Sharing a hug…
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Having a nap together…
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Winning our 1st ‘doggie dancing’ trophy…
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Enjoying a girlie moment together…
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Exploring the ‘City of Sails’ …
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…or just ‘hanging out’…
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Maybe a spot of modelling…
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…and a TV appearance or two…
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…but quiet cuddles at home too!
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Being a lap dog…
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Posing for Christmas photos…
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Doing the ’beach babe’ thing…
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And sharing a joke!
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But most of all, those special, quiet moments together…
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And here is Hsin-Yi’s favourite photo of us together:
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I hope you will join us and post some ‘Together Pictures’ of you and your human – in honour of Max…and if you haven’t got many, as Max’s ’Mom’ said – seize the moment and get some more now!
* For all those whose humans say that there is no-one to take the photos - Hsin-Yi says “Use the self-timer!” A lot of our photos are taken with self-timer and the mad rush to run back into the right spot always gets a natural smile! 
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* Hsin-Yi is going away tomorrow to attend a conference with Dr. Ian Dunbar back in Auckland and she will be away until next week – so I won’t have anyone to help me visit your blogs – sorry! I will catch up with you all when she gets back.
And guess what? Instead of kennels, I will be going to stay with a pet sitter this time, as Paul works such long hours and is on-call on weekends, so I would be alone for too long at home…but this lady lives on a big farm where I can run free and she has a Great Dane too so I will have a friend to play with! In fact, I already had an overnight ”trial stay” a few weeks ago to make sure that I was happy with the arrangement and I loved playing with Harley the Great Dane – so I will tell you all about that when I get back!
I also still have lots of ‘catch-up posts’ to do, like telling you about my “doggie dancing camp”, my visit to Nudgee Beach and the latest tricks I’m learning - I always seem to be having adventures faster than I can post about them! 
She hissed at me and made a scary yowly sound so I kept a respectful distance!
