Lady Kay took me to the park today. I haven't been there too many times cuz there was some cold white stuff all over the ground. I actually like the cold white stuff.  Well, I guess not when it was really cold. When it was really cold I stayed in the house a lot and chewed some shoes. Lady Kay and Lady Alie kept taking these away from me, but one day Lady Lyn who is Lady Kay's sister (she moved in with us in September) was watching me and she let me chew on them! Ok. well I found them and she didn't know it.

Lady Kay's FAVORITE pr of shoes. I Know why, they're tasty!!!

I didn't remember this snow stuff from last year because I was just a puppy so I probably wasn't out in it too much.  I remember going to the dog park a couple of times. It wasn't too bad. There was somedog to play tug of war with and that's always a good thing.
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My favorite thing is to play tug of war. The Ladies don't let me play it with them anymore because I get too excited. So when I go to the doggie park I get to play as much as I want for as long as I want.

I keep hearing people talk about how cold this winter was. I remember it being outside shaking a couple of times. usually I like to run and play when I'm outside but when I was shaking I just wanted to do my business and get right back in the house. So one day the ladies came home with clothes for me.
  I know, weird, right?

        Well I'm opposed to dressing us up in costumes and crazy gear. So when they came in with boots and coats for me I wasn't to crazy about it all.  And once they put it on me..... AKWAAARRDDD!!!

But once they dressed me up and I got used to clomping around in the boots I must admit I looked pretty stylish. And I was able to hang out longer in the cold white stuff they call Snow. Here I am sporting my blue reflective coat and boots.




 And this is me strutting my stuff down the icy runway.


Today was a gorgeous day! It was warm, the sun was shining the sky is blue and the snow is melting. It was a perfect day to be at the park!  I discovered that when the white stuff called snow goes away it leaves behind this gooey ooey brown sticky stuff that's soooo much fun to play in!!


I dunno what the big deal was but I got to splashing and playing and running and jumping in it and the humans would yell and scream and stuff and I kept hearing the word ""MUD""! I don't know if that's good or bad but I had a ball!

...and counting!

Hey everybody, I have some tail waggin news!  Lady Kay was looking at information on epilepsy and how she and Lady Ali could support me and bring awareness about it in k-9s. She found a page called Purple Day 5K. March 26 is Purple Day in South Jordan, UT. It's used, officially, for epilepsy awareness.  

   Anyway Lady Kay saw where there's a Purple 5k on March 23. She asked if I could come because I have epilepsy. The Purple Day 5k coordinators not only said I could come, they invited me to be their 2013 pet ambassador for this year's 5k walk/run!!! I'm not even sure what that is but it could be fun. I'm a little scared because sometimes other dogs and people make me nervous and can be scarey. Kind of like Epilepsy. But it will be a good training opportunity for me. And with the Ladies by my side although it may be a little Ruff at first, I know I'll be ok!

    Lady Kay spoke With Angela Green about me and my story. She is the Co-race director of the Purple Day 5K. And there was something about me she really liked. She asked Lady Kay if I could be the Pet Ambassador this year. I'm excited to be part of the fight to cure and bring awareness about this crazy thing that makes me Shakin Jake! Cuz This disease can be RUFF!

Hey folks its been a while...!

March 6 2013. 30 days w/o a Seizure!!!

Me & Lady Ali :)

It's been a while since I've updated everyone. I've got some great news! As of today, its been 30 days since I've had my last seizure!! This is the longest I've gone since mt first one Halloween 2012. Lady Kay and Lady Ali are so excited they're making me special celebration dinner with some of my favorites: boiled chicken and sticky rice!
My Vet worked really hard to make sure my medication is the right dosage. He didn't want to put me on the phenobarbital
right now because I'm still pretty young and eventually it will fail my liver. So I take 6 capsules of potassium bromide every day 3 with breakfast and 3 with dinner and its working! I'm happy because when I get the seizures they scare me. Sometime they happen when In sleeping. They should just let sleeping dogs lie (down that is...). I've started to go blind when I have them and last last about 10 minutes before I start to see again. I'm afraid one day it will happen when I'm all alone and I might hurt myself in my kennel. But I know no matter what the ladies do their best to take care. Of me. My family is cool!

Jake: 1 Santa Clause: 0

Man O Man!!! I really like this stuff called Christmas!!!!!!

Ummmm....!

Sometimes humans get on my nerves. I HATE THESE THINGS!!! BAH HUMBUG!! *sigh*

Operation "Sieze The Day!"

operation  " sieze the day has begun. I'm going to be an awareness doggie for epilepsy in pets and kids.
Today Lady Kay was working on designing my vest, t-shirts and toys when I begun to have a seizure. It was the first time Ali-Lady saw me have one. Scary. I'm excited to be an awareness pet and will be working on being a therapy doggie too so I can visit kids at home and at school and help them know they are not alone and to be brave. I want to  help their schools be prepared by knowing what to do when one of my friends have the shakes. Operation "Sieze the Day" has begun!