HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAN!

Today our older son, Dan, is 25 years old! Where has the time gone? I can't even believe that it's been two weeks since I put "those" photos up. For the most part, things at CCC have been peacefully uneventful since then. Since this deep freeze started, of course, park activity has slowed. People are hustling and bustling for the holidays. The time is flying and the shopping days are dwindling! I hope some of you have noticed the darling Xmas sweaters that Zach & Ziggy are sporting these days. I want to get a good picture of them and post it on here--before Christmas! What they really need are boots, but I'd be very surprised if there are any that they would or could keep on. I do try to use a paw balm on all our dogs this time of year. In fact, I now sell a Shurepets paw balm through the gift shop website: http://cccgiftshop.shopshurepets.com (see the link on this page) The site is featuring several "Winter Howl-i-day" items that are available while supplies last. For Christmas delivery, most items need to be ordered by the 14th. Shop online, and spend more time at the dog park!

Of course, with this first deep freeze comes our first gate problem of the winter. We have asked a local fence company several times to come give us a consultation, we have been repeatedly blown off! We have some ideas, but need to find a more motivated fence outfit to help implement them! Of course this needs to be done BEFORE it freezes. If any of you know of a good fence contractor, please contact us. Another change we'll be making in the spring is to put a locking gate on the training yard (that our existing key fobs will open). Unfortunately, quite a few unauthorized visitors enter through there, and the number seems to increase with the years the park has been open. Last month we celebrated the 4th anniversary of CCC ! Some of our members have been with us nearly that long. As I do end of the year accounting, I will determine the amount of members that we have, although it is a somewhat fluid number. Also, we're planning some spiffing up of our website and our member photos in the new year... We welcome any ideas or suggestions that any of you may have. I'll return soon with some different, more pleasant photos. Looking forward to a warmer weekend....