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Well .. it’s “Tax Time” again for me .. and, I just got over one of the first deadlines - ‘T4 Season’. In addition to me trying to get out all of my monthly bookkeeping clients’ work out the door .. I’m also starting to work on Year End financial statement preparation and corporation income tax. For this past month, it was also all about the preparation of employee and owner wage remuneration and/or dividend slips that have to be reported and filed with Canada Revenue Agency by the end of February every calendar year.

Well .. in every normal month my busiest ‘offline’ time of work is around the 20th and the last week of each month and this past month was a doozie for me! I had a few extra jobs and rush deadlines, had a few late comers, and quite frankly .. I think I only slept about 5 hours in the past 72 hours! Most of my clients have December year ends, so work is definitely piling up - and, Personal Income Tax clients are now calling (our deadline to file personal income tax in Canada is April 30th for most people, June 15th if you are self employed).

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Thanks to our TIMECAPSULE plugin for reminding me that today is our little Sophie’s 4th birthday and pointing out my post from 1-year ago today .. (see sidebar and inbetween every day of posting here!) - Yes - I forgot

www.petlvr.com/blog/2005/07/happy-birthday-sophie/

Here are some memorable pictures of Sophie at our beach this year!

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Here are some cute pictures from Sophie’s own website .. PapillonLvr.com

papillonlvr.com/blog/2005/11/yaaawn-isnt-it-a-holiday-today-i-thought-i-could-sleep-in/
papillonlvr.com/blog/2005/11/okay-class-pay-attention/
papillonlvr.com/blog/2005/11/students-should-not-eat-their-platypuss-duck-toy-classmates/
papillonlvr.com/blog/2005/12/harts-desktop-background/
papillonlvr.com/blog/2005/12/i-know-im-cute-as-a-button-its-a-curse-i-cant-help-it/
papillonlvr.com/blog/2006/04/precious-zzzzzzzzzz-zzzzzzzz/
papillonlvr.com/blog/2006/05/mmmm-soccer-ball-toy-its-papillonlvrlishus/
papillonlvr.com/blog/2006/06/did-somebody-call-me/
papillonlvr.com/blog/category/our-sophie/

I’ll have to go take her for a car ride to Tim Hortons …. their drive-in staff is always nice .. all you have to say is “Plus I have A Hungry Doggie In The Car” and they will give your dog a few TimBits .. Maybe if I mention that it’s Sophie’s birthday, they will give her one with flavor .. instead of the plain ones ..

Happy Birthday Baby Girl

Run! Hide! It’s … Pap-Zilla!

Why It Is Important To Know How To Take Good Pictures Of Your Pet

Here is a picture of our Maxxie, taken in 2002 by a professional photographer.

We ordered pizza one night on my wife’s birthday, and I put my business card inside a “bin”. Next thing you know, $300.00 later with our ‘Free Pictures’ and other pictures, we finally had some family pictures .. me, my wife and Maxxie! Maxxie was the most photogenic of the lot, as if you can’t tell! I call this picture .. “Maxxie - Formal - Smiling”

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Maxxie’s TEN MINUTES of Fame!

Yep.. That’s me .. HART with our Papillon dog Maxxie .. I guess we both had our ten minutes of Fame … Doesn’t Maxxie look GREAT behind the wheel? It was a long time ago, but I was one of the first Manitobans to have one .. and a local photographer asked me if I would want my picture in the paper .. Naturally, I said .. NO .. but, Maxxie was a pushover .. that photo hog! Naturally .. I created a page to house that picture and the article … here ..

Anyway ….

It’s because of this picture that I was laughing when I came across this following site…..

You Can’t Make It Up: 50 Animals Driving

Heads Up From: Four Legged Links Blog

Happy 8th Birthday Maxxie!

Our Maxxie is 8 year old Papillon - born today April 27th!

I thought I would plaster his picture all over here! And why not? He’s a cutie, ain’t he? Besides in this blog, you can visit our other blog PapillonLvr.com to see more pictures of him. For April 27, 2006 only, he will be one of the Birthday Doggies profiled on Dogster’s Special Birthday Stroll ..

HAVE YOU SEEN OUR VIDEO OF MAXXIE AT OUR MEDIEVAL WEDDING?

PICTURES OF OUR PURE BRED PAPILLON DOG
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MAXXIE

Name - MAXXIE
Registered Name - SUGER’s MAXXIMUM OVERDRIVE
Sex - MALE
Born - APRIL 27, 1998
Markings - TRICOLOUR

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PICTURES TAKEN IN 2002

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PICTURES TAKEN IN 2003

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PICTURES TAKEN IN 2004

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SANTA PICTURES 2004 = Donations at Petvalu

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…and I want a milk bone, a munchy bone, a dentabone, a dentastix, um.. and more treats…

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For Pictures taken in 2005 and 2006 .. see .. “OUR MAXXIE” category over at our other blog .. at PapillonLvr.com - Blog

I’m going to have to locate my battery charger for my Olympus Camera …. I’ve been hardly posting pictures of my “Baby-Guurrl” Sophie and “Maxxie-the bestest Maxxie in the Whole Wide World!” over at http://PapillonLvr.com/blog/ .. It’s probably in the basement somewhere with the Xmas decorations … woooops.

By the way .. That’s Sophie with the Red Rubber Ball

When I first started blogging on May 31, 2005 .. I wrote an article titled .. “PetLvr Story - Timeline of our Pets” … Between June 1998 and February 1999, major events occurred that tremendously affected our lives .. (You can read the above linked story … but here’s the reader digest version)

* From Verdell - That cute dog from “As Good As It Gets” ..
>> We adopted Zeussie Pussie Cat from the Winnipeg Humane Society Shelter

* From Kirby - That cute little butterfly dog who won ‘that show’ ..
>> We purchased a Pure Bred Papillon dog .. Maxxie!

YES! Thanks to Television … we not only convinced ourselves to get a pet, or three .. but it sure helped us in figuring out what type of pet to select! Of course, we did TONS of internet research, yet all of it went out the door when our decisions ended up being based on the above two TV events!

Are you looking to purchase or adopt a dog?

here’s your chance to catch up and do some research!

Today was Day One of the 130th Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show .. What this show is - is an encyclopedia of dog breed information! There are seven groups of dogs, with many breeds in each group with many entrants. Ultimately, each breed will be end up having a “Best of Breed” picked out and that alone is a great prestige. But, after all seven groups of “best of breeds” dogs have been selected, then all of these “best of breeds” compete to become the “best of group” choice .. (I’m not sure if that is the title). Finally, the “best of group” choices compete in a final judging and one dog our of all the groups out of all the breeds out of all the entrants of dogs … gains the title “Best in Show”..

Personally, I don’t really understand the semantics of the judging procedures at all .. because the judges have to know everything about an animal and the breed and then makes a choice based on her own criteria I suppose. But, my wife cries with joy and smiles a lot watching the dogs parade up and down the walk with their trainers proudly smiling and eating up all the “ooohs” and “aaaahs” and crowd cheering and clapping!

Today .. were selected in the following categories:

* Working
* Terrier
* Toy
* Non-Sporting

Tomorrow .. they will continue to pick the BEST OF BREEDS for the following and remaining categories:

* Sporting
* Hound
* Herding

And Who Would I Be Cheering For If We Got USA Channel And Watched It Live?

Well .. Naturally .. I would have to select … The Papillon!

27 Ch Cadaga Civil Action
Breed: Papillon
Sex: Dog
AKC: TN 82199601
Date of Birth: November 29, 1998
Breeder: John Oulton
Sire: Ch Loteki Supernatural Being
Dam: Ch Clearlake Prima At Cadaga
Owner: Linda Sohn & Kyoko Ozeki
Photos: Breed judging

You can check out TV Coverage HERE

You Can See All Of The Breed Entries Here

WORKING BREEDS

Akita
Alaskan Malamute
Anatolian Shepherd Dog
Bernese Mountain Dog
Black Russian Terrier
Boxer
Bullmastiff
Doberman Pinscher
German Pinscher
Giant Schnauzer
Great Dane
Great Pyrenees
Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
Komondor
Kuvasz
Mastiff
Neapolitan Mastiff
Newfoundland
Portuguese Water Dog
Rottweiler
Samoyed
Siberian Husky
St Bernard
Standard Schnauzer

TERRIER BREEDS

Airedale Terrier
American Staffordshire Terrier
Australian Terrier
Bedlington Terrier
Border Terrier
Bull Terrier (Colored)
Bull Terrier (White)
Cairn Terrier
Dandie Dinmont Terrier
Fox Terrier (Smooth)
Fox Terrier (Wire)
Glen of Imaal Terrier
Irish Terrier
Kerry Blue Terrier
Lakeland Terrier
Manchester Terrier (Standard)
Miniature Bull Terrier
Miniature Schnauzer
Norfolk Terrier
Norwich Terrier
Parson Russell Terrier
Scottish Terrier
Sealyham Terrier
Skye Terrier
Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
Welsh Terrier
West Highland White Terrier

TOY BREEDS

Affenpinscher
Brussels Griffon
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chihuahua (Long Coat)
Chihuahua (Smooth Coat)
Chinese Crested
English Toy Spaniel (B&PC)
English Toy Spaniel (KC&R)
Havanese
Italian Greyhound
Japanese Chin
Maltese
Manchester Terrier (Toy)
Miniature Pinscher
Papillon
Pekingese
Pomeranian
Poodle (Toy)
Pug
Shih Tzu
Silky Terrier
Toy Fox Terrier
Yorkshire Terrier

NON-SPORTING BREEDS

American Eskimo Dog
Bichons Frises
Boston Terrier
Bulldog
Chinese Shar-Pei
Chow Chow
Dalmatian
Finnish Spitz
French Bulldog
Keeshond
Lhasa Apso
Lowchen
Poodle (Miniature)
Poodle (Standard)
Schipperke
Shiba Inu
Tibetan Spaniel
Tibetan Terrier

SPORTING BREEDS

Brittany
Pointer
Pointer (German Shorthaired)
Pointer (German Wirehaired)
Retriever (Chesapeake Bay)
Retriever (Curly-Coated)
Retriever (Flat-Coated)
Retriever (Golden)
Retriever (Labrador)
Retriever (Nova Scotia Duck Tolling)
Setter (English)
Setter (Gordon)
Setter (Irish)
Spaniel (American Water)
Spaniel (Clumber)
Spaniel (Cocker) A.S.C.O.B.
Spaniel (Cocker) Black
Spaniel (Cocker) Parti-Color
Spaniel (English Cocker)
Spaniel (English Springer)
Spaniel (Field)
Spaniel (Irish Water)
Spaniel (Sussex)
Spaniel (Welsh Springer)
Spinone Italiano
Vizsla
Weimaraner
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

HOUND BREEDS

Afghan Hound
Basenji
Basset Hound
Beagle, 13 In.
Beagle, 15 In.
Black and Tan Coonhound
Bloodhound
Borzoi
Dachshund (Longhaired)
Dachshund (Smooth)
Dachshund (Wirehaired)
Foxhound (American)
Foxhound (English)
Greyhound
Harrier
Ibizan Hound
Irish Wolfhound
Norwegian Elkhound
Otterhound
Petits Bassets Griffons Vendeen
Pharaoh Hound
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Saluki
Scottish Deerhound
Whippet

HERDING BREEDS

Australian Cattle Dog
Australian Shepherd
Bearded Collie
Belgian Malinois
Belgian Sheepdog
Belgian Tervuren
Border Collie
Bouviers des Flandres
Briard
Canaan Dog
Collie (Rough)
Collie (Smooth)
German Shepherd Dog
Old English Sheepdog
Polish Lowland Sheepdog
Puli
Shetland Sheepdog
Welsh Corgi (Cardigan)
Welsh Corgi (Pembroke)

Evan Semon © News

Ear Muffs, a 6-year-old papillon, checks things out at the stock show. Ear Muffs was part of the Superdogs show, which includes events such as barrel races, Frisbee tosses and obstacle courses for dogs.

Rocky Mountain News: Local - Superdogs beg to please

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The above picture is one of my favorite pet pictures that I have been posting daily, on my other blog … PapillonLvr.com/blog/ .. This is Sophie, our 2nd Papillon dog .. with a high five!

Source: papillonlvr.com/blog/2005/11/run-hide-its-pap-zilla/