Little Joey is the dog that simply doesn\u2019t fit any frame. The strangest, the funniest and the cutest little punk. He is a champion already, simply because he managed to survive after being born with just a little over 100g with little body so skinny and underdeveloped that I could fit him and his 2 brothers in my palm. Yes, he is a champion and a dog with not one single worry in his pretty head. He is simply happy; open to everything and everyone we meet and always ready to explore life.
\nRemember when I said he doesn\u2019t fit any frame? Well he is supposed to be a dog, but doesn\u2019t really enjoy the one thing most dogs usually enjoy \u2013 chasing. Running is not his thing at all; instead he prefers to play a cat. Climb and jump and go places none of my other dogs ever considered going.
\nHe is supposed to be a loud and barky Croatian Sheepdog, while he really doesn\u2019t know how to bark properly. His voice is broken \u2013 Joe Cocker style, and he prefers to sing. And I must confess he is actually good at it!<\/p>\n
\nHe is the most innovative dog I ever had, remembering so many cool tricks on its own, but has so much fun doing his stunts, that he doesn\u2019t really care if he get\u2019s rewarded for any of it or not. So at the age of 10 months he knows tons of behaviors and only understands one cue \u2013 lie down.\u00a0And he is so proud on his stunts that he actually goes and shows his tricks to \u0161\u010cE or any other dog he wants to impress.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
He is a dog of a zillion facial expressions, and always finds a perfect one to put me in a good mood.<\/p>\n
And he will never ever understand the concept of luring. Why follow when you got a better idea yourself, and why repeat when there are so many new things one can try.<\/p>\n
He is such a unique little thing that I simply stopped trying to make him an ordinary puppy.\u00a0Instead I am trying to learn how to be an extraordinary trainer and the best companion for all his adventures.
\nUnfortunately he had to end his agility career prematurely due to the fact that he was diagnosed with Lumbosacral stenosis. He had a brief episode of lameness but is perfectly fine since, so he is still living a very active life, I just figured jumping is not good\/neccessary for his condition, so we waved the sport goodbye and are having fun with herding and hiking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Little Joey is the dog that simply doesn\u2019t fit any frame. The strangest, the funniest and the cutest little punk. He is a champion already, simply because he managed to survive after being born with just a little over 100g with little body so skinny and underdeveloped that I could fit him and his 2 brothers in my palm. Yes, he is a champion and a dog with not one single worry in his pretty head. He is simply happy; open to everything and everyone we meet and always ready to explore life. Remember when I said he doesn\u2019t fit any frame? Well he is supposed to be a dog, but doesn\u2019t really enjoy the one thing most dogs usually enjoy \u2013 chasing. Running is not his thing at all; instead he prefers to play a cat. Climb and jump and go places none of my other dogs ever considered going. He is supposed to be a loud and barky Croatian Sheepdog, while he really doesn\u2019t know how to bark properly. His voice is broken \u2013 Joe Cocker style, and he prefers to sing. And I must confess he is actually good at it! He is the most innovative dog I ever had, remembering so many cool tricks on its own, but has so much fun doing his stunts, that he doesn\u2019t really care if he get\u2019s rewarded for any of it or not. So at the age of 10 months he knows tons of behaviors and only understands one cue \u2013 lie down.\u00a0And he is so proud on his stunts that he actually goes and shows his tricks to \u0161\u010cE or any other dog he wants to impress. He is a dog of a zillion facial expressions, and always finds a perfect one to put me in a good mood. And he will never ever understand the concept of luring. Why follow when you got a better idea yourself, and why repeat when there are so many new things one can try. He is such a unique little thing that I simply stopped trying to make him an ordinary puppy.\u00a0Instead I am trying to learn how to be an extraordinary trainer and the best companion for all his adventures. Unfortunately he had to end his agility career prematurely due to the fact that he was diagnosed with Lumbosacral stenosis. He had a brief episode of lameness but is perfectly fine since, so he is still living a very active life, I just figured jumping is not good\/neccessary for his condition, so we waved the sport goodbye and are having fun with herding and hiking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5218"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18116,"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5218\/revisions\/18116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/polonabonac.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}