Alpo moved in with me shortly before his 3rd birthday and my life has not been the same. Who knew that a dog would change someone's life, but it did. Before he moved in with me, I would spend my evenings at activities, such as Finnish class, Toastmasters, Church activities, but after he moved in I didn't like seeing him alone so long while I was working and then leave him again, so I would come home and take him on long walks around the lake and other activities that included him. Anyway, one thing I've learned about his breed, Pumi, is that Pumik usually choose certain people that they absolutely love and then they just tolerate everyone else. I don't know whether I'm just tolerated or not, but I do know of two people that Alpo absolutely adores. He just lights up when he sees them. One person in Finland and one here in the USA. J is my mom's husband and Alpo would live with him if he could. J seems to appreciate his companionship as well. Alpo spends time with him while I'm working and it is working out really well. Another person that I know that Alpo misses very much is my good friend A. If A sees this post she will ask me to write this in Finnish, but I need to study again as I'm forgetting it. I digress. Anyway, A is a good friend of mine regardless of the fact that I have elementary level of Finnish and she is at a beginning level of English. Our friendship seemed to work and she was a huge help for me with Alpo. One time, she even took him on her winter vacation to her cottage and he had the time of his life. He would love it when A would come over or she would pick us up on weekends and take us to her cottage in the countryside. Anyway, these two people are who I believe are some of Alpo's favorite people!
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