dags-alumni.json

[
  ":belle-belle: Belle knows the command `off the bed, please` - the “please” is an integral part of that request and she doesn’t think you’re serious unless/until you include it",
  ":belle-belle: Belle has also realized that in many cases, when we ask her `off the bed, please` that she actually just needs to be off the _top_ of the covers so we can straighten them, and has the option to go under covers instead, so now she always tries that first",
  ":belle-belle: Belle knows the word `walk` in about six different languages before we just started slipping the letter `W` into conversation without any special intonation and divorcing it from the actual question to Belle of `wanna go outside!?` (duh, YES)",
  ":belle-belle: Belle loves `shake` and `other shake` - the more excited she is, the harder and faster she slaps your hand",
  ":belle-belle: Belle has an outdoor pen she can let herself into that includes a pond and dog loungers. When it's warm out, she goes into the pond after every walk. She suns herself outside sometimes, but always on the same side so her hairless pink under-Belle-y turns gray only on one half",
  ":belle-belle: Belle likes boops, so whenever someone holds out a finger, she’ll reach out and boop her nose against it",
  ":belle-belle: Belle loves fluffy blankets, long walks, going “under covers” (and later having to “snorkel” to stick her face out once she overheats), and her Jolly ball",
  ":belle-belle: Belle will stand on/near you and kiss you forever if you allow it, until you tell her `enough!` She doesn't understand why you think you've had enough puppy kisses, but she respects your choice",
  ":belle-belle: Once, when Belle was being boarded, she discovered that she could throw the tasty-food-stuffed bone on the concrete floors and break it open. Ever since then, she occasionally tries this at home on the wood floors just in case it will work. It is ineffective but loud. Her method is to throw the bone up in the air and then quickly dart out of the way of it landing",
  ":belle-belle: Belle occasionally enjoys chasing her tail but if she sees you looking at her while she does it she suddenly remembers a scrap of dignity and stops",
  ":belle-belle: In the summer, Belle's immediate post-walk routine is to jump in her pond for a quick cool-off! She'll bring duckweed and a surprising amount of water inside if not toweled off afterwards",
  ":belle-belle: Belle knows the command `snorkle!` She'll crawl out at least far enough from under covers to stick her nose out because she's overheating",
  ":belle-belle: Belle knows the command `come be friends` - she'll come snuggle or lay next to me!",
  ":belle-belle: Belle once ate an entire bag of green candy melts and had green :poop: for a couple days",
  ":belle-belle: Belle visited a local river park wearing her harness and a 30ft lead, and we walked out on a floating dock. She apparently thought the duckweed was just a new kind of grass, so she walked straight off the end! She looked SO surprised when she came back up, then started swimming around the dock. When we stopped laughing too hard, we were able to catch her harness handle and haul her out of the water, completely drenched and with little bits of duckweed all over her like green glitter.",
  ":belle-belle: Belle likes to tromp through water as long as it’s not coming from the sky (or shower)",
  ":belle-belle: Belle used to howl along with fire trucks and sirens but has stopped.",
  ":bubba: Bubba used to be scared of walking down the stairs, so Kate and Micah had to carry him downstairs each day.",
  ":bubba: Bubba’s favorite food is cottage cheese.",
  ":bubba: On walks, Bubba is easily intimidated — he’s typically scared of garbage cans and upturned paper grocery bags.",
  ":bubba: Bubba was originally going to be named “Tater Tot” (but Bubba was a better fit).",
  {
    "name": "Cooper",
    "emoji": ":cooper:",
    "text": "I will not eat peanuts or peanut butter."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cooper",
    "emoji": ":cooper:",
    "text": "My full name is Wilford J. Cooperbottom."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cooper",
    "emoji": ":cooper:",
    "text": "I only like two toys: my laser and destroying whatever toy Cupcake had a minute ago."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cooper",
    "emoji": ":cooper:",
    "text": "One day I was paying too much attention to another dog and walked right into a parked car. I pretended I didn't but people saw me."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cooper",
    "emoji": ":cooper:",
    "text": "Every winter people have to rub dryer sheets on my back or else I get shocked every time someone touches me. I get very careful about touching anyone."
  },
  ":cooper: When we go to the dog park, Cooper likes to show off on the agility dog ramps. We never trained him to do the ramps, he just saw other dogs on them and he likes to one-up other dogs.",
  ":cooper: If you give :cooper: Cooper and :cupcake-dag: Cupcake a toy they will remember. When you come to visit months later they will go to the toybox and get it out to show you that they still have it.",
  ":cooper: Cooper doesn't really understand \"staining the deck,\" so he stuck his face between two balusters and ended up with dark brown stripes on either side of his head. :disappointed:",
  ":cooper: Cooper and :cupcake-dag: Cupcake very much like to bark at squirrels when we go on walks, but if you say “Not your squirrel” they will leave it alone and continue on their way.",
  "Carter wanted to name :cooper: Cooper and :cupcake-dag: Cupcake “Lugnut” and “Applesauce”.",
  ":cooper: Cooper and :cupcake-dag: Cupcake do not understand that the neighbor’s plaster yard ornament bunny isn’t alive, and they’re very, very concerned about it.",
  {
    "name": "Cupcake",
    "emoji": ":cupcake-dag:",
    "text": "I do not like hats. At all."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cupcake",
    "emoji": ":cupcake-dag:",
    "text": "My full name is Princess Petunia Cupcake. :princess::blossom::cupcake:"
  },
  {
    "name": "Cupcake",
    "emoji": ":cupcake-dag:",
    "text": "I like to nap on the back of the couch."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cupcake",
    "emoji": ":cupcake-dag:",
    "text": "I know how to roll down car windows, but I won't do it for :cooper: Cooper."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cupcake",
    "emoji": ":cupcake-dag:",
    "text": "I often sit on Carter's shoulders."
  },
  {
    "name": "Cupcake",
    "emoji": ":cupcake-dag:",
    "text": "I like to lick :cooper: Cooper's head and face."
  },
  ":cupcake-dag: Cupcake used to run wildly into the back yard every time she heard the word “squirrel”. Now her vocabulary has expanded and she will go running when she hears “wombat” or “marmoset”.",
  ":eggs: Eggs loves kale, lettuce and also melon.",
  ":lana: Lana doesn't play with toys much, but she loves to systematically take her toys out of the toy bin, one by one, when you leave the top off.",
  ":lana: Lana stretches before every walk (what a good girl).",
  ":lana: Lana is not so great with stairs. This was a problem when we went on an underground mine tour. Her human carried her down.",
  ":lana: Lana was found wandering in a wash. ‘Wash’ is desert for ‘river that’s dry except when it’s flooded’.",
  ":lana: The only piece of food Lana has ever guarded was a piece of stale bread covered in dirt, which she refused to give up and buried in the yard.",
  ":lana: Lana has an amazing 💩 dance: https://www.instagram.com/p/BP6WVUWharx/",
  ":lana: Lana’s middle name is “Danger Zone”.",
  ":loki: Loki will give you the stare of death if you do not share an apple with him.",
  ":loki: Loki’s tongue is physically too large for his own mouth and just hangs out all day.",
  ":loki: Loki once ate an entire bag of Reese’s peanut butter cups, wrappers and all. He had sparkly :poop: for a week!",
  ":loki: Loki once decided it was a good idea to roll around in cow patties and run up to us like it was no big deal.",
  ":loki: Loki was named after the Nordic god of tricks and mischief, which fits his personality perfectly.",
  ":mahalo_goldeneye: Mahalo raced in Daytona Beach, Florida.",
  ":neko: Jessie dropped an apple once, and Neko grabbed it like a ball and went running around the house to show it off.",
  ":neko: Neko is part rottweiler, part pit bull, and part chow chow, which is the best and weirdest and most surprising thing.",
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "I am a rescue that was found injured on the side of the highway. Don't worry, I'm all healed up and healthy now."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "I like to give \"puppy hugs\", where I lean on you placing my paws around you. :two_hearts:"
  },
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "I love to chase and bark at wheels!"
  },
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "I love to be chased! Throw a ball outside and then try and catch me."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "My favorite chew toy was \"my Tito\", a plush Titos vodka bottle gifted from my neighbor who works in the food/bev industry :joy:. Tito was retired in 2018, and my new favorite is \"Ricky\", an unstuffed floppy raccoon."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "I love to go on hikes in the wilderness and will hike all day."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "I see my foster mom regularly and stay with her when my human family goes on extendted trips out of town."
  },
  {
    "name": "Pixie",
    "emoji": ":pixie:",
    "text": "My human companion is @scottweber"
  },
  ":scully: Scully doesn't chew human things she's not supposed to. But she does pick up socks that are left on the floor and move them to other locations.",
  ":sidney-dag: Sidney really only plays with dogs whose ears stand up like hers. She is very suspicious of dogs who have floppy ears. It took me a few years to realize this and only became super evident when she would barely acknowledge the neighbors bloodhound.",
  ":sidney-dag: Sidney did not make the cut as a police or service dog because she is afaid of trashcans, loud noises, things with wheels and not food motivated. Her paperwork said she would make a decent family pet.",
  ":sidney-dag: Sidney won't take food from strangers or humans she does not like. She will not be fooled by your treat.",
  ":sidney-dag: Sidney hates the whole vet experience. The drive, the parking lot, the waiting room, the vet and the check out process. There is usually howling, laying down and refusing to get up and other antics that are embarassing.",
  ":sidney-dag: Sidney is an expert chipmunk hunter.",
  ":sidney-dag: Sidney has broken her toe (several casts required), had Lyme Disease, had stitches twice and had a bone cyst. Mr. Vanek says she is expensive and needs a real job.",
  ":fox-dag: Fox and Luna are 18F dog twins.",
  ":fox-dag: Fox's favorite food is smoked salmon. She's fancy like that.",
  ":fox-dag: Fox once barked at a picture of a dog in a magazine.",
  ":fox-dag: Fox was Miss September in the 2018 Pike Paws calendar. She now goes around the house saying things like \"I won't get out of bed for less than $10,000/day.\""
]