Zip’s Dog Blog (2.0)

Hello and Happy New Year one and all!

Firstly best wishes to poor Wes Welker who is often called a Labradour Retriever by Tom Brady and others. That was a
particularly awful injury for a guy who deserves far better. I hope he can tend his injury and be back to full form as
quickly and safely as possible.

Aside from the Wes sadness my New Year is going reasonably well. We had a snowstorm all weekend that didn’t drop
ridiculous amounts of snow but just kept snowing which means no walking Dad into plows…or more specifically no
walking with Dad until the plows are done threatening us to a game of chicken in which we either hit the snowbanks or
lose badly.

As Dad mentioned we are getting a resurgence of our walks though he’s slacked it into the afternoon twice on me.
I’ve been an enthusiastic four paw drive kind of dog and with his new boots I feel comfortable pulling him along if he
slacks a bit. We went to Alec’s Shoe store in Nashua where I have some friends and where you can find the best shoe
store in all of New England…at least for my money…which as you know is usually spent on Charlee Bears and toys.
Thanks to John Normande for the help and if you go you should ask for him and tell him you know the Mighty Me! He’s a
hiker and had some good information for us and ultimately kept Dad’s feet toastier even if he did slip into a size 14!
Why should that be of concern to this blog you might ask? Imagine you have to curl up at his feet in small spaces and
that his boots just got a little bigger? Yikes!

Curling up can be challenging in the winter anyhow. yesterday we rode the bus back from karate only for me to find
that sitting was rough enough. The floor was wet, snowy, muddy and generally not QUinn appropriate. I sat the whole
ride and used Dad’s knee and my chin to hold myself up at many points. Yuk! At least I conned a quality grooming from
him as a result.

Anyhow the focal point of this quick post is that for many you have seen or will see my WWBZ piece which has been
airing intermittently on TV 4 out of Boston as well as TV 38 out of Boston. It’s a 30 second spot of Dad talking about
Pats and me looking keenly at the camera and at Dad. The camera guy was of courseholding my squeeky football so he had
my attention! if you see the piece and like it you should drop them a note at:

http://wbztv.com/contact

Evan made the piece and he gets credit for such notes dropped which is good since he was really good to both Dad and
myself. I hope you do get to see it and if it ever becomes possible to connect to it online I’ll make sure to post a
link like I did with the PSA from Foxboro.

I’m getting a video library and Dad says this may increased with the advent of the 2020 Vision Quest. I’ll keep you
updated but I hope he won’t expect me to type MORE than I already manage! I’d much rather be out playing…speaking of
which…

Be Well and Go Tug with a Friend!
Quinn the Mighty
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