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For the past few years, we’ve used the same PSAs with a new voice-over at the end to advertise Iams Home 4 the Holidays–and frankly, these PSAs are classics! Unlike other TV ads that make you cry because they’re so sad, these PSAs make you cry because they’re so happy! It has become a tradition for me to celebrate these ads. Please grab a tissue and watch how the real reward in adopting a pet, is when the pet adopts you!

Ah! and now I’m misty-eyed! I love happy endings!

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Tyler got a little shirt for Christmas. Here are some photos of him modeling it. Is this a really cute dog, or what!?

Look how cute he is in his new shirt!

I can hardly stand it--he's just SO CUTE!!!

Look at that face! This is why we're starting clicker training on Saturday--he's so cute I can't control him!

CUTE! CUTE! CUTE!!!!!!

I got a new camera for Christmas this year, and I’m trying to learn how to use it.

(It would help if I read the instructions, but for some reason I seem to think I can figure this out without them. I suspect I will be forced very soon to stick my nose in the booklet–it’s just that it’s soooooooo looooonnnnngggggg!)

We got snowed on yesterday and Tyler seems to have taken the snowfall in stride–”just another day sniffing around for stuff to eat that he shouldn’t.”

Notice all the snow around his muzzle.

The usual posture: PLAYBOW!!!

The great fluffy hunter in search of leaves and mulch to chew on.

"I just KNOW there's a tasty, moldy leaf under all this white stuff! If I can just push my nose down far enough through it..."

As I post these photos, I can hear a rustling out in the living room. Guess who is back up on top of the coffee table…

Tyler’s wake up tactics are featured on Romeo the Cat today! Ah! Such a cuteness!!

"I am adorable!"

My new little man is settling right into our daily routine, and every day he just gets cuter and cuter!

Tyler in bed

Look at that sweet face!

He such a big tease!

Such a sweet boy!

Sitting pretty!

He loves to look out the window in my office.

hello!

Something really interesting going on out there....

In the bed, under mom's desk.

Snooze City!

Less than 48 hours and already Tyler is settling into his new home. I did some catch-up yesterday at my desk, and even though the bed says “Bailey” Tyler had no problem using it!

Tyler relaxes under my desk.

Tyler on duty, ready to answer all your dog-related questions.

Bailey still holds her spot in my heart. But Tyler is making his own space there, too.

I think I’m going to have to break down and buy a new video camera. My Flip cam is just not as friendly as I want it to be, and the quality is not as good as what I can do with my cheap digital camera.

Here’s Tyler’s first Bichon blitz in his new home!