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So y'all know ... Jasper and I fly north for the holidays to see family up in Seattle (my hometown). And of course it is going to be freezing cold rain the entire time we are there. I just keep telling myself it's great for my skin!!! Anyways ... of course Jasper needed a couple new sweaters so voila!
Not sure how she would feel if she knew this sweater had a picture of her nemesis the squirrel on it. This is a little lighter weight than her other sweaters so she can wear this if she gets chilly in the basement where we sleep. 🙂
And even though it is from the "Martha Stewart Collection" - she is not thrilled about the hoodie over her ears (her best feature).
I am not kidding - this dog has more warm clothes than me for heading to the arctic tundra but I'll snuggle up with her and be warm. Our time here will be limited so happy holidays, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and happy whatever season you celebrate. Know that we are SO grateful for your love and support and friendship!
And not to be outdone ... Shelby tossed me a shiny penny on a walk the other day ... I miss my best girl SO much this time of year. 
This was Shelby's first photo with Santa ... it started with the antlers and a bandanna and grew to the best dresses that money could buy (and that Petco could sell)! Oh how I miss that sweet girl but so thankful I have the little sidekick to share the holidays with. 
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
Awe Jasper is such a good little model. And those candy cane antlers on Shelby! Your girls are true Diva's to the utmost power plus 10!
OH ALISON!!!! Iwas sooooo excited when I saw JASPER'S sweater thread because I knew it would be so mich fun!!!
As usual, you and Jasler Lily, AND Shelby Lynne, did NOT disappoint!!! 
I am ALWAYS sooooo entertained when I see lictures of Jasper and your "comments":-) 🙂 None of us here even need a CUTENESS ALERT because our computers (and tavlets) automatically give us one when they see Jasper Lily's name!
And you're right, Jasper woukd NOT appreciate wearing a Squirrel on ner back as she's trying to catch one!!
OMD! The hoodie covering her ears with those Martha Stewart FAKE EARS!! No match for Jasper's real ones!!
And then we have sweeeeet Shelby Lynne looking all demure and adorable with her Candy Cane Antlers! Little did she know the Fashionista Legend she was about to come!!
We looooove you Alison and Jasper Lily!!! I can use the little HEART ICON very often, or anynof the others for that matter, because it always makes FIREFOX CRASH! So envision a lot of hearts anyway!!!
LOVE!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
I giggled a little when I read the forum topic knowing you live in LA 
It's been a little chilly here the past few days and I'm thinking Elly should have a sweater since she is pretty bald on her tummy and the rest of her fur is thin. Too bad she hates wearing clothes!
Safe travels Alison and Merry Christmas. Can't wait to see you guys again some time in the spring!
Karen
Tri-pug Maggie survived a 4.5 year mast cell cancer battle only to be lost to oral melanoma.
1999 to 2010
Oh what a poppet! Look at Jasper, all dressed up for her hols. They're a very good fit, I have to say. No sagging or bagging for Miss Jasper, not that we'd expect any less from this glamorous LA lady. And Shelby, so precious, she glows with love.
Merry Christmas, Alison xxxxx
Ruby, Staffy, born June 2022, became a Tripawd, November 2023, adopted January 2024.
Also Angel Tripawd Meg (aka The Megastar), who died in April 2023, aged 14, after seven glorious years on three, and Angel Staffies Elsie Pie and Bille. In the pawprints of giants...
Oh 💗💗💗💗 these are such adorable pictures, your girls are totally gorgeous 💗💗💗💗💗💗
This is when I feel really sorry my girl is so huge, the only way I could get some clothes for her would be by shoping at women's XL department stores 🙄😐
YAY to Jasper and Shelby and HAPPY CHRISTMAS ☃️⛄️🎅🏼⛄️☃️
SO happy Shelby sent you another sign 💕 they never, ever leave us 💕
Eurydice 77kg/170lb Great Dane limping end of April 2016, amputation (right front leg/osteosarcoma) 4 May 2016 6 courses of carboplatin followed by metronomic therapy, lung mets found 30 Nov 2016. 3 courses of doxorubicin, PET scan 26 Jan 2017 showed more mets so stopped chemo. Holistic route April 2017. Lung X-ray 5 May 2017 showed several tennis ball size mets, started cortisone and diuretics. Miss Cow earned her XXL silver wings 12 June 2017, 13 months and 1 week after amputation and 6 1/2 months after lung mets, she was the goofiest dawg ever and is now happily flying from cloud to cloud woof woofing away :-)
Love, love, love the sweaters and your sweet Jasper and Shelby!
I thought of you last week when I picked up two sweaters for my Melody and Meesha. The weather is getting cold here and I wanted them to have a little extra protection. Mel's is pink while Meesha sports a red one. Now if I can only get them to wear them as eloquently as your fur-babies! It's like putting pantyhose on an octopus.
I put Meesha's on her and she did nothing but stand under my feet until I took it off. Good-God-Gerdy . . .
Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.
"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."
- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey
I love these pictures. My big dogs love clothes. Problem is they don't make a lot that fit Rotties. Snickers had to wear a shirt for a month because of a cyst removal. I had to put shirts on Bosch & Jazz so they wouldn't feel left out. LOL
I hope you had a great Christmas.
xoxoxo
Michelle & Angel Sassy
Sassy is a proud member of the Winter Warriors. Live long, & strong Winter Warriors.
sassysugarbear.tripawds.com
07/26/2006 - Sassy earned her wings 08/20/2013
05/04/2006 - Bosch, Sassy's pal, earned his wings 03/29/19 fought cancer for 4 months.
"You aren't doing it TO her, you are doing it FOR her. Give her a chance at life."
Ollie tolerates it when I put a shirt or sweater on him. If dogs could roll their eyes, that's what he would be doing. Before we finally got his allergies under control, he had to wear a shirt all the time. Now it's only for pictures or when he needs his Thundershirt.
Kathi and the Turbotail April Angel...and the Labradork
Murphy is a five year old Lab/Chessie cross. He was hit by a car on 10/29/12 and became a Tripawd on 11/24/12. On 2/5/13, he had a total hip replacement on his remaining back leg. He has absolutely no idea that he has only three legs!
UPDATE: Murphy lived his life to the fullest, right up until an aggressive bone lesion took him across the Rainbow Bridge on April 9, 2015 and he gained his membership in the April Angels. Run free, my love. You deserve it!
We are BACK!!!! Happy Belated Holidays and New Year's friends! I am still catching up but it sounds like all is well here in Tripawds land.
Jasper had another successful trip to the PNW. We didn't get a ton of photos this time since the weather wasn't that amazing and it was cold and damp and we just napped. But each time I took a walk / run / stroll around Greenlake (the little lake about 3 miles round) I saw a Tripawd dog! I think one was the same one two days in a row but if not, what are the odds that I would see three tripawds on vacation?!? All looking fantastic and hopping away. I recognized the gait of the first one coming toward us and counted legs.
We saw a table full of pennies which I don't think were meant for us but between the tripawds and the pennies, I think those were signs from miss Shelby Lynne letting me know she was with me in spirit as she always is.
I must say ... the bond Jasper and I have is SO much stronger than I ever believed it to be and I am proud of the dog she has become. Leaving her today for the first time in over 2 weeks was sooooo hard and I am counting the hours till I get her back from daycare. I have to travel to Texas this month for work so she's going back to daycare to get used to it so she can stay there while I am away.
And again, Jasper was indeed the best dog on the plane, in the airport (especially LAX which is a cr@ptastic airport) and in general. She just adapts to her new surroundings and absolutely loves my mom. Cheers!
Shelby Lynne; Jack Russell/Shiba Inu mix. Proud member of the April Angels of 2014.
October 15, 2000 to April 8, 2014
Our story: Broke rear leg in June 2013 - non-conclusive results for cancer so leg was plated and pinned. Enlarged spleen in September 2013 and had it removed and was diagnosed with Hemangiosarcoma and started chemotherapy. Became a Tripawd January 8th, 2014 and definitive Hemangiosarcoma diagnosis. Three major surgeries in 7 months and Shelby took them all like a champ only to lose her battle to cancer in her brain. We had 8 amazing extra months together and no regrets. #shelbystrong #loveofmylife
Awwww . . . LOVE THE PICTURES! You guys are so sweet! And the cheerleading outfit???? OMD! ADORABLE!
Harmony became a Tripawd on 10/21/14 (MCT). She left us way too soon on 11/1/14.
"We miss you so much; our love, our heart, our Harmony."
- Pam, Ron and Melody, Meesha, Doublestuff and Mariah Carey
Can you imagine Gator, critter hunter extraordinare, in the squirrel sweater? Ok, I know they don't make them that big, but still. . .
Otis - 106 pound lab/Dane mix, lost his right front leg to osteosarcoma on Febuary 9, 2016. Four rounds of carboplatin completed in April, 2016. Lung mets August 25, 2016. Said goodbye too soon on September 4, 2016. Lost his adopted sister, Tess, suddenly on October 9, 2016. likely due to hemangiosarcoma.
Wherever they are, they are together.
SOOOO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU AND JASLER LILLY (A D SHELBY LYNNE) BACK HOME!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 PAWTY!!
Cant wait to hear more and see more photos!
Jasper in the Seahawks cheerleading outfit..HOOOOOLY. MOOOOOLY!!! A D O R A B L E!!! 🙂
Yeah, wearing a squirrel on yiur back whike stalking squirrels...good thing she doesn't know it!!
So happy how the @ove you two have for each other has blossomed into such a deep connection. I always love seeing the pictures of her in your arms.
And to see all those trpawds and a pile of pennies too!!! Say "Hellooooo Shelby Lynne"! Did you get to have any conversations with them to see what the story was? It wouldn't surprise me at all to find that they may even be on tripawds!
WELCOME HOME! Love you!!
Sally and Alumni Happy Hannah and Merry Myrtle and Frankie too!
Happy Hannah had a glorious additional bonus time of over one yr & two months after amp for osteo! She made me laugh everyday! Joined April's Angels after send off meal of steak, ice cream, M&Ms & deer poop!
You two are just so dang adorable! Love the photos and am really happy to know your trips together keep getting better and better. You and Jasper Lily can make even the dreariest weather seem sunny and warm 🙂
Welcome back and Hoppy New Year!
Tripawds Founders Jim and Rene
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I love all your pictures, Alison, but the ones of you and Jasper together are just so wonderful. She KNOWS she won the jackpot with you and in your arms is right where she belongs (nice scarf too, you stylish pair...). Thanks for making me smile.
Meg, Clare and Elsie Pie xxx
Ruby, Staffy, born June 2022, became a Tripawd, November 2023, adopted January 2024.
Also Angel Tripawd Meg (aka The Megastar), who died in April 2023, aged 14, after seven glorious years on three, and Angel Staffies Elsie Pie and Bille. In the pawprints of giants...
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