Happy 15th Birthday Mickey!

Mickey as a puppy

It seems like yesterday that I met the mouseman* at a fun match. Yes, he was a great showdog, and a good producer. But now he’s just my grumpy old man and one of the great loves of my life.

Thanks goes out to Jacey Holden and Chris Ross for producing him and letting him go to JoAnn Gray, and to JoAnn for so kindly giving him to us when his career was over.

Birthday photos to come later this week.

 

 

*One of his many nicknames, don’t tell Disney! He is also known as Ch.  Reno Sakura Jackpot ROMX, HOF-XP

15 Responses to “Happy 15th Birthday Mickey!”

  1. Bonnie Says:

    YAY MICKEY!

  2. Mary Anne Says:

    Happy birthday Mickey, from his kid Skeeter! And his most favoritest girlfriend, Hanako.

  3. lynne anderson Says:

    Happy Birthday! What a cutie!
    Lynne and Dan, proud owners of Critter (Can’t remember her AKC registered name. She is finished, but her most appropriate title now is “The Queen.”), our Neowegian Elkhound, who is also 15!

  4. Gladys Mueller Says:

    Happy birthday,Mickey! May you continue on your loving path of life!!

  5. dam Says:

    Many Happy Returns of the Day Mr. Mickey!
    Shiba Hugs and Grunts from the current Senior Ambassadors at Tanasea
    Yankee (14 yrs)
    Waka (13 in August)

  6. Bill Fletcher Says:

    Awesome, Happy Birtday!!!

  7. Linda Boyd Says:

    Have a great day, Mickey! Talk your good friend, Lynda, into some awesome treats for your special day.

  8. Elizabeth Shaw Says:

    Wow! 15 years is just rockin!

    Happy Birthday Mickey,

    Liz & Cousin Beau

  9. Liora Levin Says:

    Happy birthday Mickey have many years of health and happiness with your family.
    Liora Levin and her shiba team from Israel.

  10. lynbir1 Says:

    He’ll get a hamburger broken into manageable bites and probably some fries too :) Anything stronger than that, and he’d probably have a bit of indigestion!

  11. Linda Manlove Says:

    Happy Birthday Mickey! It was a great honor meeting you several years back and I ssstill have those picnic pictures in my album.

  12. Jacey Holden Says:

    Mickey has always made us proud. Happy Birthday Mickey and many more from your first human “mom.”

  13. Susan Norris-Jones Says:

    Happy Birthday Mickey! Don’t let any of those youngsters take any liberties, and definitely don’t share that hamburger. Remember….’mine, mine, mine’!

  14. lynbir1 Says:

    He knows all about ‘mine, mine, mine!’ One day I was going to let him lick a spoon and he nearly swallowed the darned thing in his efforts to take it away LOL

  15. Marian Campbell Says:

    Awe, Mickey I remember so well how much fun you had at the dog shows in your younger years and always a beauty and you have aged looking wonderful, so enjoy and play your King Card, you have earned it!