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Mickey's 10th Birthday Celebration from Justin Mar on Vimeo . Mickey is 10 years old today! It has been tradition in the past where we would get Mickey a Hamburger Happy Meal from McDonald's . I also have a previous post from several years ago of the same celebration. This time Mickey took his time eating. I only give him half of the burger in tiny minced up pieces because sometimes he tends to throw up human food. I assuming that as Mickey gets older, he wants to savor eat bite! Unfortunately Sherry is away on a business trip and didn't get a chance to celebrate with us (hence the reason for the video). I also just wanted to make use of my Canon Rebel T1i that has the HD video option. Just keep on forgetting that I have the HD video option at my disposal. I know, in the video I mentioned that I dressed up for this celebration, but in reality, I was dressed up after playing in a trombone quartet on the sidewalk in front of Mrs. Dalloway's Books . So there you have it...

Thanks Twitpic for hosting these photos These are your typical before and after photos. Call me a bad owner. I usually let Mickey's hair grow out to the point where his hair gets knatted and tangled. This time it wasn't so bad. Obviously in the first photo, his hair was so long that he couldn't see. I felt really bad because when I was walking him; he walked right into a pole. Underneath all that fur is a skinny little dog. Just from observation, people would think it's a totally different dog. Aside from Mickey's haircut/grooming, it has been definately an eventful summer for me. Been keeping busy at work and also enjoying this somewhat beautiful weather here in the Bay Area . Hope to blog a little bit more. With summer nearly over, it's back to school with my full schedule of various music classes/rehearsals on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday night. Until the next post, enjoy the rest of summer while it lasts!

Poor Mickey. I've been a bad owner. I let his hair grow out too long and he had some serious poodle "dreadlocks". For better words, "knatted" hair or "hair knots". The worse damage was around his ears, so the groomer at PetSmart had to completely cut the hair off his ears. No more cute floppy poodle ears. It looks funny, but it'll grow back. Next time I'm going to a better job at getting him groomed earlier. Here's how Mickey looks now after his grooming. His ears are really short! Especially in comparison to the stuff animal look-alike. Who you looking at?