Our Dog Copernicus Has His 10-Year Birthday Luncheon

Copernicus Has His 10-Year Birthday Luncheon At The Distillery In Moss Beach, California

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Yesterday was a magical and a beautiful winter day. We put the dogs in my car and drove to Moss Beach, California. this is a beautiful little community right on the Pacific Ocean. We decided that the dogs needed a walk before going to their birthday luncheon. We found a beautiful trail with some magical views. While Copernicus was off leash, he met a German Shepherd. Things were friendly at first. Then the two dogs got into a fight. We had to put Copernicus back on leash.

We took the dogs to the Distillery Restaurant. It was opened some 80 years ago. During the Great Depression it was a place where people could get illegal alcohol. It was also a hang out for gangsters. It's now a very nice restaurant. It's also dog friendly with a lower-level patio devoted just to dogs and their human companions.

We had to sit on plastic chairs and endure some rough conditions. I had to go up and order the food and drinks and bring much of it down. Despite these hardships, it was a beautiful afternoon with incredible views. The patio was full of other dog lovers. I had fish and chips and Elena had steak. we shared a Cesar salad. The dogs had a small portion of the same steak that  Elena had. Our dog Copernicus ate his part of the steak and then ate the remainder of the Cesar salad. Our dog Cassiopeia at her part of the steak and the the rest of the fruit on Elena's plate. We both got color in our skin due to the sun. We met some interesting people including a lady from Colombia.

We put the dogs back in the car and then went inside to wach the New Orleans Saints play the San Francisco 49'ers. It was the best football game that I had seen in several decades. I warned Elena that the 49'ers do their best work in the last couple of minutes of a football game. They were true to form and made a touch down with 9 seconds left to win 36-32, We watched a glorious sunset.

This was amagical celebration of ten years of life for Copernicus. It was a celebration of his love and devotion to us for a decade. It was a magical day with magical memories that we will treasure always.The people at the Distillery Restaurant were wonderful hosts.

Our Dog Copernicus Celebrates Birthday #10

Dear Candace:

     Please tell Alice and the boys that Copernicus is making 10 years today! He's an amazing little man. He was conceived in Argentina in a poor slum. His father was a cute little dog about Alice' size named Virgilio. His mother Eloisa had to stay with a friend of Elena's while we found a house where we could have a pet. Eloisa had one litter of puppies. The husband of Elena's friend drowned the puppies because they did not have the money to feed them. (To this day it makes me mad to think about such a thing. We could have sent them money for food.) Eloisa recovered from that loss and got pregnant again with little Virgilio. Elena came down to Argentina to pick her up after the 9-11 attack. It was a huge hassle and cost $800.00. We wanted to bring Virgilio also. But he had disappeared. 

      Eloisa flew from Buenos Aires to Miami and then onto San Francisco. She spent some 24 hours in a crate. She was relieved to see us when we picked up the crate. I had to go over to customs and present her full shot record to get her admitted to the USA. I got a nice man in customs who looked at the papers for a second, smiled and stamped everything approved. When Eloisa got to the car, her nose went high into the air. She knew that she was in a strange and different place.

     We soon discovered that Eloisa was pregnant. She went into labor after dinner when Khossrow Assadi was staying with us. Copernicus was the first born. As a young puppy he was very sweet. He would spend long hours at night looking up at the sky and stars. It reminded us of the astronomer Nicholas Copernicus. We named him Copernicus.

    He has been our loving companion and guard dog for the last ten years. He is also a man who has been in many fights with other animals and has bitten several humans. He has attacked large trucks and gone on marathon escapes that lasted for hours. He has never suffered a major injury.

      I would use the saying from the Rocky movies that described Sylvester Stallone (Rocky):

"His whole life was a million to one shot!"