My
puppy, Kobe. He is a
male Samoyed (pronounced
sammy-ed). His hobbies are sleeping, peeing, pooping,
playing, chewing, ripping, stealing, barking, jumping, walking, pulling,
digging, etc. In other words, acting like a Samoyed. This is
my second Samoyed. One would have thought I would have learned my lesson
on being owned by a Samoyed, but noooooo! Subconsciously, I must be into
S&M. Actually, I wouldn't even think twice about owning another
breed. Samoyeds are the best! Yes, even better than Shelties. 
His current favorite thing to do is chewing up my pillow and comforters. Count so far is one pillow, three comforters (four if you count the guest bed), and two sofas. Grrr .... Apparently it is a little known fact that polyester fill is a supplementary diet requirement.
Name:
Kobe (pronounced ko-bay)
Birth Name: Gold Boy/Midas
AKC Name: WildWind's Starlite Bear
Nicknames: Kobi-wan, Obi Konobi (Star Wars), Kobie-Dobie, Hey you!, Bad Puppy!, and Butthead.
Birth Date: 18 May 2000
Birth Weight: 11 oz
Current Weight: 65.2 pounds as of
August 2011. Graphs: Overall
Year 1 2
3 4
5
6
7
8
OINK!
Papa: Indy (Ch. Starlite's Bear in Mind)
Mama: Emmy (Ch. WildWind's Lil' Miss ShowOff)
Siblings: Peaches (WildWind's Starlite Belle), Molly (WildWind's
Silver Starlite), Luna (WildWind's Blue Starlite)
Likes: walks, car
rides, playing toss with stuff
animals, treats (especially turkey franks), chasing tennis balls, picking up every piece of garbage on the
ground, playing with the nephews, running through sprinklers and water
fountains, chewing up comforters, Cheetos, humping legs, crotch sniffing,
jumping fences.
Dislikes: being ignored, baths, grooming,
baths, teeth brushed, baths, nails clipped, baths. Oh, did I mention he really, really hates
baths?
Kobe? Where did that name come from? He is named after the Italian Iron Chef, Masahiko Kobe, the "Prince of Pasta". Iron Chef cooking show originated in Japan and became very popular in the United States. Okay, why the Italian Iron Chef? Well, you didn't expect me to name him after the Chinese Iron Chef, Chen Kenichi? Or the French Iron Chef, Sakai Hiroyuki? Or the Japanese Iron Chef, Morimoto Masaharu? I didn't think so. The Iron Chef Wikipedia is a good place to visit to learn more about the show. The Iron Chef Collection has a great collection of videos of the original show. Here is Kobe Masahiko's bio and this is his restaurant's website, Ristorante Massa (in Japanese).
Here is Kobe's latest movie (Windows Media format) - Snow! 06 November 2011, 5.9MB
Kobe's trampoline movie is still available - Trampoline, 24 Dec 2006, 4.4MB
Here is a very funny Pepsi commercial! - Smart Dog, 1MB
Kobe has his own Dogster site! Click
to visit him and his pals! Kobe is also on
Facebook!
Santa Clara County
Parks provides a webpage on
Places
to Take Your Dog. For San Mateo county parks, no pets are allowed in
any county park.
Emergency Preparedness for Your Pets - Are you
ready for the BIG one? Check out California's Office of Emergency Services
(OES)
Pet Preparedness webpage. Also, the Association of Bay Area
Governments (ABAG) hosts the
PreparedNow.org
website which contains useful information. Here is their information for
Earthquake Tips for Service
Animals and Pet Owners and
First Aid for
Animals. Don't forget to checkout
FEMA and
Red Cross websites too!
Here are some of my favorite pictures. Click on each for a larger
picture.
