So this is a recommendation from my lovely wife, take a break from all the construction talk and talk about your faithful companion…your “roll dog” literally and figuratively. What does he do during the day while and why is he so committed to always going with you wherever you go whether it be to the jobsite, the store, down in the garage…it seems he will follow you anywhere.
So who is Sakio? He is our Japanese Akita, he is two years old and full of energy and love. Just to give a little background, I am an animal lover, my wife is animal tolerant, my kids are now animal lovers. After the passing of my last dog of 14 years there was about a 3 year hiatus before my wife said “let’s get another dog” , I was stunned and since having moved to the city from the suburbs I didn’t necessarily want all the responsibility that comes with owning a dog with no yard. Ya know the daily walks rain or shine, the picking up the…well you know. Long and short we drove to Pennsylvania to pick up this puppy after waiting the required time after birth. His name was going to be Sakio, named after the Contender boxing champion from South Cameron. Trust me picking out a name was no easy task ( lots of ideas from the kids were rejected, still a bone of contention in the house). I remember Mandy handing him to me, he was so small and so cute, my heart melted. I almost made my wife drive home so I could hold him. I looked at her after she was holding Sakio and knew it wasn’t even worth asking if she would drive, so I drove with one hand on the wheel and one hand on Sakio. After about a week a term was coined in our house “You got Sakio’ed” everyone was in love with the dog, he was ruling the roost!
Fast forward 2 years, Sakio goes just about everywhere with me. So whats his day like….hmmm, alarm goes off at six, Matt hits snooze again and again, finally he’s up, sits on the edge of the bed for a moment, bends down to give me a rub, I stretch and roll on my back. He’ll be in the bathroom for a moment, lets see what mommy’s up to, she’s still asleep, doesn’t matter I’m still sticking my nose in her face, she says ” Oh Sakio,” she’s still half asleep. Okay Matt’s dressed, he says ” let’s go” , I can hear the kids downstairs already, I bound down the steps, love these stairs there so long and I sound like thunder when I run down them. Breakfast is served, yeah its dry food but hey I’m not complaining, I get three scoops. Okay, there’s a lot of yelling and commotion going on about the kids not being quite ready for school, I sure wish they would hurry up since I get to walk to school with them, not only that I haven’t used the bathroom yet. Hey is that the neighbor’s dogs coming down the street, they think there so tough…Mastiffs…they ain’t got nothing on me, just wait one day Matt’s not going to be paying attention and I’m going to get free and then well see who’s boss. Okay finally on the way to school, yes its mandatory that I mark every tree or basically any stationary object.
So were back from school, I’m taking up my position in the garage by the truck just in case Matt tries to leave without me…he’s going to have to drag me in the house if he doesn’t want me to go with him, it’s happened before, I always put up a good fight though.
Okay so I’m in the truck now, were off! Baltimore is my city, I pretty much own this town. Oh yeah windows down, heads out the window, I get so much attention it’s almost sickening, well it would be sickening if I wasn’t so arrogant. Hey look at that, a couple of school kids, they start “woofing” at me, ya call that a bark…this is a bark, yeah that’s right scream “he’s going to jump out the window”. I look at Matt, he just shakes his head.
Okay we just pulled up to the jobsite, I hear Doug the Plumber. Matt hurry up and let me out, you know Doug and I are cool. Matt didn’t you hear me, I said “let me out!”, Okay Sakio I say ” stop banging on the window, you’re going to break it”. Doug’s standing by the truck now, Sakio is going nuts with excitement, (I can’t quite figure out why he likes Doug so much). Finally out of the truck, hey is that Amy and Larry?, I haven’t seen them in quite a while, well lets give them a proper greeting, I jump up put my paws on Amy’s shoulders and give her a big kiss.
Yeah today is going to be a good day, suns out, all my friends are here, and as always everyone’s happy to see me!
Sakio is the unofficial mascot of the Olive Group and always on the job as a faithful companion and “riff-raff” deterrent. Visit our website at http://www.theolivegroupmanagement.com to learn about our company. Feel free to share a story about your faithful companion. 
Tags: Akita, animal lover, Animals, Baltimore, Companions, construction job site, Dogs, Japanese, Maryland, truck
November 9, 2011 at 12:34 am |
That’s awesome you can bring your dog to work!