WHAT IS NOIRAUD?


sleeping NOIRAUD



I and my husband live with a black labrador retriever in Tokyo.
His name is NOIRAUD.
He was born on Aug. 22, 1998.

Sometimes, he snores,
or sometimes, he dreams of running cheerfully.

When he is asleep, and when he is awake,
everytime he is happy and very very cheerful.



puppy time NOIRAUD



PROFILE

    NAME NOIRAUD
HEIGHT
WEIGHT Heavy. About 81lbs. But my husband carry him in his arms.
SEX Male
SIGHT Good. He can find any small trash. Sometimes, it is a small insect.
Ahhhhhh!! He is going to eat it!
LEGS He is a high-jumper. He jumps like a dolphin.
Runnning: He runs away so fast, that we can't catch up with him easily.
So, we can watch INDY-CAR-RACE in my house everyday.
Envy?
HEARING Jigoku-mimi.
It's a Japanese word. Jigoku means Hell. Mimi means ears.
Do you understand?
NOSE Great.
He loves the aroma of Olive Oil above all.
GOURMET Breakfast: Dog food.
Dinner: Dog food.
Snack: Dog food.(A bit)
Reward: Dog food.(A bit)
SOLE OF PAWS Smell? Yes, they smell.
But we like it. NOIRAUD's smell is good... like Popcorn!!
Wow! It's tasty! :-)
NECK Thick. Good-looking like a tough guy. (Like you or your husband?)
DOCTOR Doctor MIYAGAWA is NOIRAUD's doctor. NOIRAUD likes to go to the hospital.
TREASURES Collars: They are his most important effects. He considers them as his ID. May be.

Balls: He likes to carry a ball chewing.

Towels: They are his good toys. Chewing, carrying, pulling, retrieving.... Everything is OK.

NYLABONE: He loves chewing them.


Feather bed: He owns a round feather bed. But he doesn't sleep on it. He likes our bed rather than his.
"I hate to go to bed alone."
It's NOIRAUD's thinking. That's right.

Shoes: My father bought them for NOIRAUD. Shoes for a dog?
Don't worry about it. He usually doesn't put them on his paws.
If I remember right, he put them on only once.
When his claw was broken, we put them on his paws and brought him to the hospital.




A view of our garden.
We have a koi pond here.







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Carrying NOIRAUD



My carrier. In other words, my servant. I belive in him.

Oh boy!!
What a big puppy!!!



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Balls

Is it a ball? Really?


NOIRAUD likes balls.
Bite bite bite!
Oh no!
That is not a sphere anymore.




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Towels


Hey hey! Go! Go!
Never give up! I'm a winner?


I'll show you how to play with a towel.




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NYLABONE

Chewing


After chewing and chewing and chewing,
NYLABONE has been changed its shape.
And NOIRAUD's teeth are
very very shining.



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Shoes

Dog's shoes

My shoes.
Am I cool?
But..., my claw has broken.
I have to go to the hospital soon.
Bad luck, today.




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NOIRAUD, what is its origin ?


Oh! Sweets! But NOIRAUD can't eat them!!


NOIRAUD.....
Is it a strange word, isn't it?
It is a French word.

The word of Noiraud is come from the word, noir.
Noir means black.
In France, Noiraud is a popular name of black cats or dogs.

We found its name in a lovely French picture book
of "Caroline".
The author is Pierre Probst.
Caroline is a little heroine of this book.
And, Noiraud is a name of her cute black cat!!
Because we love him,
we got to name our black lab boy,
Noiraud.



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