People Should Be More Like Dogs

People should be more like dogs. More perslicly, my dad Frank should be more like ME.

This morning I was laying in the sun on the grass and daddy Frank was washing his car, something Daddy Leon usually does. And he had the hose spraying the car to get it all wet.

Well, as much as I love swimming, I DON'T like the hose.

Daddy Frank was spraying the car and some of the spray got me right in the face.

I got up and moved to the other side. I know the difference between accidentally and on purpose. If Daddy Frank had sprayed me on purpose, that would be mean (unless it was bath time, and well, Woof, springing a bath on me is pretty mean, if you want the truth).

If Daddy Frank or Daddy Leon sprayed me with the hose on purpose, I would be very Woofin' upset. It would make me feel bad. I would take it personalbly. You know, like they were doing something mean to me cuz they were mad at me or they were just being mean.

But when I get sprayed by accident, I just get up and move. It wasn't Daddy's fault, and it wasn't the water's fault.

Daddy sprayed the other side of the car and sure enough, I got spritzted in the face again. You gotta watch them hoses. That's annoying. So I just got up and moved a little farther away. The sun was nice and warm and I like watching Daddy work. But I didn't take it personalbly.

Now if Daddy Leon was washing the car and accidentally sprayed Daddy Frank, Daddy Frank would probably swear and say, "Hey, watch what you're doing!" Like he would take it too personalbly. Like if something falls and he has to pick it up. It's like gravity did it on purpose to make him bend down.

Now if I dropped the ball or a stick, I would just pick it up and move on. I wouldn't get upset or blame gravity. That's what gravity is for, don'tcha know.

Yeah, Daddy Frank should be more like me.

People should be more like dogs.

It'll Be Nice Riding Around in a Clean Car

I Hope He Did a Good Job on Those Wheels
Daddy Leon Will Inspect Them With a White Glove

After we went to the doggie park to hike with my girl Katija and my cousin Labrador Kasey. Daddy didn't take pictures, but I'm not going to take that personalbly.

I'm Glad It's Spring

It was winter for a long time.

It was boring so I din't have much to blog about.

Now it's spring and I've been out in the woods a lot with my girlfriend Katija frolicking among the wild azaleas.

Yesterday we did the whole trail and I didn't pick up a single stick. Usually Katija and me plays tug with a stick and I carry the stick for two miles till we get back to the parking lot.

But yesterday I forgot all about the sticks. I was just having fun running with my girl friend. And going through the pretty pink flowers.

Pink goes good with black, don't you think?

Life is good.

Got up this morning

Jeeze, not again, is what I was thinking when Daddy opened the door for me this morning. More of that white stuff.

I like playing in it but, well when I gotta go do my business it is pretty unpleasant having snow right up your butt. In most places it is higher than my butt so that makes it more annoying.

Daddies shoveled a path for me in the backyard so I can go do my business without having snow up to my butt. Daddies think of my every need.

And by the way. One day I was at the Doggie Park and there was this Dalmatian Dog. He had a Dalmatian Truck.

I wonder what a Weimador Truck looks like. It would be nice to have a designer truck. One that matches me: black with a white stripe and yellow headlights. Just sayin'.

Running in the Snow

It sure is fun to run.

Even more fun to run in the snow.

Even more fun to run in the snow with Katija.

 

We got to the park late today. Cuz Daddies had to shovel snow. Cuz the snowblower broke and they had to go out and buy a new one. But that was after they shoveled the whole driveway.

When Daddies shovel, I run around and find sticks. I try to get them to play but they don't play. They say latter. Which was good. Later meant going to the park.

If Only I Could Whittle Down This Tree

Well, you know that if it were not for sticks and my girlfriend Katija, winter would be very boring.

When I can't get to the Doggie Park to see K, I have to entertain myself with something. Sticks are everywhere. But big sticks are my favorite. Love them. Bigger the better. Trees are even better. I ripped this one out of the woods and I can rip it to shreds for fun.

Daddies wonder why I do this.

Hum, should I tell them I'm pent up? That I have lots of energy? That I need roughage? Whatever that is. I heard them say that.

Dog gone, I really don't know why I like sticks so much.

Best Friends

Daddies went to Dottie's house last night for dinner and they brought home a real nice present for me. It is an original watercolor painting of me and my best friend Katija by my favorite artist Nicoletta Poli. Me and Katija are pretty special doggies, don't you think? Daddie said he is going to write a blog too.

Me and Katija are now famous, I guess. We are inmortalized, (I think that's what Daddy said) in a painting. We will keep hiking in the woods and smooching whenever we get the chance. Katija and me are really "Best Friends".

I want to tell you about a distant cousin

ME when I got rescued and went to my new family

But this isn't about ME!

I want to tell you about Xena.

There was this dog who was abused and starving when she got rescued. Her name is Xena, Xena the Warrior Puppy. She was almost dead and her rescue lady helped her get better.

But then Xena found Johnny in that special way that we dogs have of finding our human soul mates. Xena found Johnny, an autistic kid who hadn't done too well until Xena came into his life. Now he talks and eats better and feeds Xena and goes places where he used to feel anxious.

This just goes to show that not only are we dogs important, but that rescuing a dog can change a life for the better.

Read and see videos of Xena and Johnny here. I can't put a picture of Xena in here cuz there is copycat right.

I Went to Ogunquit

I'm not sure what a gunquit is but when Daddies and I took Daddy Leon's mom to Maine to stay with her friend, we went to a gunquit on the way home.

It is a beach. I love beaches. The sand there is hard and smooth so it is easy to walk on. But the water is way out there, so I didn't go swimming.

Daddies said we were lucky to have such a nice day in November.

This darn pug was trying to get my rock

Me and Daddy Leon

Smooching Under the Table With My Girlfriend

Katija and me stopped at a sidewalk cafe after our walk in the park. They say sidewalk cafes are romantic so I took the opportunity to make out with my best girlfriend. Kind of like Paris or dad said more like Lady and the Tramp. He said next time we can order a plate of spaghetti to share.

More of me on vacation. Dog in the Dunes.

Some good t-shirts:

I rode in the back of the pick-up.

 Love the beach.

They wrote a book about me.

Finally We Got to Go to the Beach

Finally this summer we got to the beach. It was a long ride and we got stuck in traffics. Finally we got to PeeTown and we passed by the doggie park and I got excited. But daddy Leon kept driving!

Dad, You passed the doggie park!!!!

Dad Leon driving by the doggie park

But we got to camp and set everything up and I had lunch and then we went to the beach.

They say getting there is half the fun

Well, that's the dumbest thing I ever heard

The fun is finding a bud to play with at the beach

But, to tell the truth, I miss my girlfriend Katija

I also went swimming - fetching sticks is my favorite thing to do in the water. Then I just chew on them a bit.

Me, relaxing with a stick

Hey, Bud, catch me if you can

So we been here now for almost a week and I been to the beach and the doggie park and went for a walk through the town. Now I got irr-tated paws. You know that sand is rough on the tender parts between my toes. I gots web feet cuz I'm a swimming dog. But the sand is rough. I'm taking a day off from the beach. 'sides it's cloudy today and not a good beach day.

I'll be catching some rays tomorrow though, and going for a another nice swim in the salty water.