Waiting for Christine

Sometimes, late in the afternoon, after we've gone for our 2nd walk of the day, Richie and I will sit on the bed and wait for Christine to come home.

I listen closely for the sound of Christine's car, and when I hear her coming, I jump down off the bed and watch her.

Notice how my tail goes from side-to-side wagging, to full windmill-style as I hear her coming through the front door!

Mischa

World-wide Berner walk!

This weekend, we hopped in the Rover on a sunny Saturday morning, and drove a long time to a park we had never been to. But once we pulled up, I noticed immediately, that there were a lot of other Berners there! It turns out that this day was "Worldwide Berner Walk Day", and we were meeting other Berners from all around this area!

"Hi, I'm Mischa. Who are you?"

 There were so many Berners there, I didn't know where to start! There were little puppies, and great big ones... this one below is Maximus - at 145 lbs., he sure lives up to his namesake.

 I did a bit of meet and greet, but didn't stray too far from Richie and Christine. But lots of other Berners would just wander right up, and sit on their feet and get pets from them.

When Christine pulled out some water, she got mobbed by a bunch of Berners looking to quench their thirst... they hardly left any for me!

We even ran into my brother there! Here's Samson... again, sitting on Christine's feet, like he's known her for years.

Then we all lined up for a big picture with all of us Berners and our humans. I'm looking all over for Richie, but I can't seem to find him. After this was taken, I ran back and forth, up and down the line, and then finally spotted him across the field, taking pictures!

The Berner Line-up (click to see/scroll)

Apparently there were 75 Berners there that day... what fun!

Mischa

A new Berner addition to the Chin family...

This is Kenya, a 5-yr old male that Richie's brother Chris adopted! They were out visiting a while ago (so long ago, that I can't really remember). They must have loved me so much that they wanted a Berner of their own!

I don't know if I'll ever get to meet him... but look at how much snow they have there!

Mischa

Where are you going?

Whenever someone leaves the house, I am always curious where they go. If I don't get to go with them, I stand by the front window, rest my head on the ledge and watch them leave... like this:

I never worry that they aren't coming back, but I wish they would simply take me along with them. But I can tell when they are preparing to leave with me, and I get quite excited. On the other hand, when I am left alone, and they do come home, I also get just as excited, whether they've been gone for an hour or a day.

Mischa

My cousin's new wheels

I know some of you have seen me with my cart, and I've been known to stop traffic when I'm pulling the groceries home from the Safeway down the street. But what is this?

Apparently Lupin, my cousin, is having trouble with her back legs working properly, and now she has a crazy cart of her own! How the heck is she supposed to carry any groceries with that?

Mischa

Puppy vs. robot vacuum

Richie was looking at some old videos, and came across this clip of me about 7 years ago:


Look at how fearless I was! I showed that vacuum who's who... I made it stop!

Mischa

Editor's note:
Mischa won the battle against this vacuum, and about the next 3 after it. Her fur proved too much for the tiny motor in the Roomba, as well as the Hoover stickvac, and the Hoover upright. Only the Hoover WindTunnel central vacuum system was up to defeating her immense quantities of fur.

Still more snow!

Well since Richie and Christine got home, it's been snowing constantly! We've been going for fun walks in the snow, and I've been rolling in it, running around and eating it up! It seems funny, because only a week ago, it was warm and sunny, and now all of this snow is here.

 Yesterday, Richie took me up to the dog park, and there were lots of doggies running and playing in the snow! I even got into it with a blue heeler that wanted to play with me. I was minding my own business, digging in the snow, but he came up and got me running around - kind of a rare thing these days.

Then today when we woke up, the snow had finally stopped and the sun has come out again. We went back to the dog park, even though the snow was slowly disappearing, there was still plenty left to romp around in. We played more snowball catch, and I did a little bit of "crazy puppy" in the deep stuff near the tennis courts. What fun!

Mischa