My French-Canadian (extended) family

I think I might have mentioned to you that Richie's brother Chris also got a Berner a while back. What I didn't know, is how many 4-legged family members they had!

Must be a busy place out there in Quebec!

Mischa

Fun in Pt. Roberts

We were down in Point Roberts for Easter recently. I don't know what all the fuss is about, as I dogally did not see any of these fabled "Easter bunnies". It wasn't as warm out as Christine would have hoped, but we did spend lots of time outdoors nonetheless.

Richie went away for a little while, and came back with this! I immediately thought that this must be made for me, what with a Berner pictured on the box. I can't read, but they smelled like cookies to me.

Speaking of eating, here's how I ate my breakfast and dinner a couple of times. Christine would sit on the stairs in front of me, and either hand feed me, or toss a few kibbles onto the grass so I could eat without having to get up. How spoiled am I?

Mischa

Calling for Daisy

Recently, I barked about how I like to see my pal Daisy when we return from our walks down the back alley. The other day, Richie was fast enough to catch it on film:


Pretty cute, eh?

Mischa

A visit with the cousins

The other day, Richie's sister came over with Humphrey and my new cousin, Barney. I was expecting a little puppy, but who is this?

I guess there is something that the camera does to make him look bigger than he actually is, but he looks more like a polar bear cub than a puppy! He was pretty well-behaved for being only 10-weeks old, and he spent most of the time checking out the entire main floor and the perimeter of the backyard - something to do with his flock guardian nature.

He was pretty interested in sniffing me however, and for some reason, he wanted to bite me on the bum! He has such sharp little teeth, so Christine would make sure that he didn't do it more than a couple of times. I was pretty tolerant with him; I didn't have to give him any "what-fors" or anything like that.

Anyhow, after a nice dinner, they went back home... the next time we see Barney, he will probably be bigger than me!

Mischa

My new cousin Barney!

Remember how I told you that Lupin had "gone over the rainbow" and Humphrey was all sad at Christmas? Well, it seems that they have solved that problem with a new puppy!

Barney is his name, and he's a 9-week old "Great Pyrenees" - I don't know about the "great" part, as he looks pretty small to me. But they tell me that he will be even bigger than Paisley was. I can't wait to meet my new cousin!

Mischa

My friend Daisy

Every day on our afternoon walk, we come back home down the alley. About 1/2 way there, I'll start crying for my friend Daisy, who is often out on her back patio sleeping. If she's there, she'll slowly make her way down to the back gate to say hi to us.

Sometimes however, she'll just be lying back there already... like she is here. It looks like she's been having some lumpy problems too, but it looks ok to me. Anyways, it's always a nice surprise to see her on our afternoon walks.

Mischa

Berner meetup

It's been really yucky and rainy for the last few days, but luckily it stopped when we went to another meetup with some Berners today. As we pulled up in the Rover, I saw lots of other Berners, and I started crying, "let me out!". After we finally parked, we headed down to meet all the other doggies.

There was so many Berners - I didn't know who to greet first. A lot of them would come running up and sniff, and some were constantly chasing others around in circles. I would stick close to Richie and Christine, as I found that with all of the commotion, I sometimes lost track of where they were.


As you can see, it was kinda muddy at the park, so I decided to go for a swim. Richie wasn't too happy about that, as I don't normally swim in the winter, but no biggie. After we had played for a bit, we all got in a line for a photo:

Anyhow, it was fun meeting up with all those other Berners!

Mischa