Hot Kamloops visit

Well, summer has barely started, and we're already into the heat. Richie and I took a road trip up to Kamloops to try and and stay cool and hang out by the pool. When we got there, there were already a bunch of doggies up there. Harley had just arrived, but Humphrey and Barney had been there for a couple of days already. Barney wouldn't leave me alone... even though he is a lot bigger now, he still behaves like a puppy and is either in my face, or busy at the other end.

After a while, he would finally calm down and leave me alone. Here we are, trying to stay cool on the tile. He would never go very far from me, and sometimes, Deb would have to put him in the house so that I could have some peace.

I noticed earlier that Barney got up on the roof of the shed. Not one to be left out, I decided to go check it out. It's really neat up there, as you get a bird's-eye-view of the humans and other doggies on the patio. Richie didn't like me being up there however, so I came back down.

The next morning, we went for a walk at the park we have been to in the past. It was nice to get our paws in the cool water, even though it wasn't that hot out yet. As you can see, Barney isn't allowed to roam free yet; his flock-guardian instincts tell him to try and find the boundary of his protection zone, which can send him wandering off, and he doesn't come back easily.

It got so hot up there, that we ended up spending the afternoons and evenings sitting inside in the air conditioning, which suited me just fine. But after three sleeps, we came back home.

Mischa

Summer is coming...

Well, if you aren't a Game of Thrones fan, you won't understand the joke. See, there's this thing that plays on the moving picture screen, and it takes place once a week in the spring. We go over to our friend's place and have dinner, then the humans watch it. Because Tyson is allowed up on the couch, so am I.

But summer is definitely coming. We've been down to Point Roberts a couple of times recently.

 Here I am trying to stay cool in the shade from the Rover, when the two Harley dogs came over from across the street. They are much nicer to me than Harley is, as they don't nip at my bum! They quite like me actually, and the come right up and give me kisses, which I try to avoid, of course.

 Out on the sand bars during low tide, there's lots of place to run around, but not for me. I'm getting too old for that now. I did make a vain effort to chase after a long-legged bird, but it flew away before I could get very close.

 Christine gave me a bowlful of ice chips the other day - I love chewing on ice, but only if it is little, small pieces. It's a great way for me to quench my thirst and have some fun doing it.

And here's a familiar thing for me... to dig a little burrow under the deck so that I can avoid the mid-day sun in the cool dirt. All of this, and summer is just starting now.

Mischa

Backyard antics

I have been known to bark a bit - okay, sometimes a lot - at Dexter, the Jack Russell next door. I'll stand on the landing at the edge of the deck, and bark/jump at him while he does the same. This seems to irritate Christine and Richie, for reasons I don't understand. They like me to bark at strangers, and anyone mucking about in the back alley, but why not this? Anyhow, the other day, I went out to bark at Dexter, and found this:

I can still see around it and can tell when Dexter is in the backyard, but it's taken the fun out of it. As you can see, both Toba and I were very chillaxed, even though that little aggressor was just on the other side of the fence.

Here's another funny one - me sitting on the landing, but who is that in the distance? Toba in the garden again. I thought it was funny, so I went into the other garden area, and dug out a spot for myself.

Anyhow, it's going to be a hot next few days, so you won't see much activity from me... Toba has the right idea, hiding in the garden.

Mischa

Toba's vacation

Apparently Toba's family went on vacation to someplace called the "Mayan Riviera", so that meant that Toba got a vacation with us for 10 days. As usual, it's been all fun and games with Toba around. Here's a fun compilation for you to see what her vacation was like.


Mischa

Prepare for warp speed!

The weather has been getting better recently, and we've been spending more time in the smaller transportation unit. This is the one where I get to ride in the open, and get to sniff the whole time we are on the road. But when we go on the highway, I wear my special goggles so that I don't get stuff in my eyes.

I don't really like having them on, and when Christine is in the car, I'll rub my head on her back and seatbelt to try and wiggle them off. More often than not however, I end up pushing them right over my eyes so that I can't see anything. But once we get on the highway, I forget all about them:

Mischa

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