Afternoon walks

Well, it would seem that I have hurt my leg somehow. I don't remember what I did, but it makes me hold up my rear leg a little bit when I'm standing around. For some reason, I am now getting a little dollop of peanut butter each morning and afternoon... and then my leg feels a bit better. 

 And then we'll run into one of these guys on our afternoon walks. Sometimes, Richie will let go of the leash, and then I can chase them up the nearest tree. But I forget about my leg, so Richie holds me tight, and so the squirrel just stands there and taunts me!

We got even closer to this one, and he just hung there and made little chirping sounds, before he took his nut and ran further up the tree. I tell you, if my leg felt better, I'd get that darn squirrel.

And then on our return trip, we ran into these two - our little human friends, Hudson and Komelo! Hudson is always talking about me, and it was good to see him again. This was the first time I had met Komelo, as she was afraid of doggies when she first arrived, but as you can see, she's gotten over that now.

You never know who we will see on our afternoon walks - who will we see next?

Mischa

Summertime movie

Richie finally figured out how to work the thing called iMovie to make a compilation from Toba's 5-week stay recently.

 
What fun!

 Mischa

Summertime with Toba

Hi everyone! Sorry for the long delay during posts. It has been busy here, since we've had Toba over staying with us for the summer. It was really hot, but it has cooled off a bit, making our afternoon walks a little more tolerable.

 We sometimes see Charlie (Brown), another Berner that lives a block down the street. The other day we ran into her human, and he gave us each a treat!

Here's another funny thing in the neighbourhood - a chicken coop! Every time we walk down this particular street, I pull hard on my leash to go over to see these funny birds. I don't think Toba had ever seen them, as she got really excited, and tried to jump up onto the fence, but Christine held her back. I wonder what they taste like... mmm.

 Anyhow, we've really gotten into the habit of not going very far on these hot summer days. Around a block or so from home, there's this nice shady spot where the grass is still a little green. Both Toba and I will flop down there and wriggle around on our backs for a bit. Sometimes Richie will sit with us for a few minutes, sometimes not.

We've also been down to Point Roberts a couple of times - it's just as hot there, but there is always a part of the grass that is shady and cool.

 Anyhow, Toba has been making herself at home here. As usual, she spends hours outside lying in the garden, and sometimes will sleep most of the night outside.

She is a real character, and will often wriggle up on the bed in the morning, and push her bum into Richie's face, hitting him with her tail to wake him up! She tried to be a lap-doggie, but didn't last too long up there.

 Anyhow, after many sleeps, Toba has gone home again, and I get my space back to myself.

Mischa

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