Pictures

As I mentioned yesterday, I went to the groomer's and got a haircut. Here are the pictures I said I would post!

Before the haircut:

After the haircut:

Hide and Seek

A friend of my humans showed the kids how to play hide and seek with me. It's my favorite game! If you have a dog, you can try it too:

1. Tell your dog to sit and stay
2. Go and hide somewhere
3. Say "come" loud enough for your dog to hear
4. You might have to keep shouting at first-- it is very hard for dogs to find you sometimes.

Haircut

Today I got groomed. Let's just say it wasn't exactly enjoyable. And I could've lived without the bath.

But I did get a haircut and I think I look pretty good!! I'll post a picture of me with my haircut as soon as I can.

My Toys

I just love toys!!! Every time I hear one of my squeaky toys squeak I just get so excited!! Here is a list of all of my toys:

• Squeaky Piggy
• Squeaky Ladybug
• Squeaky Soccer Ball
• Squeaky Basketball
• Tennis Balls
• Squeaky Froggy
• Squeaky Hedgehog
• Stuffed Gorrilla
• Stuffed Baseball

My first swan

Today I met my first swan. I also got chased by a swan for the first time in my life.

My humans like to walk on the river nearby. Some people who live near the river have a little lake right along the path. And the lake has swans in it!! My humans call them Skipper and Sophia. According to my family, the swans hatched some babies last year (the kids named them Noah and Chris). Now Sophia has laid more eggs and Skipper is acting really protective (the kids say he was like that last year, too). Of course, I didn't know any of this when we stopped at Skipper and Sophia's lake.

I saw a really big nest at the side of the little lake. Then I noticed Skipper was coming towards us. He was the biggest bird I had ever seen. And I had never seen a white bird before. I didn't know he was MAD at us-- I was just really curious. After all, I had never seen a swan before. And I wasn't REALLY trying to steal the eggs. I was just looking. But I guess Skipper didn't want to take any chances. He swam towards me and my family and climbed out of the water. He looked really scary up close, so I ran away as fast as I could, pulling my dad behind me.

Well, I don't think I'm going to get too close to the swans after this, but maybe I will look at them from a distance. They are really interesting.

Tempting Dinosaurs

A couple of weeks ago the kids left a small plastic toy dinosaur on the floor. I knew I shouldn't have taken it, but OOHH, IT WAS SOOO TEMPING! Don't you get tempted when kids leave little toys on the floor? Well, I took the dinosaur and started chewing on it. When mom came out I put the dinosaur under my paw so she wouldn't see it. I think I wouldn't have gotten away with it if I didn't feel so guilty. I'm pretty sure it showed on my face. I got in trouble and the kids put their dinosaurs away. But really, I think it was the kids' fault. THEY should have put away their dinosaurs.

My Dictionary

I'm not exactly fluent in English, but I have caught onto quite a few words. Below is my dictionary of English words. I would especially recomend this dictionary to a dog. Some of these words may have other meanings, but this is how my masters use them.

Treat: Something very yummy that you eat.
Hot dog: A kind of treat that humans usually eat. But sometmes dogs eat them too, so if you hear this word you should head to the kitchen, just in case.
Walk: A long stroll where you wear a leash. Usually one or more members of your pack comes with you on a walk.
Bye-Bye: An expression used by humans to notify their dogs that they are leaving and the dog has to stay home.
Nighty-Night: An expression used by humans to tell their dogs to go to sleep.
Outside: Humans say this when the dog is supposed to go out to the backyard.
Car: When a human says this it means that you are going far away from home in the weird little house on wheels.
Sit, Stay, Down, Come: These are all tricks. Usually tricks mean treats. Maybe I'll talk more about tricks sometime.

Bath

I got a bath yesterday. Ugh. I hate baths. I hope I don't have to take another for a long time. I take that back-- I hope I'll NEVER have to take a bath again.

But my humans say I smell nice now, so I guess that's good. And the kids sure seemed excited about it.

 

Cousin Dante

I met my cousin today! His name is Dante and he is a big brown dog. All he wanted to do was play and run. I was a little nervous at first, but he is actually pretty fun to play with. And his backyard sure smelled interesting.