Snow portrait! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here! Over the past few days I have had many snow portraits taken! This is because I am very beautiful! It is also because my black fur contrasts so nicely with the white snow! It is also because we have gone many Walks to many fun places!

It is also because I am very good at posing!

Every time our person takes the rectangular thing out of her pocket, I immediately go right in front of her and sit down! This is called "posing"! I get cheese when I do posing, so I do it every single time the rectangular thing comes out!

Sometimes our person says, "Ojo, no, get out of the way!" I'm not sure why she says this. Surely there is nothing more beautiful than ME to take a picture of!

And another one? Sure! I will do posing for you! You are welcome, now time for a piece of cheese, please!

Cobi has not done as much posing. She also has been making lots of funny faces. Just look at her!

But then look at ME! Aren't I just perfect in the snow!?!

Hello, there's something on my face you say? (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

What do you mean, there's something on my face?!? I don't care. I would just like my cheese please, for doing a good pose. And then I will go zooming again in the snow!

Winter sun

The winter sunshine falls softly on my fur. The only thing better than winter sunshine would be snow. I hope I get snow for Christmas! But in the meantime I will take the soft winter sunshine.

BALL!!! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Playing with Ball makes me feel happy and silly!

I love my BALL! Any Ball, really! Hurray for Ball!

My person is crazy (or, The Sweater)

Dear friends,

My person bought me a SWEATER! ME! Cobi! This is preposterous! I am a Dog of the snow and the cold!

Okay, yes, I have lost a bunch of fur this past year. Okay, yes, I have no fluffy undercoat left. Okay, yes, I have bare patches around my neck where you can see my pink skin when the wind blows.

But, really - a SWEATER?!??

She says it is only for the coldest of cold days in the snow. She says hopefully I will not need to wear it at all. She says it is "just in case" because she does not want me to shiver.

But, really - a SWEATER?!??

She says it is hand-knitted. She says it is wool, and the wool came from sheeps that were treated nicely. She says this sweater can get snowy and still feel warm.

But, really - a SWEATER?!?? Really?!??

Pee Ess Do not worry, Vet says I seem to be very fine. No one knows why my undercoat fur disappeared last January and did not come back. They did very many tests, and everything is normal. They say perhaps I am just getting old. (I covered my ears at that part, eleven-and-a-half isn't THAT old!)

Pee Pee Ess Okay, I do look kind of swanky, don't you think? But do not tell my person. I would rather not wear the sweater ever again, thank-you-very-much.

Top of the world! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here! I was sunny and cold on top of the world. The wind was blowing smells from all over!

Have you ever been to the top of the world?

I did a Bad by accident! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here. I did a Bad! It was by accident!

These packages were under the tree. I knew they were for us! Why should we have to wait? I wanted to open them NOW! And so I did! Is this very, very Bad?

So what if one said "To Cobi" on it? Cobi doesn't like unwrapping anyways! I was just helping her!

Is this very, very Bad?

Okay, so then I may have gone back to under the tree and started to open one that wasn't even a Dog toy. It was something for one of our people. But can you blame me? Unwrapping is so much fun!

Is this very, very Bad? And why are all the presents now up where I cannot reach them???