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We went on one my favourite Walks! To do this Walk, first we drive to Grandma's house, and then we start walking into Forest. There are trails! There are critters!
And Grandma came, too!
I found this patch of plants to lie in! (It was HOT, friends! And the plants were cool on my fur.) (But don't worry, I didn't squish any!)
Our person thought we looked very nice in the plants! She did pawtraits!
This is ME!
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Today Cyrus and I had a conversation. We talked about squirrels! And Dogs! And snacks from the humans!
And Walks and cats and leashes and comfy beds and small young humans!
And whether, when we find animal poop, it's best to roll in it, pee on it, or eat it! (I say all three are best!)
Cyrus asked me if his stick was the same as a tree. I said I wasn't sure. But does it matter?
Do you ever have conversations, friends?
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Today was Beach Day!!!!
I haven't had Beach Day since before Cyrus came! And Cyrus has never had Beach Day! This was his First Beach Day Ever!
(Our person says that she was waiting for the following things: for the weather to be nicer, and for Cyrus to be a good enough listener that he will leave Dead Beach Things alone when asked!)
(And yes, we did find a few Dead Beach Things! Hurray for Dead Beach Things!)
We found seaweed! We found dead crabs! (Yum!) We found sticks!
By accident, Cyrus followed a Dog into the deep water! He got wet all over! He found this very strange!
For us Dogs, it was a day of lovely smells! For our person, it was a day of lovely sights
(If you look closely at the picture below friends, you can see Esquimalt and the City of Victoria on the horizon! And if you look very very closely, you can see Mount Baker behind the tall buildings!)
(But we weren't looking, we were smelling!)
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This was the Best Walk Ever! Hurray for Beach Day!
Hurray for Beach Day!
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My person and Cyrus are playing a game! There is a toy tied to a rope! It flies around Yard! Cyrus catches it and tugs it!
He likes this game very much!
Me, I just try to stay out of the way!!
Do you like to tug, friends? Have you ever tried toy-on-a-rope?
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It's springtime, friends!
We are spending lots of time outside. Here are some pictures of Cyrus that my person thinks are cute.
What about pictures of ME?
What's your weather doing, friends?
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Cyrus really seems to like his crate-dens. Since Nature is making rain today, I thought I would try them. I tried the one in the office, and I tried the one in the bedroom, but I don't know what the big deal is. They seem kind of boring to me...
Do you like crate-dens, friends?
Pee Ess I used to sleep in a crate-den all the time. But now I sleep on the Bed in the spare room. I have earned this privilege because I am old, friends. But also because I behave very nicely at night!
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We took Cyrus to the Lagoon!
And then we spent a long time in a big field that had flowers in it! And mice! And bunnies!
Then we went home, and Cyrus turned himself into a Very Small Ball for the rest of the afternoon!
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This was an accident.
I accidentally lay too close to Cyrus.
And then Cyrus rolled over and accidentally cuddled me.
This was purely an accident.
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We live in a place where the weather is MUD for more than half of the year.
I am a Black Dog. My fur hides the mud.
Cobi was a Brown Dog. Her fur hid the mud. (Except for her paws, which were light and always told on her when she'd been wading in mud puddles.)
Pepper was a Black Dog. His fur hid the mud.
But Cyrus is a Mostly-White Dog.
What was our person thinking???
(Our person says that Cyrus has a coat like a silken windhound, which means that his coat is like something called teflon... whatever that is. When he dries, all the mud falls off!)
(Our person also says that this is why we have the weird-vacuum-robot-thing that goes around the house in circles, sucking up the dirt and mopping the floors!)
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He's touching ME? No, that can't be right. How did that happen?
Wait! It happened AGAIN?
And AGAIN?!?
How is this happening, friends!??
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Today was Saturday-Long-Walk-Day!
I walk rather slowly these days, friends. My person walks slowly with me, and we take many breaks for me to sniff.
Cyrus doesn't walk slowly. Cyrus ZOOMS!
My person said that I used to zoom like this, but I don't remember that.
My person also said to remember that I used to bump into Angel Cobi's body all the time. This I do remember, so I am very patient when Cyrus bumps into my body.
He's not that bad, really. For a boy.
Pee Ess Here you can see that he is Small compared to ME. I have always been the Small Dog, but now I am the Big Dog!
INVADER! INTRUDER!
This is Cyrus! He is a teenaged boy! He is stinky! He runs around silly! His food smells better than mine!
And apparently he LIVES HERE NOW!!!
How did this happen??!??
Okay, he's not actually all that bad. I get more treats and more kongs when he's around, and we spend much more time in the yard. And he's mostly pretty polite, for a teenaged boy.
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(My person says to tell you that I'm doing AWESOME, and I'm being very tolerant and patient.)
(Does that mean I get more cheese?)
Cyrus is 7 months old, and he is these kinds of dogs:
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Nature has been making Sun for almost an entire week! This has made my person want to be outside more! This means that I get to be outside more!
What's Nature doing where you live, friends?
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Today we climbed to the Top of the World!
Okay, it was just a little Top of the World. It was a hill, not a mountain. But it was still a big climb for ME!
We went very slowly, and I did just fine! I even did some little zooms over the rocks! And I found this little pond!
At the top, Nature was making Sun and Wind! I could smell all over from up there!
I think I might have even smelled you, friends!
Happy New Year!
