Good things for Cyrus! (and ME too!)

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Here are some good things that happened to Cyrus:

Cyrus got a new soccer-ball-with-flaps for his birthday! These are his favourite toys!

Cyrus went for a Walk with our person in big fields! He met other Dogs and he played with other Dogs and he sniffed rabbits and he sniffed voles!

Cyrus went to the Farm! He met sheep and chickens! He ate rabbit poop! He ran around with the farm Dogs! 

Cyrus had a Very Good Week!

Here are some good things that happened to ME:

When Cyrus went to the Farm, I went on a Walk with Grandma! She took me to one of my favourite places! Then she took me to her house and gave me snacks! Then she took me on another Walk!

I also had a Very Good Week.

Today Nature is making rain, and we are both tired, so we are sleeping. That is all.

How was your week, friends?

Cyrus's birthday!

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Today Cyrus turns One Year Old!

He thinks he is very wise now, but I disagree! I have fourteen years to his measly one year!

For Cyrus's birthday, our person took us for an extra-long Walk this morning! We went to the Lagoon!

Because it is Cyrus's birthday, he was allowed to roll in dead-seaweed-and-muscles-stink!
(It wasn't really that stinky, but it was still Very Nice!)

It was a very beautiful day at the water! 

Thank you for having a birthday, Cyrus! We had a Very Good Walk!

Happy birthday to Cyrus! 

And this was Cyrus one year ago! 

Cyrus

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I am writing to report that I've decided that Cyrus is okay. I can do All The Walks with my person anymore, and while I very much want to, Cyrus is filling in for me. He's turning out to be a pretty good pack mate.

Here is Cyrus with our person.

Also, did I mention that there are more Kongs and more Snacks now that he's here?!?

It's spring!

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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?

Lagoon + flowers = small ball

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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!

This was an accident

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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.

Mud No Mud

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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???

Friends, I don't think you can see the level of the problem. Cyrus' legs are BROWN MUD. Cyrus' tummy is BROWN MUD. Cyrus' chest is BROWN MUD.

Even the top of his head has brown mud on it!

But here's the thing... It only takes about three hours, and then Cyrus is dry and the mud is GONE.

How does that happen? I still have mud on ME! Where did Cyrus' mud go?

(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!)

He's touching ME!

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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!??

Long Walk with Cyrus

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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!

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.

(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:

• Silken windhound
• Cocker spaniel
• Italian greyhound
• Shetland sheepdog

He is 25 pounds. (I am 32 pounds!)

We have been on many Walks together, and also had many Snacks together.

So I guess I will say welcome to Cyrus!

* Photo credit for this last picture goes to Elska's person!