Conversation

 Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

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?

Front Yard

Hi hi hi! Ojo here! 

I am only allowed in Front Yard when my person is with me. She says this is because there is no fence. I'm not sure why I need a fence. I wouldn't go too far. Maybe.

Anyways, I love it when we get to hang out in Front Yard. It is a very good place for watching squirrels and birds and people! It is a very good place for chewing sticks! And it is a very good place for rolling and then napping in the grass!

Do you have a Front Yard, friends? Do you get to go in it?

Park and Long Line and Rolling!

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Today my person and Long Line took me to Colwood Creek Park! We Walked, then we hung out for a bit, then we Walked more!

I still wish my Walks were longer. And I still wish my Walks were off leash.

However, Long Line lets me wander further away from my person. Today I got to wade in a pond! And drink from it!

Also, Long Line gives me room to do rolling in the grass!

(Hurray for rolling in the grass! I love rolling in the grass!)

Also, Long Line gave me room to find the perfect Stick!

It's not quite as great as running off leash, but Long Line and Colwood Creek Park and rolling in the grass are happy things!

Did you have any happy things in your day today, friends?

Fierce Stick-Roll-Grrrr!

Hi friends, Ojo here! I am chomping this Stick! I am rolling! I make growling noises! Grrrrr!!!!

Oh what a happy day to be in the shade with a Stick! 

What things make you fierce, friends?

Happy Rolling with Happy Stick

Hi friends, Ojo here! I found another Happy Stick! I did Happy Rolling with my Happy Stick!

Stick chewing is serious business, you know? It doesn't even matter that it's raining!

What? Is there something on my face??

Do you like to chew Happy Sticks, friends? Do you like to Happy Roll?

Happy Stick Sunday

Hi friends, Ojo here! Today for me is chew-a-stick-Sunday! 

What happy things are happening for your Sunday?

Good Day with a Good Stick in the Good Forest

Hi friends, Ojo here. Today was a Good Day. I found a Good Stick. It was in the Good Forest.

Also it was very foggy and quiet at the Good Lake today. The Good Lake is in the middle of the Good Forest. I had a Very Good Walk.

Not pictured: After our Good Walk we went for a visit to a Good Place with Good People where I got Good Belly Rubs and Good Snacks.

Did I mention that today was a Good Day?

What Good Things happened to you today, friends?

Stick!!! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

This is my stick!

Oh Stick!
When I roll in the grass
And chew on you
I feel very silly!

I love chewing on you!
And I love feeling silly!

I love you
Oh Stick!

Ode to Chewing on a Stick

Chewing on a stick

Is very satisfying

My jaws feel strong

Wolf jaws

Hunter jaws

Stick chewing jaws

There is nothing more satisfying

Than lying in the grass

On a summer day

Chewing

Chewing on a stick

Last of the summer sunshine (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Today we had, perhaps, the last of the summer sunshine! In the forest it was cold, but out in the fields it was HOT!

The sun felt nice on my fur after the cold forest! And so I ran with a Stick! This felt sooooo happy!

What is Nature doing with the weather where you live?

Oh Stick, I Love You! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

I love my Stick! I will chew my stick all day! (Unless it is dinner time!) (Or a squirrel goes past!) (Or Cobi barks at something!)

Pee Ess Since some of you have asked, YES, I will fetch my Stick! I will fetch anything! (Unless I eat it first.) Cobi is the lame Dog Who Does Not Fetch. Not me. Nope. I'm the good one. I fetch all the time!!

Beach Day! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Today was Beach Day!!!

Momma C threw Sticks!

I am a very good chaser of Sticks!

This Beach is the OCEAN! Very salty!

Oh, you're wondering about Cobi? Yes, she loves the Beach too!

We live in a very amazing place. This Beach is very raw and very real. No sand! But lots of barnacles! And seaweed! And crabs! And lots of other critters too!

We love it here!

I hope we get Beach Day again soon!

Now we are on our way home.
What? No, I cannot go to sleep. I might miss more of this amazing day!

I swim!

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

I went swimming! And Stick came with me!

Cobi does not like to swim, just like she does not like to fetch. She watches.

Throw the stick! Throw the stick! Throw the stick!

It feels so nice to swim on a hot day! Do you swim?

Sticks on the Beach

Today we went to the Beach!

It was the first all sunny day we have had in a very long time.
It was still very cold. The temperature of the air was just barely above freezing. But the sun was so very warm on our fur.

Ojo splashed in the water. But I did not because it was Very Cold.

Wait, what's this photo???
It must be a fake, because I do not fetch.

Maybe I just forgot and ran around with a stick. Because the sun was so nice. Yes, that must be it. Because I absolutely do not, never ever, fetch.

We could have stayed in the sun at the Beach all day! (Fetching and not-fetching.)

Oh Stick
I love to chew you
When you are wet and soggy
But also crunchy
At the Beach
On the sand
With sun on my back.
Oh Stick!

Yeah.

Beach Day! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

We did Beach Day!!

It was also Play-With-Sticks Day!

Do not worry, Cobi is not fetching. She's just carrying the stick to a good place to lie down and chew. I am the only amazing fetching Dog in our family!

See? Not fetch. Just hang out and chew.

There wasn't much Beach, but that's okay! The logs were fun to play on too! And there were interesting smells, and other Dogs also!

And really, as long as there is enough space for me to RUN, I am happy!

Hurray for Beach Day!

My Stick! (by Ojo)

Hey everyone, I found a stick!

Bad for Cobi, but good for ME! (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! Ojo here!

Something bad happened. Cobi had an incident! Her paw made much blood, and this blood got on everything!

Because our person is Canine First Aid Certified (whatever that means), she thought she had the right to do this silly thing to Cobi's back paw! (Doesn't she know that owies need to be licked?)

But do not worry, Cobi will be okay! I sniffed out her injury myself and it will be fine in a few days.

But in the meantime, Cobi had to stay at home with her Food Puzzle Ball while I got to go to the Beach! All by myself, just me and my person!

This was amazing, because normally Cobi is very annoying at the Beach! When I try to chase a stick, she chases me! And pushes me! And tries to herd me! This is very annoying.

But today there was no Cobi! I got to chase and retrieve sticks in peace!

Hurray!

I do love Cobi, but it was way more with my me and my person!

More Beach play on my own soon, please!