Giving Thanks

Because we are Canada-Dogs, today is Thanksgiving. Ojo, who was born an American-Dog, didn't know this (she thought the people had just decided to bring home a big Turkey). So we had a long chat last night over our turkey-stuffed bellies, and here is what we are thankful for...

Cobi: I am thankful for my Momma B, who helps me each day to remember that the world isn't as scary as sometimes it seems. I am thankful for the Sun that warms my fur, and for the many smells in Nature that tickle my nose. I am thankful for the little red dot that dances around at night (made by the thing called "laser pointer")! And I am very thankful for the extra-large Turkey my person brought home.

Ojo: I am thankful for all the people in my family. They are kind, and fun, and they play with me and pet me give me lots of love. I'm not sure how I found them, but before I did I lived outside on the streets, and then in a place called "pound"... This is so much better! I am thankful that I have lots of good food, and I am very thankful for my walks every day in Forest or at Beach. I am thankful for the birds and the bunnies and the squirrels that live in the bushes. I am thankful for my Ball and for my toys that go squeak. And I too am very thankful for the thing called Turkey, which we ate much of last night. Burp.

Happy Thanksgiving friends!

Waiting (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi! It's me, Ojo! The people say that I am a silly Dog, but there is one thing that I am very serious about.

Food.

Here I am waiting for Salmon. My littlest person is waiting with me.

Fortunately she does not like the Salmon. She got something called "desert" instead. I prefered the Salmon.

Please put away that silly camera thing and get more Salmon. Thank-you.

Walking with Ojo - my life is not fair

My friends, I don't think you realize how much my life has changed since this silly black Dog came to live with us.

One thing is that we almost never get to go to Beach anymore. This is because Ojo is "crazy monkey", which means that she climbs the "keep off the cliff face" cliff to chase birds (at Dallas Road Beach), or crazy-leaps up the walls that are as high as my person to run around in people's yards (at Willows Beach and Cadboro Bay Beach).

She does not listen to OjoCome very well yet when she is being a crazy monkey. So no beach for me, unless my person is having a day where she has a lot of the thing called "patience".

This is not fair.

Instead we have been doing many Walks in the Forest and climbing the mountain. Don't get me wrong - I love the Forest. And my person tries to make it interesting for me by taking different trails each day while she and the black one practise "OjoCome".

So at least I do get to go on nice Walks with my person. We hang out together and enjoy the scenery and smells. She gives me pets. I brush her leg as I trot past and give her my big smiles to tell her I am very happy to be here with her (even if we're not at Beach). Sometimes I have a little run. I do lots of sniffing.

I stay close to my person because that is what a Good Dog does.

But this is all we see of Ojo on our Walks.

Or this...

And lots of this... (Can you see her?)

I just stay close to my person and watch. Ojo is a too much of a crazy Dog for me.

Maybe one day we will get to go to Beach again... Sigh.

Wordless Wednesday 10/9/13 - ME! by Ojo

Fall, mountains and sun... and Ojo

Today we went for a Walk in the forest. But because Nature was making Sun, instead of all that rain, we climbed. We went high out of the forest and onto the rocks.

Here I am at the very top of the mountain. Aren't I majestic?

I like climbing. I like going high up, as high as we can go. I like sniffing the breeze. I like feeling the warm Sun on my fur.

There were leaves on the ground. There was damp earth full of smells. There were rocks to climb on, and breezes to smell.

However, unfortunately, there was also Ojo...

Stealing my sunshine. Drinking from my puddles. Lying down in my puddles. Pushing in front of me on the path. Running everywhere like a crazy-Dog.

Wet from the grass and bushes...

The people think she is "cute". Really??
Sigh...

At least, up top, I was the Queen-Dog, sniffing and surveying my kingdom below. Isn't the Fall sunshine wonderful?

Sweetness in my Yard! (Don't tell the people!) (by Ojo)

Guess what? My Yard is the BEST. Not only does it have squirrels and birds and rats, and grass to lie in and sticks to chew on... But it makes yummy sweet food now too!

Look at these things! What are they??

Berries, you say? Yummy, that's what they are!

But shhh, be quiet my friends. I am very stealthy. I pull them down and eat them fast, before the people can notice.

(Cobi, why are you looking at me like that?)

Come here, little red sweet things. The people will never notice you are missing...

So many berries for me to eat! But please, don't tell the people. They have no idea why they do not have any raspberries to eat this year. They think maybe it's the birds...

But it is not the birds. It is me, Ojo! Stealthy hunter-Dog. These red sweet things make a great snack!

I love my Yard!

Boring (by Ojo)

Hi hi hi. Ojo here to tell you that today has been BORING!

Outside Nature is making rain.

Inside the people are cooking. They are making yummy meat-smells in the room they call "kitchen". But they are not sharing. This is not fair.

Yes, okay, I did go running this morning. In the forest. (It was pawesome! With squirrels and birds!)

And yes, okay, I did practise the game called "Ojo Come". (It was pawesome! When I listened I got meat and cheese!)

But still. No hanging out in Yard. No chasing the ratties. No chewing sticks in grass in the sunshine.

This is not fair. I like the rain!

It is the people who do not like the rain. They do not like to go outside very much when it is wet. And they do not like me to go outside very much because then I make mud paintings in the house after. What is wrong with mud paintings?

So I will lie here and chew my Ball.

Tomorrow will be Sun again, I am sure of it. I have not lived here long, but my whole life has been about Sun and Hot and Warm. I'm sure Nature will be making those things again tomorrow. Right?

Wait - what?? This new place I call home has RAIN for many, many months????
It gets even COLDER? And even WETTER???

Sigh. At least I have my friend Ball...