Where is everybody?

Mom and I have walked north and south, and have seen very few of our friends. No more baseball games with the Tosa Staff, I haven't seen the huggy sisters in weeks, and only saw my Touchdown Trick friend once. I miss them. Luckily I saw some of my pup friends on Saturday and Sunday morning in the park, but now I hear that people don't know we're allowed to be off-leash in the morning and are complaining. *sigh* Mom said she sent a comment to the blog explaining the agreement. I hope it helps.

Do you ever feel like things have changed over-night? That's how I feel right now. I'm confused, and a little sad. Mom says it's the pending change of season and school starting soon. Why does that make people act differently? Why can't they come out and romp and play whenever we come by? That's what dogs do.

This is a lot to think about. I'm glad that I have mom. Whenever stuff confuses me I know I can count on her to give me a hug and a rub and a scratch, and we're both happy. I hope you have someone who can do the same for you. Take care cyber-friends.

MT

Catch up 2

My mom is sooooooo sorry that it's been so long since I've written, but she's been very busy. My grandpup and grandmum both celebrated birthdays, and my uncle came all the way from North Dakota, and we cooked and shopped and ate and talked and laughed and even cried a little, but it was a wonderful several days.

THEN she left me alone all weekend. Going off with friends SHE said. Abandoning ME said I. Sure my favorite neighbor came and stayed with me both nights. Yes, he fed me wonderful food, and yes, we went for long walks together, but STILL!!!

Well, she came back, and we're settling into a routine again. I even got to go to doggy day care today! All morning and all afternoon OUTSIDE, with a nice nap in between. It helped to erase last night's post-walk b-a-t-h experience. Harumph. She caught me in my swimming pool and there I had to stay until she soaped me up (okay, so the scrubbing did feel pretty good) and rinsed me off, then rinsed me off again. Something about not wanting to leave any soap in my fur. Duh! Then why did she soap me up in the first place? I was finally smelling good!

Hey, I think I forgot to tell you about the three handsome young men we met before things got so busy! Oh my goodness, they were tall, charming, and soooo goodlooking! They asked what kind of dog I was, and before the cat could lick her ear mom had me performing all my tricks right there on the corner for them! I must say, they were a most appreciative audience, so I did my very best for them. Then they asked if I would do tricks for someone else. She rightly replied that I did, but only sometimes! Well for these gents I was definitely up for it! They quickly learned that they had to take turns, and say my name so I knew who to look at. Whoa! I must have bowed, shook hands, toasted (our version of sit-up), Lambeau Leaped, and even my new rock and roll for hours until the treats ran out and our new friends strode away. I was sooo tired, but I felt sooo good too! I hope we see them again - or that they come and see me online.

Mom says she's given my card to lots more people. Here's hoping they'll say 'hi' when they come to visit me online! And now it's time to turn in. Happy dreams my friends!

FINALLY!

You'll never guess what FINALLY happened on our walk tonite!

Go ahead - guess!

Okay, I'll tell you. One of my friends saw us coming a half block away, and I heard her call out my name with great joy. (I LOVE it when they do that!) She was so happy to see me she did a cartwheel! A beautiful, graceful cartwheel! And she's just a young girl! And THEN guess what? It got even BETTER! Are you sitting down? SHE actually did tricks for ME!!!! For real and true! She did more cartwheels, the splits frontways and sideways, and something she called 'the bridge'. I'm going to call her GG from now on; GiGi if you prefer, for Graceful Gymnast.

I could not believe it. I just laid in the grass, and she did all of these tricks for mom and me. And THEN she came over and gave me a big hug! Wow. I can't wait to see what she learns to do next! What a great almost end to the day.

The nice little PS was that we walked down a block we don't visit often, and made two NEW friends. Lovely girls who thought I was way-cute. I thought they were too. The youngest was so funny - she kept running around me and then petting me just a bit, as though I might get upset with her or something. Of course I didn't. They were both really polite, and very nice. Their dad was great too. He came out of the backyard to see what they were up to, and said he was very pleased to meet me. (Well of course!) I didn't get to meet their mom, but those three were quite delightful enough.

My but I have some nice people to dream about tonite. Time to get to it......

Week in Review

Ahhhh, this is the way life should be. Walks in the morning. Walks in the evening. Good food. Good scritchy-scratchy sessions. Doggy day care. Mom and me in a good routine.

This morning I woke up and felt less stiff. In fact, I was able to jump up on mom's bed for the first time in months! Sometimes that's the only way to get her going on a Saturday morning. I know mom's been adding something to my food, cuz it takes her longer to make and there's extra good stuff in it these days. Whatever - I eat good and feel good!

When we run into people on our walks a lot of them complain that it's not hot enough. Silly people! It's great for me! And it's warm enough that mom doesn't take forever to get ready for our walks (in winter it is unbelievable how many things she puts on!). That's definitely warm enough for me. I really like not getting worn out by the heat in just a few blocks, so we walk a lot farther.

I had to laugh at mom this morning though. It's cloudy, and anyone can smell that it's going to rain, but after our walk she filled up her watering can from the rain barrel and watered the vegetables. Then the trees. Then the flowers. Then the raindrops started. HA! But I enjoyed laying on the grass watching her work and the people walking by. It's a nice way to start the day.

So enjoy the day, regardless of the weather. That's what I do!