Raining Cats and Dogs...

I've been watching out the window all morning with Minnie, and we can't see them...  I don't know what the bipeds are talking about!

Photo by parejka

Valley Forge: and only just recovering

I've been trying to get enough energy to update my blog since Sunday but that five mile loop I did at Valley Forge with the bipeds on Saturday really knocked the wind out of me. 

Here are some of the highlights:

• I got to go in the car - I love the car!  I would stay in the car all day, every day if they let me.
• Valley Forge is my most favorite park in the world - there is lots to see, smell and chase.
• The weather was absolutely glorious - I hope that doesn't come across as too gushy but it's been awhile since we had beautiful sunny days that aren't too hot and no humidity.
• We saw a "herd" of Jack Russell Terriers walking with their bipeds - there were lots of the little guys!  My bipeds wouldn't let me stop to say hi, we'll catch up next time guys...
• There were LOTS of other doggies out for the day and everyone had their tails wagging!

Well, better go back to sleep - I need to save my energy for my evening trot around the neighborhood.

Photograph by: zrim

Minnie: and the pet snake

One thing you probably don't know about me, is I'm almost totally deaf - the old age is creeping in... I say almost deaf because I can hear high pitched screeches which is exactly what woke me from my afternoon kip today.

Here I was dozing in my comfy bed, basking in the afternoon sun, dreaming of the wild turkeys I saw over the weekend when Minnie should appear making a low pitched growling noise (I'm imagining that part because I didn't really hear it, but that's what Minnie does when she catches wildlife).  The next thing I know, the girl biped is screaming at the top of her voice as Min presents her with her latest catch - a live snake...  I don't think I've seen the girl move so fast, I didn't even get a chance to have a sniff but at least I have the photos to prove it.

By the way, I'm sure that the girl is going to tell everyone it was a enormous deadly python but as you can see, it was just a little one.

Off to calm everyone down and do a perimeter search.

Arns

XO

Maryland: and a road trip for three

I have to be the luckiest doggie in the world.  I got to go on a road trip with the bipeds and we even stayed over!  The boy biped started a new job today, so we packed up the car on Friday and headed to a dog friendly inn on the eastern shore of Maryland.  

We went for a long walk along the shoreline before dinner. Despite all the talk about bad weather, it was a lovely warm sunny day.  I was really keen on having a swim but they said no :-(  I was also pretty excited about playing with the resident Poodle but the bipeds said my social skills aren't that good with other dogs - party poopers.

Here is the view from our room, isn't it beautiful:

I always try to make the most of a photo op - here I'm sitting on the "dog bed":

As we left the inn, look what we saw wandering around a field - gobble, gobble, gobble:
Gotta go, I need to catch up with my beauty sleep - road trips are tiring...

My Favorite Walk - what I see...

"Mr Brush, did we see your kids the other day?"

Have I ever mentioned - I love Summer! It is the most fantastic time of the year - not only do I get to sunbathe all day long but the bipeds take me for lots of long walks. I heard them murmuring about feeling bad because they've been spending so much time working on "the house" and not spending time with me. Me, well I am milking it for everything it's worth - if having to watch them paint for hours on end gets me more yummy treats and long walks, I say "Bring it on".

This leads me to my walk on Sunday. For some reason, the male biped had us all up and moving early on Sunday morning. Talking for myself, I could've done with a few extra ZZZs and the female biped - just don't talk to her before the first coffee!

So here were are, strolling down the street and in the distance we see some creatures playing on the road. As we get closer, we realized it was a family of six foxes - all of which looked like teenagers out having a bit of fun. I've never had the chance to meet up with these guys before so was I really keen on joining in but the bipeds didn't want to break up the party, so we turned around and headed back in the opposite direction.


This is not the first time we've met up with wildlife lately - Basil Brush has been a frequent visitor to our yard first thing in the morning, then there's Ricky the Raccoon who appears to be living in the yard behind us and a multitude of other species who distract me from my job as Security Analyst. I really need to do a better job of patrolling the perimeter!

Off to find someone to give me treats... Arns