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A New Adventure

An odd month

November was a strange month at our place. My human left me for the first time ever! Right before what would have been my first year anniversary of being her dog she had to go and have an operation. After a few days she came back and it didn't seem like it was like the operation I had because she didn't have to wear a cone on her head but she wasn't moving around much.

To be honest I kind of liked it. The cat and I spent many hours curled up on top of the human. She slept a lot and watched dvds in bed. She hardly ever left the house so this was all an improvement in my eyes. The only bad thing was she couldn't take me for walks. She claims she got a new knee but I have no idea what that is. Finally she started walking me again last week so things are improving.

The weather here has been awful though. The wind was so strong on the weekend I thought I might just blow away. I would only do my business if my human put a leash on me and came out into the yard with me which is still a bit tough for her to do but she limped around with me every few hours. I trained her well.

I am one

My human woke me up this morning by singing Happy Birthday to me. She added a few lines about what a great dog I am and how much she loves me. I am not sure what all this Happy Birthday business is about but all day long people were saying that to me.

She tells me I am no longer technically a puppy and she expects me to smarten up on some things. Of course she knows I am still going to be me and that nothing major is going to change. I think I have her trained pretty well though so I am not too worried about the years ahead.

I had an interesting summer holiday in August. We went to my human's parents place first. That was good and bad. The good bit was that I usually got an extra walk with my humans mother every day and I liked to lie on top of that person and have her hold my chewing bones. It was great as it doubled the amount of time I could have someone willing to do that every day. The bad part is my human kept going swimming in something called a lake without me.

I found out what swimming was the hard way a bit later when we went on to Alberta. We went to a cabin and went out in this thing that they call a boat. It is a bit like a car but it doesn't have wheels and goes over water. Up until now my experiences with water have been in small quantities so when my human stood up in the boat and dove into the water I thought I could just walk over to her the way I do in the shower. The water gave way under me and I was surrounded by it. Fortunately I found out I could do that swimming thing too. I was not a happy dog about it. My human said she gives me credit for my Lassie like rescue attempt despite it not working out so well and her not needing recuing.

Her brother also had bought a dog since we were last there. I would like to say I like my fur cousin but he is about 4 times heavier than me and much taller. He seemed to find it fun to put my head in his mouth. I was not too keen on his idea of play. I spent a lot of time scrambling for my human's lap.

Almost 9 months old

I am almost nine months old now. Life has settled in to a pretty predictable routine for the most part. My favourite part of the day is of course walk time. Several times a week we go up into the wooded park near here and there are nearly always other dogs there. My human lets me off the leash so I can explore better. I like that.

The weather is nicer now so I am also spending more time outside. I like to roll in the grass. Sometimes the cat and I will even settle down on the grass together in a nice bit of companionship but I inevitably blow it by trying to get her to play too much.