Pawrents are so silly!

Momma brought me to a sniffy place again yesterday. She says it was the same one, but I don't believe her. They were all new sniffs! I couldn't sniff that I had ever been there before, so how could it be the same place? Momma says its just cause we used a different entrance, and explored a different part of the area, but doesn't that make it a different place?

The first silly thing that momma did was get all gushy over me after some people went by on machines - ATVs is what momma called them. When we heard them coming, we moved to the side of the trail, and she had me sit. As they went past, I didn't bark or lunge or even move at all. Momma thought that was extra special.

Then, further on in the woods, there was a shiny thing blowing around in the brush. Momma says it was a mylar balloon that was tangled in the brush. At first, I didn't want to walk past it, but I quickly got brave enough to go past because I wanted to keep exploring. But then, when I wanted to go home, momma made me go past it again. I really wanted to run in the other direction, but she said no, and kept walking. Eventually, I had no choice so I ran past it real fast. And momma kept calling me a silly beastie, but hey, it looked like it was from outer space!

Finally, I was pooped and ready to go home. So I led momma back to the car. She opened the door and said, "Hup," and I jumped right in. That must have been a REALLY good thing to do, because the treats and pats and scritches and praises started raining down from heaven. Momma better not think that I'm going to be like that all the time - I don't like the car, and that's that! But I do understand that sometimes - like when I'm ready to go home from the sniffy place - I have to ride in the car to get there.

Yup, pawrents are super silly!

I understand now

Yup. It all makes sense. My momma was abducted by aliens - that's why she is being so nice to me. (Not that the old one wasn't nice, she just didn't take me on such great walks or feed me such yummy food...)

Does anyone know how to get in touch with the aliens and let them know that I am very happy with this new momma so they needn't return the old one???? ;-)

What's gotten into momma?

I don't know what's gotten into momma lately. But I sure am loving it! In the past week, we've been to the sniffy place (she calls it a "Wildlife Management Area) 5 times. At least, I think it's five times. Once for every toe on my left front paw - including the little one way up high. I'm pretty sure momma said that was 5.

And when we go there, we walk around for a LLLLOOOOONNNNGGGG time! Momma pretty much lets me decide where to go - although she generally insists that we stay on a path :-(

Today, she even let me off my leash for a little bit. She was disappointed that I didn't go running into the field. (I don't know why - she wants me to stay on the path other times.) Instead, I stayed on the path in front of her - I just walked faster than she does.

Yup, something's gotten into momma alright. Hope it lasts!

Momma's favorite story

Momma loves to tell this story, because she says it shows how smart I am. I think she loves to tell it because it makes people laugh.

Momma and I were in the process of moving. One day, some people were going to be coming to the house when Momma wasn't home, so she decided to put me in the bathroom. When she got home, she discovered I had locked myself in the bathroom! And no, it wasn't one of those easy locks where all you have to do is push a button, I had to twist that little handle in the doorknob to pull it off.

Being the grownup human, Momma took the doorknob out of the door and let me out. Realizing that there might be more situations where she would need to leave me in the bathroom, she put it back with the locking mechanism on the outside, so I couldn't lock myself in.

The next morning, Momma went to take a shower. You can imagine her surprise when she went to leave the bathroom and discovered I locked her in! She says the first thing that went through her mind was, "How am I going to explain to my boss that I"m late because the dog locked me in the bathroom?" Luckily, she had left the screwdriver in the bathroom and was able to get out fairly quickly.

Needless to say, she was very pleased to discover that our new house has safety locks that can be opened with a coin or a screwdriver from the outside!