Camping

Going camping is like going to the park only full blast. Friday I went camping and watched my humans set up our den and make a fire and eat. I roamed all around and secured the area first. I smelled everything and looked over the cliff to make sure everything was all right. It was really fun. I got to eat some cheese and some sticks that had marshmallow residue on it. When it was really dark, we went into our den and slept. It's really fun because I get to sleep on their feet and I look out the windows to make sure everything is in good order. When I hear something that doesn't fit, I first give a low growl and then a bark. I slept really late because I was keeping watch in the night. We got up and it started raining so we went back inside. There was all kinds of loud noises crashing and lights flashing and I am not ashamed to say I was frightened. I couldn't understand why my humans weren't frightened. It's not something you want to be stuck in the middle. When the rain finally stopped we went outside and I got to look around some more and sniff. There were a few large trucks that came through our territory, so I barked and chased them away. There were people in the water below the cliff and I told them that they were not safe and should get back in the boat and back on the land, but they didn't listen to me. My humans didn't understand either. Some more people came later. I really like them because they have a small human that plays with me. She eats stuff and then lets me sniff and lick her hands. It's pretty cool. She tries to feed me her cookies and crackers and really anything she can find. I know what things I shouldn't eat so I don't eat them. She may think they are good, but I'm not eating rocks and flowers. Well, I did eat some flowers, but they made me sneeze really really bad. I sneezed several times and my whole body shaked and my mouth and nose twitched up on one side. I decided not to eat them anymore. She likes to take my leash and walk around with me. I don't run or pull really hard with her. I know she's really small. We went to the water on the other side of the cove. It was a harrowing experience for me. I didn't understand why the humans wouldn't stay out of the water. Just in the shallowest parts are okay, but going far out where your belly is way beneath the water isn't right. My male human kept jumping off the cliff and swimming really far out and trying to get me to go really deep. He just wouldn't understand. I was whining and barking and pleading with him to stay. I had to take drastic measures finally. I took hold of his finger and dragged him in to shore. When he tried to jump off the cliff, I tried to get his sandles and one time I took his wrist but he got rather angry with me. More people came and they did the same thing. I did get to ride in a boat and that was fun. It was okay if they were in the boat. They weren't deep in the water. My humans took me for a boat ride and that was fun. They had to paddle around and the boat would rock whenever I ran from one side to the other. It was really cool. I finally gave up on the people, the best I could anyway, and tried to save the sponges they were floating on. No reason to endanger them. Then one human was climbing up the cliff and tried to get close to him, but he was too far out. He calls me beast and loves on me. Eventually, my humans and I left and we went for a car ride. I ate some deer poop. It was really smelly. I got to run around and play some more and sniff and explore. Then it was night time and we went to sleep. As soon as we went into our den another big storm started. It was really scary. I tried to be brave and stayed down at my humans feet until they invited me up. Then later I sat on my female human's head. She didn't really like it because she moved immediately. They tried to keep me calm and relax with me but it is hard when the walls are moving everywhere and you have to talk really loud to be heard. Eventually it stopped and I was so glad because I didn't know how much more I could take. I went to sleep for a while and then it was morning. We went on a long walk and it was lots of fun. I didn't have to be on my leash so I could run around and check out behind all the bushes and in the trees. Then we had lunch and I ate some nibbles of food. After lunch we packed up and went home and I slept the whole entire way. It was such a great weekend. I had lots of fun with all my friends. Next time I hope there are no storms and no playing in deep water.

PLAY!!!!

I have been super busy! Friday I got to go see other dogs and play all day! It was so much fun. We wrestled and ran and sniffed things and dug holes! Super fun! My humans picked me up and there were lots of people at my house. I would have played with them a lot more but because I had played all day I took a nap. They took my lead and napped also. Then they all left. I got the house to myself, which is always awesome. I get to go in and out of my special door and keep all of the animals away. Saturday some other doggies came over. Lots of people came over but my humans kept putting me on a leash and then putting me in my crate. By the end of the night, I was really tired of being in my crate. I got to play play play. I had so much fun. I would have enjoyed playing with the other dogs some more, but we just couldn't get along. So I played a lot with the humans and their little humans. They are the really cool ones. They like to pet me and I have so much fun. Sunday we got up and went to the PARK! That was really awesome. I got to run around without the leash and I played in the water and chased other dogs and had lots of fun. My humans were eating some really sweet smelling plant and then broke off the flowers for me to eat. It was really good. I had to play and run though so I left the flower eating to them. It was super busy. We all took naps afterwards and then my humans left for a while, but came back and we all rested again. Yesterday I had the day pretty much to myself. My male human came home and took me for a walk which is always really cool. They left me in the evening and I got bored so I got into the trash. I did find an interesting piece of styrofoam that had some meat on it and a cheese wrapper. I had lots of fun licking those. But it wasn't nearly as fun as it use to be. I didn't take the trash all over the house. I've got a bone that I've been working on, so I have been really concentrating on that. Today I got to play with lots of dogs again. I have so much fun when I go play. I can barely stay awake long enough dinner. Tomorrow I will rest. I have been so busy.

People are weird

Man, people are really weird. So tonight, I dug up my bone that I keep in my secret hiding spot. I brought it inside, and man, my human, the female one, was all weird. Telling me how good I was that I brought in my other bone. (I have two stashed out in the yard.) I just brought it in to admire it. No big deal, really. Then I took it outside. She was all harrassing me about how I brought it in and where did I bury it. And she says "bury" strange. I mean like bur-rey. Most people it sounds like berry. Whatever. People are weird. I got to play with a dog today. I took my humans on a walk and we went to some weird place I can't go inside, but there are all these weird wheeled things that everyone pushes around. So the male human went inside and the female stayed outside with me. She wouldn't let me inside the place. It was cool. I had a lot to sniff and taste so whatever the male human was doing couldn't have been that interesting. On the walk back to my castle, we saw this other dog. She was really cool, but my humans wanted to go home. But I got to play for a little bit. The other dog's human came outside and was asking if everything was alright. I guess she never saw two dogs play before. Some strange guy came today and took away all the wood that was in the backyard. I had lots of fun things to chase inside it before it went out on the big white slab. Some long, skinny, kinda wet things and then something that had some legs and a long tail (like me!) except it was really small and slimy. They were fun to play with but they like hide and go seek. I took my bone inside tonight and I'll keep my humans up eating on it. That's the best because the female just tells me to got to sleep but the male gets frustrated and will take it away. It's my own game that I see how long I can play with things really loud and obnoxiously.

Stranger!

Yesterday morning, I smelled a strange person coming close to the house. So I barked and barked and my human told me to go outside and check it out. Like I wasn't going to already. The stranger left the gate open and so I ran outside. My human saw the gate was open also. I could hear her saying all kinds of strange words as she came after me. I met a nice person that I kept jumping on but he was kind of afraid of me I think. He held his hands up a little like I was going to eat them. My human made me go inside and she closed off my special door! So I had to let that man know what was up since I couldn't come out and play. Why else would he have come?

Sleeping...

This is my routine. Wake up and take my human for a walk while it's still dark. Watch him do some weird routine of taking some strange objects from a box, that I am not allowed to lick and then put those objects into some other strange containers way up high. Then I go up stairs where my other human is still sleeping and I take my early morning nap. Eventually she gets up and my other human leaves for some place. After she gets into the water, which is just a really silly time. Why do the humans do that every day? I, personally, don't like water unless we're at the PARK! I love the park. Parks are lots of fun. I wonder if I'll go to the park today.