It's Been Awhile

Wow! I haven't posted on my blog in ages! I haven't had that much to post about, but I think that's okay. I'm just a little doggy, and I don't have a very exciting life, but I always have something to be thankful for, so perhaps I should just write about that!

I know for sure what I have to be thankful for today! My human, Channy, took me on a two hour walk today! Wow! It was such a wonderful sunny day! We've been having some nice warm spring weather here in southern British Columbia, and we definitely took advantage of it today! We walked for about half an hour from home to a lovely pond. There were very few ducks in the pond today, but we paused to take a bit of a rest on a park bench. Channy munched on a chocolate chip cookie while we rested. (Don't worry, I didn't beg for any!) A duck couple swam over to see what Channy was munching, but she didn't share any with them either, since cookies are not good for ducks.

After our rest, we walked (while Channy munched another cookie) for another hour to a little footbridge and back, where we found most of the ducks! Channy guesses the noise from the construction going on near the pond stressed them out, so they swam up the stream to take a breather. I'm not so sure if she's right. The highway that runs along the path and steam stresses me out!

We took another rest at the pond, and Channy picked me up to give me some snuggles on her lap. Then we walked to the local dog park, where I met a big Rottweiler! Channy was absolutely besotted with him, but I wasn't so sure. But I tried to be polite and let him smell and even lick my bum. I'm very anxious about my behind, so this was a big deal for me!

After all that, Channy and I came back home. I made sure to bark very loudly at my beagle neighbour before coming inside and begging Daddy for a banana.

No pictures today, but maybe next time.

FABULOUS

This post is merely to inform you that I have a fabulous new haircut. However, the only photograph I have so far was taken with the little point-and-shoot instead of Daddy's fancy dSLR. Hopefully Chanelle will remember to update my blog more often! Toodles!

Wordless Wednesday

Food!

Food, food, I love food! I love all kinds of food!

 Lettuce is one of my very favourite foods to snack on. It's yummy, and it's also very low in fat and good for my tummy!

 I also love getting raw goat bones.

 Whenever Daddy cooks goat meat, he gives me all the bones. The raw bones don't splinter, and I can chew them for a long time. They taste so good!!

 Sometimes I like stealing lunches.

 Once I stole a piece of bread while Chanelle had her back turned to get something to put in her sandwich.

 Chanelle says that, one day, she'll buy me a special bowl to put my food in. I have one already, but it isn't very pretty. These are a few we saw at our local pet store.

Don't you think this one suits me?

Wordless Wednesday

Awesome Dogs Have Awesome Friends

 

This is my friend, Shadeye. She came over to my house to visit me a few months ago. We had a lot of fun!!

  

Shadeye and I are both awesome and really cool, so we high fived a lot.

Then Shadeye asked me if she could see my favourite trick, "Bang!"

She said "BANG!" really loudly, and then I played dead. She thought that was really cool.

After that, we did a cool dance, and then we ran around. I had a really cool, fun time with Shadeye.

A Grand Return and Two New Tricks!

Here I am again! It's me, Cookie! Did you miss me? You probably didn't. Perhaps you've never read my blog before, or you just forgot about me? Well, my name is Cookie Monster and I'm an awesome dog. I used to blog a while ago, and I've decided that it's high time I do it again!

Today, Chanelle and I did some training and I started learning two new tricks! The first one is called "poke", and the second one is called "touch". "Poke" involves me touching an object with my nose, and "touch" involves me doing the same with a paw. The inspiration for these tricks came from my love of hunting down and finding things. Once, Chanelle and Mommy jokingly encouraged me to track down a bee that had gotten into the house. I had never been trained to track, but when they said "Find the bee!" I began to run around the house sniffing and looking for what they wanted me to find. Nobody knows why I do this. I'm a multi-poo after all, not a beagle! Chanelle hopes that I can be trained to find a specific object in a pile of objects. She says she would love it if I had a "job" like some other dogs do. Maybe finding things will be my "job"!

Here's a short video of me demonstrating my limited knowledge on my new tricks. I didn't have the best level of concentration though. Right before the video, I knocked a cart over and it almost landed on me! I was -- and still am -- frightened by this occurrence. Chanelle thought my reaction was hilarious. I, however, did not.