Monday, December 5, 2005
The weather was gorgeous on Sunday and Benjamin and Henry spent much of their morning romping around the yard and rolling in the grass. They had brought a few of their favorite toys into the yard and we played a nice game of chase and tug with one their favorite toys the ducky.
They also had some fun chewing and scratching on some frisbees that we got at a K9 Frisbee show a few months back. Neither one will fetch the frisbee. They find it very hard to pick up and carry. However, they do like to chew on it.
Friday, November 11, 2005
After a couple hours at the dog park we had two tired pugs on our hands. They slept the entire trip home and never stirred once. Which is highly unusual for Henry because he usually gets very excited whenever he hears the the car blinker.
All in all everyone had a great trip!
Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Once we arrived at the dog park the boys were ready to romp. Our first stop was the small dog area. Once through the gate the boys quickly greeted their fellow dog park goers and then had fun playing in the sand and running around the small pond.
After spending some time in the small dog area, we went to the fenced trails section. This is one of the boys’ favorite areas. They love to run the trails hopping over fallen branches and running through the brush. Here is an action shot of the boys. Ben is leading the way and Henry is just getting ready to hop over a branch.
After walking the trails we headed back to the small dog area. The boys were still full of energy and were running around the pond when a very young Boxer puppy arrived. The Boxer was adorable, but it was very young and it still wasn’t quite sure how to interact with the smaller dogs. As soon as the Boxer entered the small dog area it set its sites on an unsuspecting Papillon. Within one minute of being in the park, the Boxer had pounced on the Papillon and the Pap was shrieking for help. The Boxer not picking up on the Pap’s cues had to be pulled off of the small Papillon.
The Boxer’s owners tried to calm the boxer down and moved her away from the Papillon. The Boxer then headed right for Henry. I wasn’t too worried when the boxer headed our way. The boys are fairly rough and tumble and I would consider Henry a very rough player. He usually seeks out the biggest dog at the park and tries to play with him.
So as soon as the Boxer came over to the boys she jumps right on top of Henry. Well Henry didn’t take to well to this and he wiggled his way out from underneath the Boxer and gave the Boxer a run for her money. After a few brief seconds, we called Henry off to settle him down and to give the Boxer a chance to regroup. Poor, Boxer, all she wanted to do was play, but she was just way too rough for the small dogs.
To help ease the tension, we headed back to the trails to give the Boxer some more time to get acquainted with the other dogs. When we came back to the small dog area, the Boxer was no longer there. Surprisingly, the boys still had some energy left and they decided to run around, up and down a huge sand pile. Here they are perched at the top enjoying the view and acting like they own the place.
Monday, November 7, 2005
On Sunday, the weather was fantastic. It wasn’t too hot or humid so we thought it would be a great day to spend at Dogwood Park. Dogwood park is an enormous dog park with all kinds of fun stuff for dogs. The only problem is that it is 89 miles away from our house. So, needless to say, we don’t get there very often, but when we do we have a blast.
Luckily, the boys do very well in the car and enjoy going for car rides. They seem to like the rides much more now that they have their doggie seat belts and are allowed to ride in the back seat. Before they rode in the very back part of our SUV in a crate so they would be safe.
Even though they like to ride in the car, they knew they were going to the park and the anticipation was keeping them from resting like they normally do in the car. For the entire ride Henry sat on the floor in the back with his head on the armrest asking, “Are we there yet?”
Friday, July 8, 2005
Henry has really been enjoying swimming lately - I would even say that he is enjoying it a bit too much. He is completely confident in his swimming abilities (over confident in my opinion), so he has moved on to other more difficult water related activities. His latest is jumping in the pool. He loves to belly flop into the pool swim to the other end, climb out of the pool and then jump back in.
His other new favorite activity is going underwater! I have no idea why he likes to do this, but while floating on his raft he will just stick his whole head underwater. I think it first started because he was trying bite and fetch the logo that is silkscreened onto his raft (you know he has a fascination with fetching everything in the water). Ever since then, it seems like he enjoys sticking his head under the water.
I don’t really think that him going under the water is that good of an idea. I fuss at him whenever he does it, but I don’t really think I have gotten my point across to him yet. And I guess if it scared him or if it hurt, he wouldn’t do it so much!
Regardless, it is safe to say that Henry is definitely an odd bird!
(Oh, and incase you can’t tell that orange blob in the picture is Henry in his lifevest completely under the water)
Monday, May 30, 2005
This weekend I took a much needed break from work and enjoyed a 4-day, mini vacation. On Sunday, we went to the doggie beach with the boys’ life vests and boogie boards in tow. Since it was Memorial Day Weekend the beach was pretty crowded, but the water was warm and there were plenty of dogs in the water swimming. It was hot, so the boys were very anxious to go for a swim.
The boys splashed around a bit in the area near the shore and then they hopped on their boogie boards so that we could go out a bit further in the water. We got out in the water a little bit above my waist and the boys were having a great time just floating on their boogie boards and going up and down with the waves. At this point, I was really wishing that I had a waterproof camera so that I could get a picture of the boys just relaxing in their life vests on their boards, but I was happy just being out in the water with the boys.
The boys were doing great just floating until Henry caught a glimpse of one of the buoys that was used to mark the swimming lane in the ocean. The buoy was bright orange in color and about the size of a soccer ball. It was a very thick plastic and it was tethered to the bottom of the ocean with a cord. When Henry first spotted the buoy he was about 30 yards away from it. I saw that Henry was fixated on the buoy and knowing Henry I knew exactly what he wanted to do. See, Henry has this thing about fetching in the water. Whenever he is in the pool it is his mission to pull everything out. He pulls all of his water toys out and puts them on the deck. He fetches the pool noodles and brings them out of the pool and he even tries to grab hold of the rafts and pull them out of the water as well. In his mind, he is saving them.
So when I saw him pacing on his board I knew he was about to dive into the water. Sure enough he did and he was headed straight for the buoy (don’t worry he was on his leash and I was swimming with him). After a long swim (for him anyway) we were at the buoy and he was trying to bite it and push it back to shore. I was trying to let him know that the buoy was not a toy and that he could not fetch it, but he wasn’t buying it. I brought him back closer to the shore a bit, but he was still fixated on the buoy and saving it. I was so proud of him for being so brave and swimming so far in the ocean and he was so proud of himself too. While he wasn’t happy about leaving the buoy behind, I managed to convince him that the buoy needed to stay in the water.
When we got back to our spot on the beach I got the camera out to take a picture of the orange buoy, but wouldn’t you know that I didn’t put the battery back in the camera after it was finished charging! I was really kicking myself, but at that point there was really nothing I could do!
So instead of pictures of the boys swimming at the beach, I had to settle for posting pictures of Henry swimming in the pool today.
Monday, May 23, 2005
Sunday was the pug meetup at Dog Wood park and it was absolutely fabulous! The event was from 2pm-4pm and during that time the boys must have met 30 or more puggies (unfortunately, all the pugs weren’t there at the same time, but they trickled in and out during the two hour event). The boys had a blast and even though it was pretty hot and humid, there was a small pond to cool off the pugs. This guy really knew how to keep cool.
After the boys had some fun splashing in the pond, we took a walk on some of the fenced in trails. Benjamin and Henry really love running back and forth on the trails. Here is an action shot of the boys, Benjamin is in the lead (because Henry let’s him think he is faster)
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