Spring walks are fun and videos in which I realize I need to socialize with humans more

Well, we're getting the warmest temperatures of spring so far, which means squishy poop and mud and water everywhere. The dogs love it, my floors and dog beds, not so much!

Pooh Bear, however is oblivious to, well... pretty much everything. Except the damned ball.

Where's the ball? I know you have the ball. I can smell it. I *just* saw it. You MUST have it, you always have it! Even when I'm not sure you have it and you try to convince me otherwise, you usually have it! Throw it please, it's my reason for livvvvving!!!!


I call this "Sunlight on Loki in Scungy Pond"


Just when I thought no dog was capable of being more oblivious than PB, enter... Woody! He has brought a whole NEW dynamic to the yard and our walks. PB used to freely run like a tasmanian devil, grab the ball and come back to me. No problems. Well, hello Woody. As this picture illustrates, he loves to mess up the fetch game. Oh, he doesn't want the ball or anything, in fact, nobody (even Woody) knows what he wants. He just flails around like a 3-month old puppy and annoys the hell out of PB (and all of us) when she's doing what she loves. More than one time she's almost ripped his head off for attempting to PLAY (GASP!!!) with her during fetch time. Has he learned anything from PB's tough love? Um, not even close.

Let's take a look at the goofball in action. And yes, I'm totally winding him up by screeching his name in a high-pitched voice repeatedly!

I call this the "Woody triple nose bomb" - at the end of the video, he does three quick nose bombs into the camera and was nice enough to leave his snot on the lens on the last one. Thanks buddy! He's so thoughtful.


Esther prefers to do her own thing. Like go in the cabin and sleep on the dog bed. But if I must force her to go for a walk... she will. Maybe.

This is what I get from the Pooh-Bear-Ball-Monster I've created when we go for walks. She is completely obsessed with the ball and will not venture 2ft away from me because she knows I have it.


What? You don't believe me that it's annoying? Watch this video and tell me what you think. Imagine trying to go for a nice, peaceful, QUIET walk with a few dogs and you are constantly tripping over this thing. If she doesn't get her way, her tactic is to 1)screech; 2) spin in circles 3) and bark. I have to try that sometime. Like when the bank refuses to give me some more money? Spin in circles and screech! They might just give in to shut me up like I do to PB!

I realize I have quite the short attention span as the horse poo easily distracts me at the end of the video. That or I'm easily entertained. What can I say, upon waking up this morning, I had a pillow fight with 2 of the dogs. I totally won. Sure, they may say "hey, we have no opposable thumbs, not fair!" to which I say that's no excuse. Suck it up princesses!!!


Ahhh, this is the life.