Dora's blog

We went for a walk to the dog park to discover a small and confused poodle/Maltese mix wondering by itself. He was all alone, slightly dirty and stinky but a diamond in the rough. It took me some time to bring owners attention to this injustice and make them realize that he should be taken home, fed, and given some rest. That was a week ago. Now Riley is happy, clean, well fed, manicured playmate for me. He doesn't know the rules of the house yet, but I'm giving him lessons whenever he steps over the boundaries.

Rules are very simple and fair:
- All treats belong to me. Even if they are given to both of us, but you are not fast enough to finish yours up - it becomes my property.
- All hidden treats are mine. If you take it - I will take it back (especially if has been marinated in the garden with some worms for a week).
- I get dibs on the pad for the night. You can have the other one
- I can nip and bite you if you don't behave, but don't bite me back as I don't like it and will stay away from you.
- If you don't finish up your food and the owners are not watching - it is mine. If you are eating and they are not watching - it is soooo mine and not yours!

That about sums it up.

Oh well, time for a nap....

What a great weekend...... On Saturday I came back home to Poway from vacation in La Mesa. I tried to keep it low-key, but some paparazzi spotted me and shortly after people started showing up, trying to hug and squeeze me. To show me their appreciation they started BBQ-ing all kinds of delicacies, which of course I couldn't mind. I tried really hard to behave like a lady - be cute, smile a lot, show of my clean coat and make human females jealous of all the attention that I was getting.

Amid all of the festivities and my evening nap someone started exploding all kinds of colorful stars in the sky! I didn't approve of any such activity ahead of time, so I've barked at the stars until they stopped exploding and making all that noise. It was getting late and the humans had to go, so I could get some quiet sleep on a couch.

Sunday was also very good. Taking two of my humans to the beach so they could get some sun (they are so pale compared to me), play in the sand, smell the ocean and dig in the sand. But they didn't appreciate the effort and just sat there looking dazed and confused. Because they are so lazy, I had to run and play with other dogs while they watched me. Surf was up so I've cought a few waves and had good time. Humans on the other hand didn't even touch the water. In fact they had other humans in red outfits who sat in these towers on the beach and looked around to make sure people didn't go into the water.

After the beach I just had to get some rest in the sun so we went back to my place. I let my owners get into the pool, but of course I had to run around and make sure they were "OK". All work and no rest. When they calmed down I've found a good spot on the towel on top of chaise so I could nap some more.

These summer days is what I love the most...

So here I am - sleeping on my new pad. Since I really like to create trouble during the night (leave wet spots on carpet, wake up owners, go outside and dig some holes for no reason) I usually catch up on my sleep during the day. My new pad is actually my new friend "Dachspard" (Dachshund+Lepard). We snuggle up to each other and go to rest. Sometimes Dachspard is misbehaving so I have to remind it who is the boss. At first I'll bite him on the nose and then on the ears!