Coop-o-potomus

Over the weekend, mommy, daddy and I went on vacation. It was so much fun! I wish we could go on vacation every day!

On Saturday, mommy and daddy packed a lot of stuff into the car. I didn't know what was happening, they kept going up and down the stairs. It made me kind of crazy because I didn't know what was going on. Then they put me in the back of the car and we started driving. After we were driving for a couple of hours I saw a sign that said "Welcome to Ohio!" I got really scared because I thought mommy and daddy might be giving me back to the rescue! I got so scared that I threw up! Mommy promised me I wasn't going back and that we were going somewhere fun, but I was still nervous.

After a few hours we pulled down a long driveway to a big house in the middle of the woods. Mommy and daddy took me out of the car and walked me around the back of the house. Sitting outside were grandma and grandpa and Aunt Tori. With them were four other people and three other dogs and they all seemed to be very excited to see me. Turns out they were my people aunt and uncle and my dog cousin Sami and my uncle's parents and their two dogs, Kirin and Mika (I don't know how to spell Mika's name, so sorry if I spelled it wrong!). Sami is a little black lab and Kirin and Mika are yellow labs.

In the back yard, there was also a big water bowl in the ground. And I mean big. I kept trying to drink out of it, but the water tasted a little funny. Then I saw the other dogs actually get in the big water bowl! Mommy said it wasn't a water bowl, it was called a pool, and I was supposed to swim in it, not drink out of it.

Later in the day, mommy and daddy tried to get me to go into the pool, first by trying to lure me, then by carrying me in. I was a little scared because I don't know how to swim! But mommy and daddy held me the entire time I was in there so it wasn't so bad. Kirin and Mika just jumped right into the pool and swam and swam. I wonder how they learned to swim. I wished I could go swim like them, I just didn't know how!

Later that night we ate dinner which was lots of fun, because most of the people didn't know not to put their napkins in their laps, so I was able to steal a lot of napkins. My uncle's mom also gave all the dogs table scraps. I like her.

Then, when we went to bed, mom and dad tried to put me in a tiny crate. I went in like a good boy, but I had to curl up in a little ball. It was okay, but mom and dad didn't think it was comfortable for me in there so they let me out. Which meant I could sleep wherever I wanted to! So I jumped into bed with mom and dad and slept with them. That was fun! I could wake them up to play whenever I wanted to, but they didn't like that too much.

The next morning I woke mommy up and had her take me outside. Then after I ate my breakfast, I ran into my aunt and uncle's room and woke them up by jumping on them. I figured they wanted to be woken up because they left their door open. Mom took me outside so I wouldn't wake anyone else up, and tried to get me into the pool. I stepped down onto the first step, but was scared to go any further.

Later in the day mom and dad helped me get on a raft in the pool. That was fun! I floated around by myself for a while, then I swam to the edge. Mom and dad started calling me "Coop-o-potomus" because I liked to float around, just like a hippopotomus!

I had so much fun playing and playing all day, by the early evening I was soooo tired that I just fell asleep. I woke up in time to chase the cat. I just wanted to play with him, but he kept running away from me. I don't think he knew that I like cats. I slept very well that night too, in bed, right between mommy and daddy.

The next day, Sami and I chased the cat, then took a long walk around the neighborhood. Then it was time to come back home. I got sick again on the way home. So I guess it wasn't because I was scared of going back to Ohio. Mom says I must just get car sick. I hope that doesn't mean I can't go on vacation anymore because that would make me sad.

Overall, besides the throwing up, vacation was FUN!

Vacation

Everyone is back from vacation! Hooray! Mommy and daddy went to California for the weekend, and mommy had to stay there for the rest of the week for work. So, I went to visit grandma and grandpa and Aunt Tori for a day. Then Aunt Tori and I went to camp for the weekend. Camp was fun! I went swimming in the pool. Actually, I ran in circles around the pool and got in for a little bit. I got a bath and had a pedicure too. I made a lot of new friends at camp -- dog and people friends. I didn't see much of Aunt Tori because she didn't want to play all the time like I did. All the workers at camp said how good I was and how much fun I was. They wrote on my report card that they want me to come back soon!

Grandma picked Aunt Tori and me up from camp and took us back to their house. Aunt Tori kept stealing my bones. I wouldn't steal them back, because I'm a little scared of Aunt Tori other dogs. I like to play with them, but I won't take anything from them. That would be rude.

On Monday, daddy came to grandma's and picked me up. We spent the week as bachelors. Which was fun, but not as much fun as it sounds. Daddy still had to go to work during the day. Mommy came home on Friday morning. She played with me all day when she wasn't working on the computer.

While I had fun at camp and at grandma and grandpa's, I missed mom and dad. I sure am glad everyone is home!

This weekend we had so much fun. Mommy and daddy even stayed home with me on Monday. I thought it was because wanted to spend an extra day at home be since I was so good. But mom said they were home because it was Memorial Day. I don't know what that is, but if it means more play time, I like it.

So over the weekend, I helped daddy with the yard work. I helped him pull out weeds. He said I was pulling out the flowers, not the weeds. I think he was mistaken. They looked like weeds to me! Besides, I was just trying to help!

On Monday we all went to Hartwood Acres. The park was so much fun! We started off walking on a path, then off to the side I heard water running. There was a creek and I was allowed to swim in it! I splashed around for a while. I wish mom and dad would have let me off my leash so I really could swim, but mom says that's how doggies lose their parents. And I don't want to lose my parents!

After I was done swimming, we went up the hill to a big fenced in area where doggies like me were allowed to run free! And there were other doggies there too! Dad said it was the dog park. Daddy tried to get me to chase a frisbee but I was more interested in playing with the other dogs and their owners. There was a boxer puppy and a german shepherd who were fun to play with. The german shepherd was there with his dad and people-sister. His people-sister was very nice. She kept petting me and saying how soft I was. I wanted her to come home with us.

After we spent a long time at the dog park, I got really tired, so we came home. Mom said she was very proud of me for being so good at the park. I'm really beginning to be very well behaved! At least in public!

I love garbage day!

Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I went on vacation to grandma's and to camp, neither would let me use the internet! I'll write more about my vacation later. Mom is away on business and I don't want to tell you about my vacation before I tell her about it.


I just wanted to stop in to say how much I love garbage day. It smells so good! And the night before garbage day everyone puts their garbage out at the curb and I have so many good things to sniff that I can't focus on my walk. It makes mom and dad mad, but it's so fun for me! I do my best imitation of a bloodhound and keep my nose to the ground. I like to pretend I'm looking for clues to solve a mystery...mom and dad don't understand and they usually try to make me stop sniffing.


I also love garbage day because when dad takes out the garbage, he takes the garbage can out of the cabinet. Sometimes I go into the cabinet and find something that missed the garbage can that I can steal. I steal it and make mom chase me around the house. It's fun! Mom says one day she's going to shut me in the cabinet. I don't think she'd really do that, do you?