Chestnuts and vines

Grapepicking on the second vineyard

Time has come where all the nature fruits of the fall begin to ripe, including late grape sorts like Rizling.
So off we went to the vineyards by car to help, picking the drygrapes out and eating the ones on the floor...us doggies that is, humans were busy working as usual hihi.
The whole bunch of us met up there again, Lyra, Tara, Emma, Spot and me were playing, chasing and ofcourse getting as dirty as possible. It shows that the winter is getting closer, the temperatures were very low today, cold brrrr, but with a little sun it heated up nicely and yesterdays rain dissapeared and left just enough mud for me to enjoy it like a little piglet hihi.
It's nice and very cozy, and an abundance of food, with people very willing to give it to us beggers around the table. Not a habbit dog owners like, but it's a special occasion so we are tolerated hihi.
Klemen, Magnus and Maja decided to gather some chestnuts from the forest, which they eat roasted or cooked, me, I am more of a meat eating dog, but I helped gather. Emma, Lyra and Tara stayed bit away from us, since they dont like the poking feeling of their pads...pff such girly girls hehe. Me, I had no problem running up and down those spikey shells, with my fur I even carried some.

Leaves are staring to change color

We picked the smallest terrase to play on, ofcourse

I might have dug a hole or two

Hole digging? Noo waayyyy

I don't understand why one would eat this and not meat

Please no kisses, my picture is being taken!

Wait with love, lemme pose pretty!

Fine, you kiss me, I'll look cute in front of you then!

Tara the guard dog hihi, avoiding getting her paws hurt

Emma finding a spot where there is no chestnut seeds

Looking pretty in the sunrays

Dirty, fed, sitting on a chair getting an ear rub...What a life!

I am aware I'm uber spoiled, yet disciplined well, very nicely groomed yet always manage to get dirty, but one does have to admit, I look best in the fall season, so many colors matching my fur. I would ask if it's noticable my fur has been plucked and groomed, but I am aware, that being sooo dirty one cannot even notice the color of my natural feet fur hihi. My owners joke I often look like Bajadera chocolade haha:

Very exciting day, but now, I am laying on the bed on my back, feet up in the air, oh yes all four of them, sleeping like there is no tomorrow, toooo muuuchhh food and play hehe.

Sunny afternoon

Happy digging dog

Since we are all quite tired from the stress with Liza and painting the doors in the house we decided to have a nice walk and as little of work as possible, we hiked up to the vineyards for lunch, since Liza was great and all the worries are now gone. As for as little or no work, we ofcourse couldn't control ourselfs, we helped out with the tree cutting, chasing dogs, forest exploring and enjoying a very sunny afternoon, where the temperature is 25 degress in the sun. I have helped digging around an old tree, which the deer ate the crust of and it died, so the humans decided to dig it out to make room for new trees, boy oh boy was that fun, getting dirty and being helpful at the same time is wonderful.

Tara watching Mags cut branches

Me trying to see what he is doing up there

Emma completely exhausted from playing with me

A very refreshing day, lots of fresh air and nature, just what we needed. On the way home we gathered some pinecones for Maja's plants in case the cats decide to pee on the pots, being soft soil and all, but I keep stealing them and carrying them around the house hihi. When we got home Liza and Ed were happy to see us come back and soon it was time for her antibiotic, she wasn't really happy about it this time, so I defended her by making sounds and trying to protect her, my owners thought it was adorable, she is eating those pills like a champ tho, no fuss, a bit of resistance but she eats the pill in a few seconds and the work is done. Her scar is barely showing and it's been only two days, looks like a little red belly button and ever since yesterday morning, she has been as if nothing happened at all, well... apart from eating everything she sees, she is becoming like me hihi. It's almost time for her next pill so I will be going to nap a little more before that, but today is my first april's fools day, 16 more days and it's my birthsday yay.

Dirty paws = washing, boo hihi, worth it tho!

Trimming and swimming

Taking a dip

Remember how I said I am on a new mission, which is getting as dirty as I can after a nice bath...well it has happened, I have been washed. Yuck, the smell is so clean and so undoggy, so I had to find a way to completely get rid of it hihi. Everytime we walk to the vineyards, we pass a little river, which is tiny but has sand shores, which ofcourse get into my fur and I am nice and dirty for a long time hihi. That is untill we get home and into a bath. The weather has been really warm, around 20 degrees celsium during the day, very sunny and great for swimming, so I try and take a dip everytime.

Dirty, wet and looking intellegent, oh yes that would be me hihi

My owners decided it's been enough of semi afghan hound look - my fur was so silky and long and completely cottony, great and soft, but it's time for me to get more into a cocker fur now, so we started to trim my back. Trimming is funny, since I am  a boy I ofcourse hate washing, combing, clean in general hihi, but trimming puts me in such amazing sleep, it's so relaxing and massaging, I just doze of a little. The trimmer is such a cute, funky, weird item in my daily routine. Slowely it removes milimeters of my old puppy fur making my fur look fresh and new. As a cocker I am supposed to have 1/3 back fur shortened to give me a proper look, but since shaving isn't the best option proper breeders say, we went with the best option of trimming.

the trimming comb, somewhat like mine

Past few days we have been really busy, we helped with planting fruit trees, I helped with digging and making a mess, while the tiny baby trees were being put into the ground with fertilizer, cow poop, which is by the way very yummy but ofcourse forbidden for me, no fun! Hihi. I did however manage to steal some for my fresh breath and extra fun. Tara and Emma were so tired when we left they didn't even get up to say bye bye, they just slept poor girls, I am an energy machine, draining the poor girls with running and playing. When we take the road there we always meet my friends, Pika and Vas, a red cocker girl, really pretty and Vas looks like Emma, golden retriver boy and we sniff and cry to play, but today I just didn't have the time to stop much for them, I just pulled my owners to get to my two girls as soon as possible, and ofcourse the chewy bones and cookies I just know we are getting as we reach the weekend house hihi. Funny day today, tiring, but after a short nap I am ready to go and play football with my owners again, they don't seem to excited tho, but Magnus did teach me how to play with my feet and not teeth, fun! Back to sleep, hopefully soon we can post a dry picture of me, but I will make damn hard for that not to be possible hihihi.

11 Months Old Today...

...one more month to go and I will be a grown dog, well, only by size, but I have been too huge for months now hihi. Yesterday Maja and her parents went shopping for some more painitng material and flowers, so we can have a pretty blooming house in the summer, but most of all we have also painted the doors in the hallway. I use the term we since I pressed my tail againt the wet door and got scared of the sticky thing! How mean it is for pulling my silky tail fur. I also got new food, this time as the vet said they got me some uber tasty grown up food, oh yeah! And since Magnus is norwegian they chose salmon flavour, yay me, I have been enjoying the dry delicacy ever since. However they did buy me a new shampoo, yuck, more cleaningness for me, it smells like bubblegum, which means that after a wash I will need to work extra hard finding some very stinky stuff to rub myself againt outside to get a good filthy dog smell back, they do keep me busy with this new missions hihi.

On sunday we were at the weekend house and one of the neighbours dogs came for a visit, on his own, he is an old male, about 16 years, shepard mix, who jumps fences and is very vital. The weird part is, not only did we hit it right off, playing and running, I think he had quite a man crush on me, I know I am beautiful but I am still a boy! He ended up following us, walking by our side till we almost came to town, so we had to head back and walk him home. Clearly he had no intentions of going home by himself. So we walked up, again, and then decided to take the longer path home, around and under the city castle, which is about half a kilometer away from where the weekend house and vineyards are. Oh yes, I forgot to mention, me being me, I managed to get so unbelivably dirty, I wasn't recognisable, my fur was muddy, wet and sticky, I looked like a ...brown washed puddle hehe.  I am quite tiny if u wet my fur, my legs are so itsy bitsy hihi. We continued the path down from the castle and took a few pictures and then headed home where I was showered. Mean people! Yay I am off to eat some of my 11th months bday pot roast dinner hihi

First advent sunday

After a really long walk to the vineyards with Lyra, where I played for hours, we headed back home in the snow, jumping and running down the white woods path to get into the warm house fast. I don't understand why everyone is cold, but then again, I do have the fur of a polar bear hihi.
Time has come to decorate our tree, something I haven't done yet, and all this decorations are just tempting to play with, but I wasn't allowed. Mean people! I did however manage to steal a few and nibble on them, but I got caught hihi.

I messed up the bed and for the record, glitter doesn't taste so good

Partners in crime hihi

Red ones don't have a good taste either:S

oh and I need to add a picture of me sleeping yesterday, after being with Lyra for 9 hours, the entire day, running, playing, barking, snow fighting, no rest...and I finally got to sleep!

...yes...I sleep with my eyes open if I use my ear as the pillow hehe

Dirty friends after play, look at the innocence hihi

I have become a real teenager, all I knew I no longer know, I love to misbehave and tease my owners a bit, hihi. Everyday as mentioned before we went to the vineyards where the girls and I played for hours, today was no exception, but today we also went to school, I was so tired, lazy and whiney tho, but still behaved in school, if you don't count some barking and complaining hihi. Emma is a true retriver, she is a bit of a hunter also, today she was digging a hole in a terrase and actually caught a little hamster, which she carried around in her mouth, but Maja made her let it go after some talk. He wasn't hurt or killed, just scared of being in a huge wet snout poor guy, haha, happy ending tho. He walked away and hid from us. Emma and I really like to get all wet and dirty, just being dogs to the maximum hihi. This season changes are so new to me, so many new scents and experiences, cannot wait for the first snow!

Season change

Leaves are all over and the nature is coloring itself brownish, it's beautiful and windy, making every stick, every leaf a toy for me. We have been spending a lot of time at the vineyards, playing and helping out. It's a holiday today so for the past three days we walked up to see Emma and Tara and Maja's parents. Yesterday we cut the vines and roses and I helped out so much by pulling every branch away and chewing it into smaller parts for easier carrying. I mean every stick...for 4 hours, everyone was shocked how much energy I actually have hihi. Tara's leg is painful again so she didn't want to run so much, instead she just bites my butt and puts my head into her huge mouth, scary but fun hihi. While Emma is completely crazy, I think she is my favorite playmate, we run like mad chasing eachother and if she is slower she gently bites my leg, that cheater hehe. We just grab a stick on both sides and run all the way down to the woods and back up, around the fruit trees and down again. Madness I tell you! S much fun!!!

Lyra is still ill, she has some snout infection so she cannot be with us, to keep the three of us from getting infected, but we miss her.
We got a Vet's appointment on the 11th, for the castration. Doom day! Oh well, needs to be done, I will be a bit sleepy, tipsy and then I wont even know what happened to me, so it will all go well. Need to run! Need to catch the last few sunny days.

Egg!! JollyPets Egg!

My package has finally arrived and I got my Jolly Egg...it's amazing! I cannot chew on it or carry it around so it makes me even more annoyed and playful hihi.

I also got a box of treats, everything from Arden Grange crunchy bites to this amazing, completely organic snacks, with mint, cinnamon and honey! Amazing, we ofcourse went to the vineyards and spoiled Emma and Tara, who loved the Jumbos as much as me...Happy bday to me!

Sunshine after the rain

Finally the rain stopped and floods are getting under control, it was very scary for a few days, I once almost fell into the river, which would have been very disasterous, but luckily none of us got hurt and past two days have been sunny. Sunday was delightful, we visited Tara and Emma, which played with me, so we decided to visit them again yesterday and we also helped with picking apples, which was fun since everything that felt on the floor belonged to me, I got to eat and carry them around for hours.
Today was my school again, but before we went there we visited the vets office to get my favorite cookies and food, which can only be bought there, since they are the only ones in town which sell Arden Grange. We bought so many snacks for me, which ofcourse I took advantage of in class hihi.
Maja's sister took some pictures of us, on which I look quite majestic might I add;)

On the fourth picture you can see how happy I am to see Magnus after class and on others how nicely I have learned to sit, beg, pull (not allowed, but school was over hihi) and pose for the camera ;)

BBQ, Spot and school

This weekend was amazing, my owners sister had a birthsday party and all the family dogs and a lot of friends came. So much food and new things, I was confused at the start, but then I realised there is a secret room next to the kitchen where all the goodies are stored (food, snacks and bones which people didn't eat!!), ofcourse me being as cool as I am, I just had to sneak into that room and have myself a little bone while noone was watching hihi..I got caught tho:S...Shame;)

So many new tastes and new types of food, I stole as much as I could and took advantage of anything people gave me, which ofcourse lead to my tummy being a bit weird, but nothing a lot of grass didn't sort...so worth it;).

Spot is another dog I met there, he is a six months old shitsu mix, we wrestled all over the house and the outside, he is smaller then me but I did let him throw me on the back and nibble my ears. He was very gentle. People were very impressed by us dogs, especially the older ones Tara and Emma, there was about twentyfive people and kids running around, drinking, talking and all of us behaved and enjoyed the company, really beautiful party. My first party ever. I am a party animal hihi.

Today we payed for the school, which starts on friday, I don't know it yet but I am having a bath tomorrow...oh the joy:S, I apperently need to smell nice for all the new kids at school, where I will probably misbehave and have a lot of snacks and fun..Yay. More on that on friday:)

Sophisticated look at the party  (I am just...awesome;))

Hedgehog, dogs and late night walks in nature

Again Slovenia has been hit by the heat wave, tomorrow they say it will be 34 degrees, which is unbareable, so we took advantage tonight and went for a long walk to the vineyards to meet Emma and Tara. Lyra and us met in the city and walked, ran, ate everything chewable on the way up, where those two girls met us with love and excitement. We played till it got dark. I was treated with some tuna by my female owners mom, never tasted it before...another new taste. Here is how we wait and sit for some treats, you have to admit, I do fit in well with the ladies, we make a lovely pack. :)

 Tara, Emma, Lyra and fluffy little me focused on crunchy bites treats

On the walk down thru the woods in the dark we met an animal I have never seen in my life, it's body color is very similar to Ed, our cat hihi, I had to check it out, but he had spikes which weren't soft anfdthey hurt my nose so I didn't bother it for long, it was best to observe from a bit of a distance.

Hedgehog meeting

Pretty, but afraid of me...so it's best to walk away and let him enjoy the cool night.

Chillin' with the ladies! ;)

OKay so my hyperactivness is over and I am in the clear of any kind of choko poisoning, so we decided to take a long walk to the vineyards. Lyra was already there with Tara and Emma, playing and enjoying the shade and even tho I have never played with Tara yet, since she had a knee injury today we said lets see if she is up for it and she was! She took the role of a babysitter and kept trying to be close in case Lyra or I were too rough while playing, was so adorable when she tried to pull me a bit away from Lyra and I gave her a little growl as in "I have this under control girl;)". Afterall I was surrounded by 3 females and had to look cute.

 You can see Tara is still limping a bit but it didnt stop me from giving her a little smooch..who d dog?? ;))
I am now so tired that I cannot even beg for snacks, those girls really drained me, but I had a lot of fun. I swam, explored the forest on the way there, played with 3 ladies, met random dogs and cats and ate all sorts of apples that fell from the trees..what a beautiful saturday.
Some pictures of us four today, we really do make a cuddly team;)

Check out how Lyra fell asleep on "our" bed after..I say our coz it's my bed also now, I have claimed the middle pillow;)

Poor girl, so sleepy;)

Meeting Tara and Emma for the first time ever

Another insanely hot day, about 30 degrees without any wind is just too hot, so we hid inside till evening. At around 19 o'clock we ordered a taxi and drove to the vineyards. I am really well behaved in a taxi or a car, I just sit and watch outside, driving is really fun and relaxing for me and it makes it so much easier for us to order taxis since noone gets bothered by me being there :). When we arrived I admit, I got scared a bit, coz I had to wait alone till dogs came, and they are Big girls!
But after we went for a walk I saw they are nice girls who don't dislike me and I noticed Tara wasn't in the mood to play, poor girl had her leg hurt and is visiting the vet a lot, she tore her knee muscles while playing with the neighbours doggy so she let me know I am not to be annoyingly over energic with her today, all good...Emma and I didn't care, we just ran and jumped and raced a bit :).
She accidentally kicked me by mistake and I fell 2 meters down a path, but nothing happened, I just rolled a little hehe, she came to get me and we ran onwards, fun fun fun! I am spending tomorrow noon with Emma while Tara is being taken to the vet again, for a checkup, I cannot wait to be able to run with both, hope she gets well soon.
We walked down thru the woods towards home and I was in change of biting every cone we met, and I did..all of them, it took us 1 hour to get home, usually it's 25 minutes hehe. Today was an exciting day and I'm exhausted, sleeping under the desk and I didn't even annoy the cats when we got home.
Today was a good day :)!

Emma and me playing in the grass next to the fruit trees:)

Tired and pretty walking home thru the woods