Nemeau has earned his Working Water Dog title this weekend! Right on Dad! I like the surfer cool look. I want to be just like you.

I’m almost there, I now weigh 21 lbs. A lot has happened so here it is in no particular order. I got a new Big Boy bed, I wasn’t sleeping very good as it was too hot so we ordered a new big boy bed, on line and it was delivered the next day! This is just my day bed, the other is HUGE. Now I am sleeping all night long (sounds like a great name for a song!). I only get up when Mom does and she takes me out if I sit up by the back door. I got to see my Auntie Sue again. She visited me when I was just about 5 weeks but I have grown 3xs that now. I met my very first PWD that I wasn’t related to. He was a 5 year old male named Marley We had a great time playing until I got a little nippy and he growled at me to go away. But then we played again. I hope that I get to be as nice looking and calm as he is (my mom told me to write that part, she liked the calm part). I met my groomer and got a peticure, a full moon moment when you have to get hair cut off your hands. School! What is this? Lots of fun with 11 other kids. They all smelled so nice. The drag is homework.

Hello.avi

HI! This week I have a stock tip for you - Nylabone® Buy up all you can then resell them to my parents. They seem to think they can save on the furniture bills by keeping me busy with them. What they do not know is I am not really interested in the furniture but I just play with their minds to get more bones and it works. I also have them trained to take me outside whenever I sit at the back door.

Saw the Doc again this week but for a good reason – I got my shots. Plus she did a front end suspension check-up. I am back climbing stairs and now even know how to go down with the words slow always in my ears and hands to ensure I maintain a leisurely pace. I have been to the park everyday and also got to see the lake. I know I tried to leave home and swim to Kingston but it looks a lot bigger than I remember and the stones are not painted blue. Once I figure some things out I will give the water a try.

Lots of meets and greets. Hi Pete, looking forward to meeting Arizona. Also Hi to Angel, Bas, Charlie, Barney and all the others. Getting shots was cool now I can meet all these guys and girls.

Let me start off by saying, it’s not as bad as it reads and NO my parents are not overly protective just concerned. On Monday I was finished breakfast (which I must say sits better on the tummy since I have been getting those hard core appetizers) and just coming in from the bathroom. Got the necessary paw cleaning then off leash heading for the living room when I lost it. Even with wide webbed feet I could not get traction on the kitchen floor and did a sprawled face plant trying to make the corner. When I got up the front right one did not work properly. Inspections were done and phone calls made. Off to the standby Doc (dang missed the 6am news). Apparently I sprained my front right ankle and have to be watched, plus no stair climber for 2 weeks. Great I get carried up and down and I love it. Darn Doc warned them that I am so smart that I may trick them for the sympathy. By lunch I gave up on the limp but I still enjoy the extra paw and ankle rubs and the carrying up and down the stairs. Grandma called that night but we did not want to worry her, so I have to keep quiet about this. May be she can let Madeira know that the hard core appetizers (antibiotics) really do taste OK and seem to have magical powers. Take care Sis. We had hot and stormy weather this week. I can tell Mom does not like thunder so I show her how to not be afraid and she is getting better at it. On the really hot days I find the AC outlet under the counter is really cool on the head and back of neck. Again a lot of meet and greets- Hi Marie and Karen, thanks for all the loving.

Just a quick note as Grandma Hall sent me some pictures yesterday. This fellows name is Ch Aliana’s Sonho Do Menino Novo but he is called Nemeau. But for me I just call him Dad.

This fun on the cheap doorstop.avi

What a week. It started off good but then I had to see the Doc again. Nothing serious, just Mom and Dad were running out of paper towels and plastic bags. I got a shot and everything seemed OK in the morning. My food tastes different but is very good but the appetizer seems to have a hard spot in the middle. I am now getting back to my normal food but that appetizer still has that funny spot. Doc did say I am teething with something called secondary teeth, I thought the ones I am biting with were good but look out legs and furniture here I come with new ones. I think that my Grandma Hall was on vacation this week and Mom and Dad were looking for some advice about my mouth and the other end so who did they happen to call - my dad Nemo and his parents Cynthia and Henri. They were so nice to help out. My kongs are now frozen treats that keep me busy for at least 30 seconds. So I am back to my normal routine of walk and play, eat, sleep, catch the morning news, walk and play and sleep. The big thing this week happened yesterday. We were all out front playing when a car stopped and the driver asked if I was a PWD. They shut off the car, jumped out and I go lots of love and kisses all around. So now it is certified that I am cute enough to stop traffic. Just wish they would not leave the car in the intersection.