Sorry no picture as I am not just up for one today. Yesterday Dad did not get everything out of my mouth when I chomped on some dead wood in the park. Well this morning at 02:30 I reminded them by waking them up with some stomach noises. The evidence was real on the rug about 1/2 hour later. Then if I keep this up they are going to get arrested for walking around with me outside in the middle of the night with a flashlight. Just when I was looking forward to a sardine they put me back to only dog food. Light breakfast and lunch but without my usual 4+ walks and park visits I am rarring to go. Look out Mom and Dad cause now I have a day of exercise to catch up on before bed. And tomorrow the sardine better be offered.

Another week has passed and I am now 36 pounds. We went to the off leash party at the prison property twice and I checked out the others tattoos as they checked out mine. Spent an hour Saturday morning with Sumo. He is good as he found the dead fish to play with. We enjoyed the nice weather by having a bath and then a nap in the sunshine with dad: wet jeans meet wet puppy.

pillow 3.avi I call this pillow diving. As every athlete knows you have to mix up your training. So plenty of walk time, park time, park runs and just play. Maybe I should produce a video.

Ah, September already. It seems like summer just started and we have now had the last official weekend of summer. I have had a great time with my new family. We have gone to many parks, had lots of friends and relatives visit and learned all sorts of new tricks. I am very tired today as I am growing like a weed and it takes a lot of energy to grow. I graduated from puppy school and mommy and daddy have enrolled me in graduate school the end of this month. I guess they figure that I still have a lot of learning to do, but really it is them that have to learn how to teach me to do what they want and not what I want. My best friend Amelia, continues to come out and greet me on a daily basis and the cookies just keep on coming. It seems that my former tummy problems have cleared up, thanks to the new food that they are feeding me, expensive but effective. That’s it for today, after I finish my daily exercise routine, it is off for a nap and mommy comes home from work soon. See ya!

push up 4.avi Who would have thought puppy school would have gym classes. They taught me how to do these - puppy push ups.

Well I am a certified big boy now, I weigh in at 30lbs! I had a little bit of help with all the good food my parents have been giving me and the Doc’s suggestions. I ate my way though my last bag of Wolf Cub and since the Docs thought my tummy may still be tender to the bacterial infection I am now on a pure I/D kibble diet. I liked it as soon as I tasted it and my parents starting using less bags (if you know what I mean?) within 24 hours.

I had two trips to water this week. One day Dad and I walked over ½ hour to get to a beach only to find it posted for not swimming. That’s OK as it was not a hot day and I really enjoyed the walk. Another day we drove for an hour (good trip in my big crate-looking forward to another) and what do I see travel up the St. Lawrence- but Greenpeace’s Artic Sunrise (I don’t know anything about the boat but everyone in attendance was impressed so I thought that I would mention it). I’m looking forward to checking this beach out again, I really like being at the cottage!

All this travel makes me want to sleep (on another new bed).

The young fellow beside me is cousin Noah. He visited me for two days and he was so nice I did not even try to eat him. He went to the lake with me and watched as I got my tummy wet. The lake should be fun but I’m not sure yet how far in I want to go but it sure does taste great. I have been into my pool but not enough water to drink there as Dad only put in a couple of inches. I think next week I will ask him not to be so cheap, but then his Mastercard has been given quite a chewing by me.I am now up to 24 pounds and on the good side Mom does not have to carry me downstairs in the morning and forget about night calls I am a big guy now. The school even moved me from being with the small students and now I'm with the big boys and girls. I like the Great Danes but then I like everybody even if they are not a dog. I had a very busy couple of days. On Monday, I got my first haircut and on Tuesday I went to the vets for my finals. There were many visitors at the house too, I met mommy's friends, Greg, Karen and a new person Betty-Anne. I think I'll take a nap now as I find it very hard to sit on this chair and type all that has been going on with me. I'll keep you up to date.