Sock-capade

Howdy blogaroos. Another manic Monday after a weekend of birthday celebrations. Cake and ice cream and fireworks. OK- we didn’t really have fireworks. And the cake and ice cream was for humans. But we still got to watch. And got some treats too.

The Warden was overwhelmed by the birthday greetings she received from folks all over the world. I reminded her that she has us canines to thank. Nobody would know her if it weren’t for us. We’re infamous. Or something.

Yesterday the humans went out to do some touristy stuff – a place where dogs weren’t allowed. Must have been boring.

Then they came back home and I got weird. Keith walked in and was wearing a hat. I’d never seen him with a hat on – so for about a minute I ran away from him, barking. The Boss and Coyote looked at me like I lost my marbles, the Warden said “It’s Keith!”, and Keith just ignored me. I thought it was pretty brave for some dude to just walk in the house. After the minute, I finally realized it was him. The Boss just rolled his eyes at me. Hey – he could have been a burglar. Or not.

When the humans came home, they went to lounge on the deck. But yours truly decided they shouldn’t just sit around. They had removed their socks and shoes and were sitting and reading . Without anyone watching, I slyly meandered past Keith and nonchalantly stole his socks. The Warden happened to glance up as I was trotting by- with something sticking out of my mouth. “What have you got?”she asked – as if she expected me to say “Why I happen to have Keith’s socks. Both of them in fact.” She told me to bring them over. I came within one foot of her chair and circled away. This happened three times. FINALLY she stood up and came toward me. Game on! I raced down the deck stairs and across the lawn. She kept unsuccessfully demanding the socks- and I kept running. But then I got cocky- flipping the socks in the air. Of course I missed one- and it hit the ground – so she grabbed for it. She was close enough to grab for the second one – still in my mouth, so I tried the drop and roll move. Didn’t work. Sock game over. It was fun while it lasted.

The Coyote and I are continuing our excavation projects in the backyard while the humans lounge. We have dug a pretty good hole by one of the gates. The Coyote’s goal is to dig a deep hole to cool off. Me? I’m a bit more interested in how a hole might help improve gate clearance…..But I think the Warden might be on to me…she’s watching the work site with interest….

Not sure what’s on the agenda for today. The Boss wants Keith to go out and come in with a different hat. I’m not going to fall for that trick again! I don’t think….

Have a good one. Peace and paws up. Stay safe.