Howdy blogaroos. Squirmy here on a terrible Tuesday. And WHY is it terrible? The weather forecast. It has that four letter word for the next few days. R-A-I-N. Yup. We went from the Sahara desert to the rainforest. Thankfully we got out for our walks early enough in the morning yesterday , that the monsoon hadn’t yet started. However – the Boss was still miserable because it was warm with 100% humidity. He’s like a canine barometer. You can tell when humidity is high because he huffs and puffs and pants like he is about to collapse. So although it poured rain all afternoon- and we know how he feels about rain – he was perfectly calm and comfy because the temperature went down. Despite the fact that he doesn’t like getting wet – he’d rather have his hair plastered to his head – than standing all wild with heat and humidity. He likes being comfortable.
Meanwhile, the Coyote is REALLY acting weird. I mean REALLY weird. More than his normal squeaky-for-no-reason weird. He’s eating. I mean eating everything. Sure – he’s gone on spurts where he eats one meal and possibly two meals a day. But it’s always been dicey. For some reason, though for probably a month at least – he has eaten every bit of his breakfast AND his supper. AND for several weeks he has also joined in morning blueberry distribution. In the past, he needed to be “invited” to join in and probably 75% of the time he gave his regrets. But now he’s right there when the cobalt orbs are taken from the freezer. He doesn’t even need an invite.
But the best one yet – we heard three words that are RARELY uttered around here. In fact we heard them THREE times yesterday. The words? “Elroy get off.” And where was he? Well he had two paws firmly stabilized on the kitchen counter and he was surveying the what was there. Yeah – I realize it’s not the first time he has ever done it – but let’s face it, he has thought pretty much most of his life, that food was overrated. But since he became a veteran (that’s what dogs over 7 are called in case you might have thought he served in the military) – he LIKES food. Admittedly, he DID toss a piece of apple in the air yesterday- but when he realize that I can swoop in and grab any food from the floor faster than an eagle grabbing a fish – he didn’t toss the second piece. He devoured it.
So looks like he has a senior appetite. But unlike some other seniors in this household who shall remain nameless (canine OR human), he doesn’t seem to gain much weight. I guess he still has a skinny metabolism. Not true for the other seniors- especially the one who wears glasses. But I’m not saying who….
What else is new? Hey did you see this story:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/06/26/daisy-dog-disc-frisbee-golf/
I think Daisy read about my golf ball retrieving skills and decided to give it a try with the discs. I had over 500 balls – and I gave them back to the course to thank them for letting us walk up there. Dogs are not really allowed on the course – but we know the owners and they let us walk when there’s no one around. So I pay them back in balls. I haven’t been collecting lately- I must get back at it!
Today is my date with the Borzoi babes. I better go and get brushed up so I can make a good impression.
Have a good one. Peace and paws up. Stay safe. JBJ.