Hey blogaroos. It’s been a long time. Probably our longest break EVER. We were going to tell you this story about how the Warden won $1million on the lottery – and we are lying low until we figure out where to spend most of the biscuit money. But seeing as she rarely buys tickets that seemed unlikely.

We’ve just been rolling in the leaves, bringing in the leaves, watching the Warden vacuum the leaves and then repeating the whole sequence. Over and over and over again. We actually need an indoor leaf blower.

And here we are. It’s the end of October and we are dressed in the obligatory Halloween attire. I’m not exactly sure what we are supposed to be. I think fairies. Because the intricate costume which came from the dreaded Dollar Store also had some kind of magic wand. Note we weren’t given the wands. There wasn’t a hope in heck that they would have lasted more than 2.3 seconds.

As usual, the photo shot was chaos. I didn’t want to sit and the Coyote hates to put his ears up. Top it off with the fact that he is in one of his super fussy eating stages and he kept spitting out the rewards – which I would then dive to retrieve. Well not really retrieve. It’s not like I gave them back to him. It was more hunt and devour. While he would sit there looking smug. Good times.

One would THINK that posing two dogs would be easier than three. But we can’t forget that the Boss LOVED to pose. So even though it was three – he was easy. Meanwhile, the Coyote and I didn’t want even want to be brushed – and although we look rather adorable and sweet in this photo, it was the only good one of 148 taken. Just kidding. It was only 139.

So what’s new here at the Asylum? Well Sue and Keith were here for a week at the end of September en route to New England. And after a few weeks there, they came to see us again on their way back to Newfoundland. As always, we have a great time while they are here. Aunt Sue goes with us on our morning jaunts and also joins us on our pre-bedtime pee walk. She walks the Coyote because he’s “easy.” But- you do need to divert him from drinking out of puddles and licking every plant yours truly has left my pee-mail on. So walking him is not THAT easy.

Last weekend I went to another scent workshop. We didn’t start off looking for treats like we did the last time. We were just supposed to detect certain scents. I think the instructor assumed we did lots of training since our last workshop. Wrongo. The Warden started sweating like she did when she was a kid and she went to guitar lessons and she hadn’t practiced. Bluffing your way through guitar cords is one thing. But sending your dog to look for a scent when he hasn’t a CLUE what he’s looking for – and well – it doesn’t look pretty. Still, I managed to save her by at least pretending to sniff. Clearly we need to do more practice….

The Coyote is the same, although there have been some real eating challenges again. So he doesn’t want to eat, and the Warden says “OK – one day without food won’t kill you.” Problem is, although he does eat some the next day, it’s still not the amount he SHOULD be eating. So she has to force feed him. Because she can tell that a few days of not eating his full amount, and he starts losing weight. He’s fine otherwise – his energy and attitude is good. But what was once his FAVORITE FOOD (like potatoes) are now not so interesting. One never knows what the flavor of the day will be.

The Warden bought loads of treats for Halloween. For the three kids from across the road who will brave our long dark driveway with the spooky sound of hounds baying at the moon. That’s the Coyote and me. We’ll be sequestered away from the front door. So we don’t scare the kids. Or steal the treats.

We hope everyone reading this is doing well. Stay safe if you’re going trick or treating.

We’ll close with one more holiday photo. So we had the fairy costumes. And we also had these lion costumes. They weren’t much of a costume – just a headdress that on a chihuahua would probably look cute. Or even on a Labrador. But two shaggy sheepdogs? Judge for yourself. The Warden told us to look fierce and mighty. And this is what she got….Before you look, start singing this song….

A wee ma way, a wee ma way, a wee ma way, a wee ma way.
A wee ma way, a wee ma way, a wee ma way, a wee ma way.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight….

Have a roaring great Halloween!

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