Pointer Puppy's First Hike

Hay everyone! My human has been very busy lately. She is looking in the same book over and over for hours on end lately. I tap her with my paw or my nose sometimes to get her to take me out and to take me for a walk... She's so focused... I hope whatever she's going to do is over soon... but... I had a surprise a few days ago... We had puppy day!

It started like any morning.... hehehehe...  my humans taking photos of me in bed... "Really?" and picking me up... "please put me down, I know I'm getting big".

THEN

Rasha came over to visit, but she stayed outside... Hmm... My humans were rushing around the house picking up ...we must be going somewhere. They always do that when we get ready to go somewhere, its a strange habit, but OK. I was right though. they put Shasta in the back of the truck, Rasha got to sit in the front seat with her human and me and my human were all stretched out in the backseat. Ahhhhh.....



Hehehe... you look cramped Rasha.

This is going to be a fun day if Rasha is coming. We always get to play! Maybe we're going to the dog park? I know what that is now... Its the place that's really big, all fenced in and we get to run off our leashes. But nooooooo.... no dog park today...My humans put water in my backpack...kinda heavy but I can handle it, and we were going to explore in the woods!!! WEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!



 

Hay! Hay!! HAY!!!! WAIT FOR ME!!!!! I don't like to be in the back. I'm the leader you all should follow me.... or just go off on your own and my human and I will explore by ourselves. Hmph!

By the way...... I missed you guys....where did you go?

Rasha said they went all the way around and found a stream to play in. I was getting really hot so I wanted to go, but nope.... iiitsss... DOG PARK TIME!!!! Lets PLAY!

 

Then we went to the stream Rasha was talking about....

 

Wow.. this is really cool... whats this?? hmmm... smells neat...maybe I can dig it out... yah, (digdigdig) I think I can... (splash!) Oops. I think I slipped on something. Woh that water is cold, but refreshing. My human didn't seem to mind that I was laying in the water, but it made digging easier... (digdigdig) HA! I got it! a good smelling rock with green stuff on it. hehehe. My prize!

 After all that digging and running

and playing, I needed a nap. Ahhhhh... nice cool shade to lay in.... but it wasn't long before we had to go meet back with Rasha and Shasta. We all got groomed and dried off. When we were ready, we were packed back in the truck again and my humans went to get food for themselves... Umm... hay... excuse me... I haven't had my lunch yet....did you bring my food???

What? Whats this??? Mmmmm.... I don't know what this is, but it's GOOD!

And that's my day..... ha! fooled you! it's not over yet! Rasha came over to the house and we got to play with a new toy we found while we were exploring. It's a really hard ball covered in stuff that I get to chew. I forget what my humans called it, but we played keep away and got to play in the water from the long green thing hanging on the house.

We got wet and really DIRTY!!! YES! Best day ever!

Pointer Mix Puppy Stays Focused Wearing a Backpack

 Mornings are tough. I like to sleep in and get my puppy sleep because my humans stay up very late and I can't get ANY rest.

So to get me up early, I got a job today. Yep! ME! My human says that I need something to do, so last night she went into the room where they keep the loud things they ride on and took out something from one of the boxes of toys they have. (they don't play with those toys much) It was Black and looked really funny. Nothing like I have ever seen, but it smelled like SUKI!!!

My human said it was a Backpack. She ripped it into two pieces and put one piece on my back. I tried to play tug-of war, but was told not to. Hmmm... "Blide"...Stay... Sigh. This must be serious... I'll stay.

She fiddled with some straps and I heard clicks, she took it off my back, told me to stay again and put it back on. More clicks and fiddling with straps... I wanted to say "Do you know what your doing?", but you know, dogs can't talk, and since I have a tattoo, I'm a dog and not a puppy anymore.

After taking it off my back for a 2nd time, FINALLY! No more clicks and no more fiddling. She left it on my back this time. Hmmm... Feels weird, but oddly comfortable, like when she gives me a hug. This isn't too bad, but what is that other part you ripped for??? She didn't do anything with it, but let me walk around the house with the first part. It's is cool, but... umm... your not going to leave this on my are you? These straps that are hanging, yah, the ones I'm tripping over... well these have to go. Right then, she gave me a pat, told me I was good and took it off. ok.. cool. WHAT was that all about?

The next day... That's today, she took the "Backpack" out again but somehow put the two pieces back together again. She told me to sit and stay again and put the whole thing on my back. wow. that feels really weird with the other piece on. I have to concentrate to make sure I stay balanced. I think there's stuff in the things that hang on my side.

At first when we walked, I really had to concentrate... this is very different. I can feel the top part moving when I walk, but after a little I got the hang of it. When I had to go potty, my human picked it up in her little bag and put it in one of the things on my side. ewww... I can smell that!

I wanted to play a little when I saw a leaf  run across the road, but I was told that new word she's saying in a serious voice... "No, Work" . This must be a very important job as she has something like this too sometimes she carries on her back. THIS is my job!!

I get to carry things!!!! Just like my human! YAY!!!!

I like my job. C'mon dogs that bark! I'm not afraid of you! I have a JOB!

Pointer Mix Puppy Goes to Deals Gap - Tail of the Dragon

A few days ago my family put a lot of things in their truck and we went for a long ride. When I say they packed a lot, I thought we were moving! It was really hot and I had to sit inside while Shasta was in the back with all the stuff. They even took the really loud thing they ride on and one of their friends too... I wonder where we are going? Suki disappeared the other day and I'm really confused as to where she went. I saw my human take her for a ride but she didn't come back with her... Hmmm.. there IS a familiar smell over by the garden, but it can't be her...she doesn't live UNDERGROUND. I miss her, but we're going on a long ride!

I took a nap while my human too this photo of Shasta hanging his head out the side of the truck... he's so funny! Then we stopped... There are more of my humans friends with their stuff and loud things they ride!!!

We finally arrived to where we were going and I fell asleep right away. The next morning I was able to explore my new place...Wait!... Whats this??? My sister is here too??? YAY!!! And another puppy... Who are you? I was told his name was Lodi. He's younger than we are but the same size. He's pretty smart too. We wrestled and we played, we napped, and we ate food. We were PUPPIES and had SO much fun!!!

 

I learned a lot of things while I was there too.

1. Don't jump. (humans don't like that)

2. Don't bite. (humans don't like that either)

3. Stay with my humans when the other puppies are out of their cages so we don't get into troubles.

4. You can't run through invisible doors (my human calls them screens)

5. I can squeeze through tight spaces if I want to.

6. There are a lot of funny noises in the woods that Shasta isn't afraid of.

and most importantly

7. Those things around a fire on the ground are really HOT!

So that's pretty much it... when we were ready to leave I helped the best way I know how... Find a safe spot and wait. There was a lot going on and some of it was scary. Overall... We had a blast! We even  got to play a prank on Shasta... hehehe...those are the things my human uses to dry her paws with .

I was told I'll be going back again when it gets cooler out again... I hope that's soon!