GOOD MORNING

The morning routine if my husband is the last one up and it is getting towards 9 am is to release the hound. Kai loves to jump on the bed and wake my husband up. Today they played a game of hide and seek. My husband hid under the covers and poked is hand out and Kai would try to catch it and he would pull it back in. Then Kai would pat the top of the covers looking for him. They must have repeated this over and over again. Then he pulled up the covers near his face and Kai stuck her nose in, just as she got her head in he shut the covers and she would back out and woof at him. What a great way to start the morning. Kai loves my husband, wherever he goes she follows, especially outside. Kai is like his shadow. They play chase, throw the ball, it is so much fun to watch. The other morning Kai would not get out of her crate. It was not until my husband walked into the room that she moved. I feel so unloved. Well, I cannot be too jealous because I have Kai everyday, every hour. She is full of shenanigans and though sometimes she is just too rambunctious, most of the time she is my loving companion. I hope your morning has been as fun as mine.

WHAT ARE YOU?

Kai and I have been walking between 1 t 2 miles for the last few weeks. Usually we hit around 1.75 on three days, 2 at least once then the others depend on what I am doing. This week as we were going on our walk we had two basset hounds ahead of us. Very big dogs, one friendly and one a little more barky. They had stopped at the corner, I was leery of coming up on them because I did not want them to pull their owner, but what I saw made me laugh, a little cat was purring around the dogs' legs. I thought that cat is going to get chomped, but know the dogs just stood there. I took Kai across the street because I did not know how she would handle a cat and 2 dogs. Yesterday we were finishing up a 1.8 mile walk when we crossed the corner that the above had happened. We were sitting there waiting to cross when the same kitty came up and started getting near Kai. Kai's ears went up and she backed away, then she would go forward. At one point they were nose to nose. Kai had no clue what this thing was, she was curious, but I wanted to finish the walk and I did not want kitty to chase us into the street. Once Kai crossed the street, we looked back and there was the cat sitting very prettily at the end of the sidewalk watching us walk away. Then she turned and went about her business. Very cool cat.

Spring Break Over

Kai once again is boyless, she has been run around, chased down and had lots of fun playing with her boy. Now it is just her and me. Unfortunately, it has decided to be nasty weather, so I have not taken her on a walk yet, that means mischief is afoot. Several socks have appeared out of nowhere causing me to chase her down and give her treats to release. Is this really a good precedent to set, you release a sock you get a treat. Me thinks not, but I am tired of having holes in the toes of my sock, so she gets exercise, I get exercise and on a snowy day that is a good thing, I think.

VET DAY

Kai has been at the vet two days in a row. The first day she was in because she had this horrible cough like she had something stuck in her throat or she was about to throw up, nothing came out that evening so we took her to the vet. He thinks she may have irritated her throat somehow, probably from tearing up my house that day. Anything that looked like paper was in her mouth. Who knows what else she munched on outside. She was in rare form. Then today we had to go back for her annual check-up. More shots and she is rather po'd at me, however she does have most of her energy back. She is eating which she did not do yesterday morning and she much rather be outside then stuck next to me like she was yesterday. We even went for a two mile walk today. I might even get another one in a few minutes, but not two miles, more like 1/2 to 3/4 of a mile. Now that it is Spring I am hoping to get a long and short walk in per day. This will certainly help with the chewing of the household. She also has some sort of rash again on her back legs so, I have to give her benedryl and spray her haunches with an antiseptic. She keeps licking the area and is going to cause an infection. I just hope I can keep the dirt out. So I am off, hopefully Kai will keep getting better and my papers will stay intact. Love having a dog.

1 YEAR

We have had our puppy for 1 year. What changes have come about since we first got her? Well she is now about 35 pounds, and about up to my knee. She has taken up the art of barking, begging and snuggling. She trusts me except when she hears the tub running. We now play a modified game of fetch in the house, though when Kai brings it back she may or may not release it. She does however bring it back. My husband no longer scares her and they love to play chase inside and outside the house. I still cannot let her off the leash outside of the gate. She comes when called especially when I have treats, but again if she has escaped the yard all bets are off. The children who pass by still love her, as do we. She can catch a toy in the air and gets really happy when I clap and praise her. Though there are still some dogs that make her hackles rise, she likes other dogs and plays well at the dog park. So Happy Anniversary to my Kai pie.

UGH ANOTHER SNOW DAY

I love snow and usually Kai loves snow, but maybe she is tired of it too, because she does not want to go out in it and neither do I. We have played several versions of catch, chase and scream. I am trying to do laundry and write today. I also have to clean. Which means that Kai is helping me by stealing my socks and having me chase her. She even helped me empty the dryer by grabbing a clean sock. This results in me screaming and chasing. A fun time for Kai but does not help me get things sorted. In addition to the occasional sock she has stolen a shoe insert. I do not know what shoe it came out of, but I know that it is mine and destroyed. I did manage to get her to go out to do her business, but unless she sees a squirrel or a chipmunk, she refuses to go out. Last snow, the 20 inch one, I could not keep her inside, she must not like the feel of this one. Maybe when the snow stops she will go out. Of course, yesterday it was 67 degrees and she would not come inside, so maybe she is just tired of being out in nature. Or just tired in general from running around outside all day yesterday.