Chicken Visitation

Casey came over to meet the chickens. She liked them so much she tried to make her nose fit between the wires. She's small, but she's not that small. 

I was ready to lend a helping paw. 

Then things got REALLY busy when my Husky/Shepherd girlfriend showed up. She likes to wrestle. 

Two little girls came to visit, too. They were nice. One of the little girls brought her mom along. 

A little boy came to visit, too. His mom came looking for him. He wanders away from home so he can play with chickens. 

He loves the chickens. His mom told my mom that his auntie teased him about the chickens being in the nuggets he was eating. He was so sad he cried. 

The girls tried some fresh peas and fed the pods to the chickens. I was jealous, a little bit. I love peas. 

I made sure I sniffed the girls 'til they giggled. 

It was a good day. 

Sunny Goes to the Doctor

Today was all about me, Sunny, the dog. My mom took me to Thompson, Manitoba to go see my doctor. I love my doctor. He has saved my life at least twice -- once before I came to live with my mom (I got hit by a vehicle) and once back in March when I chewed something that made a yucky abscess in my throat. 

This is a picture of me driving down my street wearing my seat belt. 

This is a picture of me at Canadian Tire. We went there before we went to see my doctor. They don't usually let dogs in, so at first I stayed in the truck with a friend. After the second set of seat covers didn't fit, my mom got ticked off and refused to have me stay in the vehicle for her THIRD trip into the store. Mom smiled a lot and tried to sound polite as we walked in and I did my job and looked cute. 

I love my doctor. I weigh 15.2 kg and am in excellent health. My teeth are great and my lungs clear. My temperature was normal.

(Enough said about that temperature! Ew!)

I had my rabies shot. I didn't even feel it because mama tickled my ears. I don't have to have another shot 'til 2014! YAY!

This is me asking my doctor, "You got treats in that pocket?"

After the vet we went to Walmart to get  dirt for Ladybug and Mew. Then we went through the drive-through at A&W. I got to have TWO hamburger patties... a Papa burger takes me approximately 1 minute to eat. Maybe less time. 

MMm-mmm!

We drove by this sign twice today. Did you know that there are 111 km/69 miles in one degree of latitude? I live 111 km south and several kilometres east of this sign. 

(I peed on the sign, by the way)

This is Jenpeg Hydro-electricity Generating Station. The turbine is under the road, which is to say that we got to drive over the dam! Damn! 

The water goes through from right to left. This is what the left side looks like. 

This is what I look like sleeping while mama takes pictures of the dam for me. →
It's good to have someone with opposable digits in your inner-circle. 








Oh! Today I got stuff! I earned my rabies tag: 

Only $94.78 and worth every penny! 

AND my mama bought me a 6.5 kg box of MILKBONES! 

YUM YUM YUM! 

For you non-metric folks that's just over 14 lbs. 

My mom bought me a new bed. Ladybug and Mew keep stealing my beds. We were home all of ten minutes and look what happened: 

Ladybug! Paws off! 

It's good to go places, but it's even better to come home. 

I love being home! 

This is Sunny, signing off. May the cats in your dreams want to play, and may they let you win sometimes. 

xox, Sunny

While the human's away...

The cat will play. When mom gets home, I'm tellin'. You would not believe what they do...

- Sunny

Friends!

My mom has already posted this picture of me and my friend, Casey. She came over this afternoon for a play date. We played A LOT. I shared my dentabones and I even showed her the chickens in the backyard. She wants some to take home, but I told her no -- there's no chicken fence at her house.

She's a cute little thing, isn't she?  She's part Shih Tzu and part miniature poodle. In other words she's a shitpoo! ha ha ha ha ha!

Tomorrow morning we are going to take some pictures of me and my chickens. Mom said I could use them for my blog.

Today we helped out our new neighbours, two Golden Retrievers and an RCMP. The Goldens are big and well mannered and very, very pretty/handsome (I haven't gotten within sniffing distance yet!).

Later! It's time for me to sleep! Sweet dreams!

I have had a long and adventuresome summer

Hi! My name is Sunny. This summer I travelled by airplane from Manitoba to Nova Scotia and I had a lot of adventures along the way.

When we first got to Winnipeg, I couldn't believe my eyes! I was in the backseat of an SUV and there was SO much traffic! I didn't know which way to look! Vehicles were whizzing by on both sides!

The hotel we stayed at had glass doors. I could see my reflection, but I didn't bark at myself. I'm practically a grown-up dog now.

I also got to ride in an elevator. That was freaky. I had to do it a few times before I got used to it.

At my grandma's house there was some awesome smells. I loved to sit on the front step and smell the roses.

Those roses smelled SO good!

I liked to go to the shore and bark at the seagulls and pigeons, but I DID NOT LIKE TO SWIM IN THE OCEAN!

The waves were too freaky. I was scared of them. My mom didn't make me go in. We just played on the beach.

I got a fancy haircut. They gave me a bandana that matched my leash.

I love my grandma. She calls me her Grand-dog.

Mom and I got to sleep in her carving shop in the backyard. Every morning we'd come inside and I'd go see my grandmama and she'd give me a great doggie massage. She's magic. I love her.

I ran a lot of laps when we went visiting. Here I am playing with a boy. We ran and ran until I needed a nap. It was fun.

The best part of Nova Scotia? The ICE CREAM. I think there's an ice cream shop every 5 km. My mom's brother, my uncle John, LOVES ice cream. So do I!

This is me swimming with my life-jacket on. I can swim, don't get me wrong... but I DO NOT like it when my feet can't touch. Mom got me the life-jacket in the hope that she and I could go swimming together, but I just don't like it the way she does.


My next great adventure is that mom is getting me a yard! Starting in about 2 weeks we are going to build a fence and then I'll have a great big yard to run around in! I can't wait!

Oh... and I have to tell you something... we have these things... these birds living in our backyard. They have a fence. They make me very excited. Birds! I love birds!

CHICKENS ARE AWESOME.
More to come later.