A New Hiding Place

An extremely dusty and muddy Ossi in from the rain

Remember that nursery rhyme "The Old Woman that Swallowed a Fly"? Well...we've got our own version. B-Dawg has a motorcycle, the motorcycle has a storage trailer, the storage trailer provides a hiding place for Ossi and his toy Alf...and on and on.
Well, today it is raining. During a brief let up in the rain, L-Dawg let Ossi outside and what came inside was a different dog. A dusty grey snout and muddy black paws (as you can see).
As mad as L-Dawg was that she had to thoroughly clean Ossi and wipe his muddy paw prints off the floor, it was admittedly really, really hard not to laugh at him, especially since he knew he was in trouble.
I think B-Dawg and L-Dawg are going to have to find a way to discourage Ossi from hiding Alf under the trailer that hides the motorcycle...






Uh oh...I'm in trouble

Nude Dude

As you can see, Ossi got a haircut today. He got the "Lab Shave" look and we are now calling him the Nude Dude. We forget how giant his head is until all his hair is shaved off. He's been strutting around waiting for one of his girlfriends to be outside to notice his handsome new 'do. Hopefully it won't pick up summer dust very easily and we'll be able to see any ticks before they burrow in.
Below is a picture of Ossi and his squirrel toy, Alf. We call him Alf because when we say, "Get the squirrel!" He races over to the bird feeder and looks for the *real* squirrel that hangs out there a little too often. Alf is his favorite toy ever. He's full of dirt, is stinky (not unlike a real squirrel) and Ossi likes to grab him and shake him until he's "dead". Better Alf than the real bird feeder squirrel. L-Dawg is pretty sure she couldn't handle that.

Happy Birthday #3

Ossi's wild side--chomping on the mother of all bones

Happy Birthday to Ossi--he's three! He got a clean bill of health from the vet at his yearly check up. He was vaguely disturbed by the shots (jumped off the table into L-Dawg's arms) but was MOST offended by them taking his temperature in his bum. How rude!
However, he recovered quickly and in the lobby met a new Corgi friend named Duncan. This is the first time we've seen Ossi interact with a Corgi (half of him). Duncan was stubbier (if you can believe it) and had even more of what we call "wombat butt" (a flat bum) but they got along swimmingly. AND, the best part of dog birthdays, Ossi got a stuffed squeaky squirrel named Alf. He loves it so much. He runs around with Alf outside, shaking him back and forth trying to "kill" him. Better Alf than a real squirrel from the bird feeder.




It's not a great picture, but
it's Ossi (wagging tail on right) and
his little girlfriend Molly the Weiner
Dog (wagging her head on left)