The Neighborhood Dog

This is Bandi. Bandi is the neighborhood's dog. Bandi is also known as the neighborhood "problem dog". Actually, it's Bandi's people who are the problem. Poor Bandi never gets walked or exercised and his people are really a bunch of kids who never seem to have *any* adult supervision so, of course, Bandi is a little neglected. Lucky for Bandi, everyone in the neighborhood kind of takes care of him and watches out for him--especially when he gets out of the house and runs around which is pretty often.

Ossi and Bandi are pretty good buds. Bandi LOVES Ossi, gives him kisses on the mouth and follows him around like a little brother. And, like a good big brother should, Ossi tolerates Bandi's presence and chases him around until they both collapse from exhaustion. As you can see from the photo above, Bandi got out of his house and showed up at Ossi's house. Before his people came to retrieve him (which they sometimes don't so we call Animal Control--someday someone will tell the family that they perhaps are not responsible enough to own a dog) it started to rain so the boys came inside where Bandi was like Velcro to Ossi.


Ossi chilling in a canoe during a Chain of Lakes canoe outing. He'd settled into the trip here--he wasn't this calm when the water was choppy and was ready to be a dog overboard then!