The Dog Days of Summer

We took Cody to Dog Beach today.  He had such a good time and is now totally pooped :)

Exploring:

Making new friends:

Hanging with Dad:

Hanging with Mom:

So happy :) :

But pretty pooped:

And back in the truck and on the way home for a bath and some BBQ:

I hope everyone had as fun a Sunday as we did :)

Hair Cut

My boy got a haircut today.  He can see again but he's been pouting all afternoon :)

Before

After

With the looks of the before shot, I think he was mad at me before the haircut too ;)

Doggy Email

So I have learned quite a bit about dog communication from Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz and from browsing the internet.  It's amazing what they are doing when they go out for a walk that most people don't even notice.  Apparently, they are leaving messages for other dogs in the neighborhood.  Every time they lift their leg on something they leave behind their scent and a message that they were there.  A tree, for example can have countless messages about who has been there and when they stopped by.  They can tell all of this info from smelling it and they have preferences for certain objects and certain other dogs.

Cody does this obsessively when we go out and it used to annoy me but now I let him go as long as he wants.  It's his way of socializing.  In an article I read, the author referred to it as their form of reading the newspaper and it's actually cruel to not allow them to sniff around and see what's been going on in their neighborhood.  I think of it like Cody is checking his email.  He reads a ton and sends out a few and then we go inside :)

Cody

Adopting this little guy was the best decision!  I'm so glad I let Kyle talk me into it :)