Reese Feb 2016 Reese at Rona1Hi Everyone

Winter in Calgary is kinda long and dreary.Β  I love the snow, but I’m not so keen on the cold temperatures.Β  But there are Chinooks here that melt the snow once in a while and that’s really fun because it makes mud in the yard.Β  I like running through the mud and getting my paws all wet and dirty. (No one can tell, because I have black fur, right?)

Most of the time I have to stay clean, though.Β  I am working hard on sitting still for pictures.Β  Do you think I look like my dad, Pride?Β  I sure do!

The sun is warming things up even more now in the garden, and that means plants are growing and bugs are starting to walk around.Β Β  I found where the tulips were starting to sprout and ate all the tips.Β  No one was impressed, but they DID taste SO good.Β  Reese Feb 2016 Reese in gardenThen I snuffled in the dead leaves under the hedge and something there found ME!Β  I don’t know what it was, but I got hives ALL over my eyes and muzzle.Β  That was NOT fun, and I had to go to the vet to get some pills to make me feel better.

We’ve been going on more field trips for puppy class, and I like to work for other handlers too.Β  I always sit nicely and look attentively at them so they will remember their training and give me treats.Β Β  They do really well at remembering to give us puppies treats!

Submitted by our PADS Puppy-in-Training,Β Reese, and her Volunteer Puppy Raisers, Wendy & Peter Proudlock.