Me and Corrie Get Our Hair Done

Hi Everybody.
Guess what? Today Corrie and I both went to get our hair done!! Corrie usually stays with Peter and Meg but they are in New Jersey this week so she is staying with us.
Sue had to lift Corrie into the back seat because she is thirteen and a half. I do not know what thirteen and a half is but I think it is something heavy because I heard Sue say to Teresa "I had to lift Corrie into the back seat because she is thirteen and a half."




This is me when we first got back. Do you know why my fur is messed up? Because I stuck my head out the window the whole way home. Corrie does not stick her head out the window. I think she is afraid it might blow off so she just sits and looks out.







Did you know I have a pacifier? Yes. Sue got it for me when I was just two months old and even though I am seven months old I still like it. I play with it a lot and today I put it in the window like I put Rabbit in the window.

After I go to Teresa's I am purrrrrty clean. Today Sue said, "Oh, Elvis, you are SUCH a fuzz ball!"

Do you remember when she called me "Pinktongue?" Well she still does, but today was the first day she called me a fuzz ball. I am not sure if I like that name or not. I do not even know what a fuzz ball is. Do you?

Love,
Elvis.

Rabbit at the Window

Hi Everybody.
Rabbit is one of my best friends. Sometimes I put him in the window so he can see stuff.












Other times he just takes a nap beside me after we have been playing a lot.












Then when I think he wants to look out the window again I carefully put him back. See?

Today I ate a stink bug.

Love,
Elvis

Working With Patrick

Hi Everybody.
Tonight Patrick came for my third lesson. Sue took some pictures so you could see how hard I am working at being trained.
This is Patrick with me. My ears are flat against my head because I know this is the beginning of "the lesson" and that I will be doing a lot of hard work.







This is me with Sue. Patrick said she is doing a very good job working with me. You can tell that we are still in "the lesson" because I do not look very happy, even though I really like Patrick.










Tonight we learned about "going to the place." Unfortunately for me "the place" was a thing in the middle of the yard and all the neighbors could see what I had to do: Go to the place. See?










This is Patrick screaming his head off at me. Well, actually he does not scream. He does not even raise his voice. He just tells me what to do and I pretty much do it.










In this picture I think I look like a circus animal. I felt really stupid standing on "the place."
Patrick kept saying "Go to your place!" and I kept wanting to say, "If YOU had to stand on this place in Sue's back yard don't you think YOU would feel like a circus animal??" But I did not.








Just when I thought we were done Patrick took me inside and told me to go to my "place" which is a dog bed in the family room. I thought we were done with "the lesson" and I was purrrrrty sad when we had to have more of "the lesson" inside.

I heard Patrick tell Sue that I was a "bright, bright dog" when the lesson started. I kept doing everything perfectly and he said, "This is amazing." Then I decided to not be perfect and I started to eat grass. It took Patrick a few minutes to "get past the distracted phase" of our lesson.

So, now you know what I go through on Wednesday nights. I am very tired when Patrick goes home. Sue is very happy. She says, "Elvis, you are a perfect dog."

Love,
Elvis

Sleeping at the cabin

Hi everybody!
Guess what? I went on a trip this weekend! Sue and I drove to the cabin to visit Ben and Peter and Meg. I had a blast! First I was able to stick my head out the car window on the entire trip up and I got to sniff the woods and everything.
Then while we were there I went on two TEN MILE walks with everyone.

AND (here is the best part) I LEARNED TO SWIM!! Meg and Sue hiked to a lake at a camp near the cabin and they threw sticks in the water. When I ran in to get them I realized I was SWIMMING!! Yes!! Did you know I could swim? I did not know I could swim, but I could!! I even jumped off the dock once, but I scared myself and did not jump again.

We went back to the lake again and then I swam in the creek many times. At the end of each day I was purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrty tired. Here is a picture Meg took of Sue and me asleep on the floor in the creek room. It is very tiring to swim and chase sticks.

I cannot wait to go back to the cabin again. I LOVE to swim! Meg wanted to go into the lake with me, but it was too cold.

I also got to sit by the campfire. I did not know what a campfire was, but I sniffed and sniffed and then I knew I should not get my tail too close so I just sat by Sue.

OK. That is all I know.

Love,
Elvis

What I like best...

Hi everybody. This is me. Elvis.
I thought you would like to see what I like best now that I am six months old.
Well, I like RIDING IN THE CAR best!! Sometimes I think about jumping out...









but most of the time I just like looking out the window. See?












In this picture you can see how BIG I am getting. Purrrrty big, wouldn't you say???












This is me on the porch by Sue's mums. Do you like them? I do not really care either way, but Sue likes them.











And here I am by the yellow ones. Sometimes Sue can be annoying because she always wants me to be in the picture. I wondered why she did not just take a picture of the flowers, but then she said, "Oh, Elvis. You are soooooo cute!! I think she puts me in the pictures so you can think that I am cute, too!

Guess what else? Did you see my radio collar in the pictures of me in the car? Well, yes! Patrick has been here for two sessions now and I am wearing my collar much of the time. I am going to be very well behaved.

Patrick is not a sissy. This week we had our lesson in the rain!! I was dripping wet, and Sue was standing under a tree while Patrick was teaching us. I thought to myself, "Sue is verrrry wet. My fur is soaked. Doesn't Patrick know we are wet and crabby?" I do not even think he realized it was raining! My ears did pick up when he said to Sue, "Elvis is a very bright dog." At first I thought I did not understand what he said because I had water in my ears, but he DID say that! He said I was verrrrrrrrrry bright! And I knew Sue was verrrrrrrrrrrrrry happy. Me too!

Love,
Elvis