It’s been really windy lately and Wen has been constantly raking the leaves that blow into our front yard.  Sometimes, I watch while she rakes and bags the leaves, because I’m a good Scottie supervisor!

The other day, she was starting to bag a pile of leaves when all of a sudden there was a huge gust of wind and something blew by that looked like money and sent Wen chasing up the street after it.  She caught it with her rake and it turned out to be a dollar bill.  Something larger would have really been exciting, but even though it was only a dollar, it was the first time that a bonus came for raking leaves.  Maybe now, Wen will be spending a lot of time working in the front yard in case more money blows by.  You never know…..

 

Sometimes, my older sister, Sunny, walks around here as if she’s the queen.  I guess since she will be twelve years old in a couple of months and the rest of us Scotties are youngsters in comparison, she has earned the right to act like a queen and she does, because she is basically the top dog.

Sunny doesn’t cause any trouble and she puts up with the shenanigans of three other Scotties.  We pretty much live like one big happy Scottie family (unless one of us gets right in Sunny’s face, in which case she will give the offender a warning bark and a snap), so I suppose that she deserves to act like she’s the queen!

I guess that it’s time for Christmas shopping, because Wen came home with a load of bags and packages.  She also found a nice wreath to put up on our front porch with all kinds of glittery decorations on it, but she decided to add a couple more glittery floral picks to make it look even better.

Somehow, one of the picks ended up on the kitchen floor and was quickly grabbed by Sadie, who Wen found lying on the couch, tearing it apart.  The quilt on the couch was quite sparkly and Sadie’s teeth and beard were full of glitter by the time that Wen took the pick away from her.  For a few minutes though, Sadie had a great time chewing and ripping the glittery plastic pieces apart.  Unfortunately, the end result of her little chewing adventure was a totally ruined pick and a glittery face.  Guess who immediately got a serious beard and teeth brushing!?!

One day last week, Wen took me along on a visit to a friend’s house.  She thought that I might cheer up her friend who has had Scotties in the past, is now without a dog, and is in hospice care.

When we arrived, Wen’s friend was excited to see us and you could tell that she loved dogs and having a Scottie in her house again was a real treat.  She insisted that I be let loose, so I nosed around the house, exploring the rooms where there were Scottie items absolutely everywhere.

Wen plans to visit her friend often and always take one of us Scotties along.  I hope that I get to go, because I was encouraged to jump up on the furniture and look out the windows and I got lots of special attention on our visit.  I even heard something about dog treats being available on future visits, so I’ll definitely be ready and willing the next time Wen goes visiting!

Lucky me, I got to go for a car ride and run errands with Wen!  Not only are car rides my favorite, but we ended up somewhere that was a new experience for me.  We went to the car wash!

Wen made sure that all our car windows were up and then she got out of the car, leaving me inside.  Then, all of a sudden, water sprayed every which way and I felt as though I was in in middle of a rainstorm, but I wasn’t getting wet!

I sat in the car, watching the soapy water eventually turn clear and it wasn’t scary at all, just kind of weird, but it sure held my attention.

After a few minutes, the spraying water stopped, Wen got back in the car, and we drove off.  It was pretty fun at the car wash, at the car wash, yeah!!!

I sort of got in big trouble yesterday morning.  Wen caught me sneaking out of the walk-in closet in the bedroom where Sunny’s huge wire cage is located and when she went to investigate, the evidence was very damaging!  She picked up Sunny’s cage mat and it was wet on one side, as was the rug underneath the cage, sticking out on that side.  Could it have been water?  Not exactly.  The urine smell, unfortunately for me, was a dead give-away.

Yep, I was busted for territory marking and since it was not my first offense, I got a stern lecture.  Okay, I slipped up, but it’s been a long time since my last offense.  My excuse?  I’m a dog, I’m not perfect, and oops, I did it again!  S-O-R-R-Y!!!

Since there are so many fast food restaurants for people, I think that dogs should have equal opportunities.  Someone should create canine fast food places with names like McDoggies, Treats N Eats, The Bone Zone, and Crock ‘O Smell, because we dogs like to eat on the go too.  (Okay, the truth is, we dogs like to eat practically any time!)

Wouldn’t it be awesome if our humans could drive us through a canine fast food drive-thru?  What a brilliant idea!  I’m ready to bark my order right now!  “I would like something meaty, super sized, some treats on the side, and an extra large bowl of water.”  Yum yum!

Okay, so I was a good boy and I posed for pictures with a plush toy.  I even sat still with a Santa hat on my head right next to the toy.

Then, all of a sudden, Wen says that the toy and I look alike!  What??  Are you serious?  Do I look like that goofy toy?  I don’t think so!!!

I think that I have finally mastered the eye roll.