New Bath Time Process & Pictures of my Villa

It appears I've hit my teens.  At least that's what they call it. I don't know what makes me be so crazed some times. I've driven them mad this last week. I can't seem to settle in the evening, and I am not coming when I'm called all the time.  Re the not coming, I'm fine if I'm not distracted, but for the smallest reason, I'll look at them out the side of my eye, and not come, when I know it's not a good thing to do. I don't know what comes over me, but it makes them crazy, however, they still love me.

We had bath day to day, and we're onto a better routine. Julie takes my blankets & toys and puts them int he big white machine where they spin around. That's my first clue it's bath day.  Our new routine is Graham & Julie fill up lots of buckets with wonderfully warm water.  We stand outside, and I love the warm water so much, I don't want to run away or mess about, I'm happy to stand still and be lathered up, then the absolute BEST is when they take the huge watering can and give me a warm shower to rinse off.

Then I run around like a mad dog, and slide down the lawn, and roll in the flower bed, I get a yummy marrow bone, and get to lay in the sun and watch Julie hang up my blankets & fluffy toys to dry.  After a couple of hours, she finishes them off with a spin in the other big white machine that makes them warm and she crawls around setting up my little one room villa for another week or so.

Training update:  We're working on sit, lay down, and stay  and my close-in turns for Sunday.

Alpha Julie has been moving kinda slow the last couple of days.  I can tell she's sore, so I'm trying to be less rambunctious with her.  It's hard 'cause I love playing the stick game with her when we walk.

For you other canine friends who have been asking for photos of my One Bedroom Villa and the new backyard set up.. Sorry it took me a while to get the hang of Graham's camera, but with the tripod and the auto timer, I could get me in the photos too.

Me and Teddy in my 'Veranda' - setting up again after my bath, when my blankets have been washed & dried.
All my blankets get put back into my bedroom and I can 'nest up' and be cozy.

Me infront of my One Bedroom Villa, note I have my radio on the top. It plays all the time, just quietly to keep me up to date on the news, and footy and I love to stay cultured with good music. I have it tuned to ABC of course.

Now I have the whole back yard, and the little gate is open to the front most of the time.

That's it for now.  Woof arf  bark bark.  Elwood.

May update

I had a sore paw and was limping around a bit, which got me lots of sympathy from my Alpha female, they said it was good timing for me to relax as there was work being done out front.  I ended up being cooped up in the back, or in the house with them for a few days.

My pen has been extended with the gate now along the side of the house so I have the whole back yard... Including the entire wood pile to chew on!!  I thought I could see what was going on out front but as much as I called them, they seemed very busy and didn't want me walking around out front helping.  It was certainly smelly on the last day, when a fellow put on a "top coat".

Front finally finished.

When it was all done, and I was allowed to walk on it, I thought it looks and feels nice.  You can see the whole project by clicking here

They've been pacing in straight lines again, so I'm not sure what project they're cooking up next. Last time they did that they dug the hole and filled it in with concrete.  Who can keep up with these crazy humans?

I've been working hard at my puppy commands. Heel, heel, heel, that's all I hear these days. I've got smells wafting into my nose from someplace ahead of us, curling into my nose like a hook pulling me towards them... making my nose almost ticklish in it's desire to hurry to get there to discover what the smell is associated with, and they want me to walk at their side demurely. Gheesh...  However, as soon as the lead is off, I'm allowed to race around like a lunatic and smell them all so I guess it's not so bad.

School has them getting me to heel, sit, laying down, play recall, and stay, and a bunch of turning.  All this when there are around 30 or more dogs on the field makes it very hard to concentrate.

Hmmm, better get off the computer, I think they're coming in from outside.

Woof Arf Bark.  Elwood.