Another point of view

It es now open dog season on la playa, so Mama and I are having more walks there and looking at different areas we have not seen.

It says on the sign that we are not to walk on the dunes, but I am a natural creature, no?  Can you keep a natural creature from being in nature?  So I tried a little bit.  To say la verdad, there es nothing especial about these dunes.  I checked it out, and am not impressed.

Mama called me back, and I was not reluctant to do as she said.

I do enjoy climbing on the rocks they call the sea wall.

I have found some easier places that Mama can use to go up, while I climb the steeper parts, and can jump sometimes when she is not looking.  I don't want to scare her.

I think if I water the rocks, they will get bigger, no?  It works for that green vegetation, so I am trying.  I will report back on my progress.

I almost forgot to say, mi amigo Tiger has left us.  And now his Mom es not well, so it es bad times in their casa.  I feel bad about this, but there es nothing I can do, I am afraid.  I just feel very sad about it.  This es two amigos who I have lost this year.  I hope their families will find new dogs, it will help them to feel better, and there are so many dogs who have no families.  I will try to tell them they need to adopt new friends.  Es muy importante.

Sad news

I just learned this morning that mi amigo Tiger has a tumor on his chest, and is having a biopsy, whatever that means.  I am afraid that means I might lose another friend.  It is being bad this year on my block for my friends, first Snickers and now this.  Tiger is a Shih Tzu, and he has been here many years, he knew Cid.  His Mom thinks it is funny that she always thought Tiger was tiny until she met me.  I really like Tiger, and his Mom, and I hope he will be ok, but I have a bad feeling about this.  Mama and I saw Tiger with his Dad a couple of days ago, and Tiger seemed mostly ok, but was having a hard time breathing, almost like Snickers did, kind of wheezing (mi Mama gives me that word for this), but he had good energy and was out for his morning walk.  So I am keeping paws crossed that he will be ok.

After our explorations

When we come home from our beach walks, this is my favorite place to be.

We found the magic gate!

It is going to a different part of la playa than where we usually go. 

Are you comin' or what???

To my predecessor in this home

I never knew this dog, whose name was Cid.  But I came to live in his home not quite a year after he had left, and let me tell you, his are big pawprints to fill.  In this picture he was about 3 pounds more than I am or will ever be.  At his prime, he was 110 pounds of happy, friendly, very protective of Mama dog.

I try to do the job he did here, protecting the house and Mama from all sorts of invaders, and making sure Mama gets to walk on the beach and take her pictures, like Cid did.  Sometimes Mama laughs when I do something she says Cid used to do.  I like that.

So, on today, the anniversary of his death, I salute the dog who paved the way for me to have a happy home here.  Thanks to the big brother I didn't know. 

Some news

A little bit of sad news.  Mi amigo Snickers has left us.  He was very very ill one evening, and the next day he was no longer here.  I do not know what happened, but I still go to look for him, and there is no fresh pee at his house, and he does not pee in my yard, so I believe what Mama says, that he is gone.

I have, however, found some new friends.  These are Maddy and Coco, who I see on the beach in some mornings, and we play circles and hunting for treasure and other Chi games.  It is bueno to have some friends who are also of my people.  Here is a picture of us three being together.

Coco is a boy, the darker color one. He likes queso. Maddy is a girl, a little zoftig, as I like them.  Their Papa brings them to the beach when he comes to swim or do what they call "surf," which seems to involve throwing an ironing board into the water.  I do not understand it, but they do not partake of this "surf" thing, they stay on the beach. 

I have noticed that we who are not very large do not go into this water.  I see larger dogs go in, and they seem to like it, but I do not care to be wet, so it seems like something to avoid.  Though I have seen mi amigo Wyatt go into the small part of the water.  I do not understand that at all.  He is like me, but longer, and not so tall, so why he likes to be wet is a mystery.

I have also had Mama make what she calls a "head shot" of me.  We were climbing on the rocks the other morning, and I think it is good.

 People here have called me a "rock star."  I do not know what that means, but I hear I may have a "fan club."  This is all very confusing for me.  But people take a lot of pictures of me, especially when I go with Abuela to the market.  Perhaps I can find a way to sign my autograph for these fans.  I have been told that this is what rock stars do.

And I have been getting Mama up earlier so she can see the colors outside before they go away.  She likes colors.  I know it is cooler at that time, and I like to walk on the beach and the rocks when it is cooler, so this is pleasing for me as well.  Here are some of the colors she saw today.

 Mama also does not like to be wet, so we agree.  Now it is time for my second walk this morning.  See you later!