Henry - dog's life
Henry is some sort of mix. I'm his human and am enjoying the process of bringing up a little one. This blog takes you on my journey and records progress...it is already apparent Henry's human needs advice and some positive reinforcement!
Thursday, March 14, 2024
March 14th is Not Exciting
Saturday, February 17, 2024
Henry Supervising
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Papa Peep and the Pooch
There they are - MamaPeep’s two good boys. Just taking a little mini-nap. Henry has taken to burying himself in pillows on the couch when he is not on a Peep lap. He just digs his way in and leaves a peek spot so he can keep track of activities.
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Handsome Henry
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Henry - The Supervisor
In case you have forgotten, Henry is a good old boy. He barks if a leaf falls in the forest. He thinks the mail carrier is his best friend but he makes crazy run-arounds barking with unmatched enthusiasm when she visits. When Amazon delivers you would think Godzilla is on the approach!
Henry was born 3/11/2011 so he is now a good old boy and is exhausted after too much excitement. So he follows his peep to the studio crashing on his blanket to direct questioning glances at my efforts in clay. I check him for eye rolls and trash the ones he doesn’t like.
Sunday, February 19, 2023
Henry Collects Some Clay Dust
Henry has been helping in the pottery lab -- mostly stirring up dust but also encouraging us to enjoy the process or (preferred) take him for a hike down to the water. It’s raining, so he is out of luck. So... instead the pup is supervising Ryan throwing blindfolded as a little side adventure on the wheel.
Here is some of what I've been up to in the last few months.
Okay. I'm back.
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Snow at the End of the week!
Its coming soon. SNOW! The peeps don’t seem to understand.
Rain is bad enough. I walk with them to the end of the driveway and then stop. Sit. Look back — longingly at the gate and indoor warmth. Why the heck would anyone want to be out in drizzle? Humph.
Now I hear snow by the end of the week! What the hay? This is ridiculous. Next they’ll be snow booties. I really hate snow booties!
Friday, September 10, 2021
Exhausted!
It is tough being ten. I am handsome (that's good). I am loved (that's important). I get to travel on my peep's lap (that is essential). I am friendly - after a couple of minutes of barking at strangers -- (it takes a bit to get over my cautious mistrust - I do need to be sure my peeps are safe after all). I am a very picky eater but my weight is healthy - (my peep just needs to add yummy stuff to my kibble — and it has to be different every meal or I won’t touch it).
All that, but at ten, I get really tired so I’m a power nap-pooch. I’ll be ready for zoomies in a bit!
...and just saying, Vivika is a lot older than I am. She's a pretty good sleeper too and her zoomies don't last nearly as long as mine!
Saturday, February 13, 2021
Short Stubby Little Legs
If Henry had his cousin Gus’s long lanky legs it wouldn’t be an issue. But it doesn’t take much snow to get to Henry’s chest.
And there is the whole issue of potty breaks! You can’t see the lawn - so is it gone? Cold doggie feet! A little spot of yellow snow. “OMG, OMG — Mom let me back inside!!”
Friday, October 2, 2020
Henry and His Cousins
Henry had a vacation in this COVID world. We went to the cabin for two weeks to shore up it’s 101 year old logs. I guess it was a success....we will find out if the retaining wall did it’s job in the next few years. I know it looks scary, but it’ll be invisible when we remove the paper and the plants leaf out on the hill in the spring.
The important part, of course, is shy and scared-e-cat Henry’s reaction to his cousins. He got so incredibly excited when we drove down that long entry to Kathy’s home. He knew what was coming his way! He went crazy racing to the door. He saw Pearl and Wyatt and was jubilant!
It is exactly the same when he sees his cousin Guster. Such happiness. We do need a second dog. Henry is an only child - Vivika the cat just doesn’t seem to cut it.
Saturday, May 9, 2020
Yesterday and Today
And then there is the shocked and disgruntled Henry wondering what the heck his mom was thinking.
Monday, May 4, 2020
Henry Has (or maybe had) New Friends!
Thursday, April 2, 2020
🐕 Some Friends 🐕
Bath? Humph.
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Pluto Making it all Okay 🐕
Thank you ❤️
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Coronavirus and Henry
We are lucky to live in a very quiet area - I cannot imagine what folks do in Seattle or New York. A walk around our blocks see maybe one or two folks out walking their dogs - but the neighborhood dog walkers are a careful group. No buddy-dog sniffing here. We cross to opposite sides of the street.
So, we go out to admire the fruit trees in early bloom - wondering if a late freeze will ruin our crop. I’ve only spotted on bee. I was tempted to steal it from my neighbor’s tree and carry it home.
As you can see, when we return home, Henry has not had enough. First he races in circles to encourage more play time, then he creates a spot on his blankets to hunker down until his people get going again.
Henry’s gorgeous cousin Pearl is bored too. Her Human sent this along for Henry to check out. |
Friday, February 28, 2020
Here is Henry on his boat - no doubt sailing away. Because he really is not a water dog - bath or lake - his boat is beached. That didn’t stop the sea creature from attempting to gobble him up when he walked the plank. Be aware, no dogs were injured in this photo shoot!