Rude interruption

My dinner was rudely interrupted this evening with the arrival of three fire trucks at my apartment building. It was very exciting but boy do they make a racket. I guess it's just one of the downsides of living in wooden buildings.

Cooling off

I only managed to get my paws wet because I'm a law abiding dog and had to stay on my lead.

Ben the explorer

Autumn, or fall as they say out here, is just around the corner and the temperatures have taken a tumble. It was beautiful today: clear blue sky, a perfect 22oC, excellent exploring weather. We took a trip inside the beltway to Falls Creek State Park in Virginia. It was doggie utopia; so many smells, so many dogs. I exchanged a lot of business cards! I got some treats from the human of a Chihuahua called Buddy. He's one lucky dog, his human has started her own doggie treats business. I must say they were very good indeed. I can't say I'm a great fan of really small dogs, for one thing I've got to bend down such a long way to sniff their butts. I've eaten things bigger than him. Have a look at the pictures of me with Buddy and exploring the woods.

Death in the family

It is with a heavy heart that I inform you of the death of one of my nearest and dearest toys. After nearly two years of loyal service my Christmas reindeer tug toy has finally departed this world for the great garbage bin in the sky (a landfill site somewhere near DC). Thankfully the end was swift and relatively painless for the little guy and, to be honest, excellent fun. He still squeaks though. Roody you will be sadly missed.

Believe it or not

They have halloween costumes for dogs! I nearly got thrown out of the pet store for laughing at the costumes. I can't believe it. There was one poor dog who's owner kept trying different outfits on him. My personal favourite is the bumble bee or maybe the devil. They even have outfits for cats. Now that I have to see. I would love to see an owner trying to dress their cat up. Even the 'model' looks p***d off and he's getting paid for the photo shoot.

Fun run

I'm sitting out on my balcony watching the annual Kentlands 5K race. Ok, so it was a bit of any early start for me on a Saturday as they started setting up for the run at 6am right outside the apartment. The whooping and a hollerin' is starting to get on my nerves now, especially the cheerleaders who have been chanting the same phrase for the past 30 minutes - "Let's go runners, let's go!" You've got to admire their enthusiasm but not when they are right below your balcony.

They must have heard me, they've changed their chant - "Let's go walkers, let's go!" I'm guessing these are the stragglers. Good on 'em for finishing. Clearly, 5K is nothing for a supreme athlete like me, it's my human who would probably die trying to run, and as I have to stay on a lead, I couldn't take part.