…let’s go…let’s go……..can’t wait to go to the lake…..

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…this morning……
…after sweetie-pie saw me pack the backpack…..
…a  sure sign that we are going to the lake……
…and now I just slowed the whole thing down by wanting to take his picture……

….let’s go….let’s go……..

He had a great time this morning at the lake……well worth the wait for sweetie-pie…….

…sweetie-pie and the Bluffs………now and then……..

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Yesterday, Boucle and I visited the east end of Toronto on the lake, the Scarborough Bluffs for our excursion of the weekend.

And I remembered the first time Boucle and I visited the Bluffs, on a cold December day in 2007, when Boucle was 1.5 years old.  He was so young, and it was the first time I tied him to a pole and walked away (a few feet) to take a pic.  He was afraid I was leaving him…..abandoning him….and he whimpered and cried.

I was really only a few feet away, but he felt is was forever away.

Yesterday, we visited again.  And I thought, as I saw the pole, that I should take a pic again of sweetie-pie.  Then and now.  Now, no whimpering.  Now, no leash needed for him to stay when I say stay.  Such a good dog.

So much happiness in all these years together…….

 

 

 

…custom peek a boo screen……made by action star sweetie-pie…….

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…when Boucle was a small puppy, the first time I turned on the blow dryer after giving him a bath…..
…he got so scared that he slipped out of my hands…….
… raced at top speed out the bathroom……
…around the corner
…and straight through the screen……like an action star……..

…poor sweetie-pie…..
…he was so lucky that it was summer and the patio door was open……
…made by Boucle……..for Boucle……..

I have the replacement since that time, but each spring I see how much he enjoys the easy in and out, that I leave it the way it is……..just for him…….

…action star……..sweetie-pie……..