Showing Buttons the Pond

This afternoon Mom and I showed Buttons the pond where we like to walk. I think Buttons had fun there, too. The geeses weren't there today but some ducks were quacking on the water.


I showed Buttons all of the best places to sniff when we're walking around the pond.




Um...Mom...I think Buttons is trying to eat some old goose poop here...


I was so proud of my new sister. She went and sniffed this tree on her own!


This is a very important place to sniff because it's the "Dog Station." I think that sign means we're supposed to potty there.


Here are some pictures of Buttons and I walking around the pond. You'll note that I'm the one in the lead most of the time...





I think we wore Buttons out when we were walking around the pond. Here's what she did when we got back home.


That's one tired Buttons doggie!

A Penguin?!

When Mom and I were walking around my pond the other day, she thought she saw a penguin out on the water. She's crazy! I said, "Mom, you know it's not cold enough here for penguins to be on our pond!"

So we investigated and you know what? It was a goose! The goose was diving, so its head was under the water and its booty was up in the air! Mom saw the goose's belly and booty and thought it looked like a penguin 'cause it's belly and booty are white but it's legs and tail feathers are all black. I thought that was pretty funny.

We learned two things that day.

1. Geeses have white booties.

2. Mom should wear her glasses more often.

What's Zooming on My Pond?

Mom and I walked around the pond tonight. I heard a funny buzzing sort of noise on the way over there. It got pretty loud. When I looked at my pond, you know what I saw? Boats! That's right -- there were boats out zooming around my pond.

Mom said that they were "remote control" boats 'cause our pond isn't big enough for boats people ride in. And there were guys on the side of the water with things that told the boats where to drive on the pond. That's pretty weird, don't you think?

Anyway, the good thing about the boats zooming on my pond is that it scared all of the geeses away. Those loud honkers keep pooping on my sidewalk! I wouldn't mind 'em if they would stop doing that. And maybe quiet down a bit. They're so loud!

Bad thing about the boats is that they scared away the duckies, too. Mom and I like to listen to them quackin' out on my pond. (They're not as loud as the geeses and they don't poop all over, either!)

Gotta admit that the boats zooming sorta scared me a little, too. Mom had to pull me along for a bit when the boats got super close to the sidewalk. Oopsie...

Pond News

Mom and I walked around the pond this weekend, and Mom took along our camera. So here's a picture of me checking out those silly geese out on the pond. There are duckies out there, too.


The geeses were pretty quiet for this walk. Some geese over at the next pond (we don't walk past there) were honking up a storm, but the ones on our pond weren't. I did catch some geese getting ready to poop all over my sidewalk, though, so I chased them back to the water. Don't poop on my sidewalk!

And look! My puddle was back! I ran right through the middle of it. Mom was not amused, but I loved it!

Yeah for my puddle! I love that thing!

Stuff at the Pond

Mom and I walked around the pond tonight. She didn't want to 'cause of her allergies but I begged and begged and tugged and tugged. She finally caved and let me go that direction.

Funniest thing happened when Mom and I were walking. We met a doggie who was just a bit smaller than me and you know what the doggie's name was? Chicken! I couldn't believe it. The doggie was named Chicken. That's so silly! I was, of course, scared of the doggie and I hid behind Mom each time Chicken tried to say "hi" to me. Mom said that Chicken wasn't a chicken but I was. Whatever...

Goose Update: I was surprised that the honkers were quiet tonight. Only one honking incident when we were walking. Looks like they stopped all of that pooping on my sidewalk, too. It's about time! Those crazy geese were making such a mess over there! I don't think as many of them are living on my pond anymore, so maybe that has something to do with the quiet night and lack of poo.

Updates on Stuff

I'm not so mad at my Mom anymore. She took me to the Farmer's Market this weekend and we had a nice, lazy weekend together. Those are the best! I love that market, too. I got a little over-heated there this time, though, and Mom felt horrible about that. Worked well for me in the end because Mom felt so bad. That meant extra loving for me!

And for the record, the honkers (a.k.a. geese) are still flying over our parking lot all of the time. Mom said we're just lucky they haven't pooped on us.

More Goose News

Mom hasn't taken me to my pond lately 'cause she says she has bad allergies. So, I haven't been over there to check on those geese. I can tell you, though, that there are still lots and lots of geeses over there. You know how I know? I hear them.

Those things are the loudest honkers. I think that's all they do, too, besides swim and poop. Almost every time Mom and I are outside, I hear them honking. Lots of the time, they're flying around over the top of us in our parking lot. Honk, honk, honk! I think we should change their name from "geese" to "honkers." Honk, honk, honk! We need to figure out a way to put a volume control on those guys so they're not so loud.

And they need to start picking up their poop. I'm tired of stepping in it on my sidewalk!

Goose Update

Mom and I walked around the pond again tonight. All of the bazillion geeses are STILL over there. This time they were all just floating around on the water, though. They weren't acting all crazy like they were last night. I think their party must have been done.

So the geese were quieter, but they still haven't picked up all of that messy poop that they left on my sidewalk. My Mom picks up my poop. Why don't the geeses' moms pick of theirs?

Oh -- we saw some duckies tonight, too. They were walking by the sidewalk. I didn't want to scare 'em, so I just acted like I didn't see them. I think they still got a little scared, though. They were quacking at me. I just kept on walking and sniffing the grass.

The Geese Are Crazy!

Mom and I walked around the pond tonight. I decided that we could. I've been refusing to walk over there for a while just 'cause I didn't feel like it. I was bored with my pond.

Anyway, when we were there tonight, the geese were going crazy. There were a bazillion of them -- lots more than usual. And they were flapping and flying and swimming around all over the place. They were SO loud, too. HONK HONK HONK! (Just like that.) I think maybe the normal geeses were having a party or something and they invited all of their friend geeses over.

Then, all of the geeses just flew off to one of the other ponds. It was funny 'cause all of the sudden, they were gone. I guess their party got busted. They left some duckies behind, though, so then the duckies were quacking up a storm -- probably happy that the geese all left and they had the pond to themselves.

Even after the geese left, I could sure tell that lots of them had been at my pond. They really need to start cleaning up after themselves...or to stop going potty on my sidewalk!

Geese at the Pond

Mom and I have been walking around the pond lots and lots lately. It's really cool. I love to sniff over there. Anyway, Mom took some more pictures of me and our pond.

This one is of me sniffing in the wind and wiping my feets...

We've got lots of geeses over at our pond, too. Mom liked this picture because it has me walking fast over by some geese.

Can you believe those silly geese are all afraid of ME?!?! They're twice as big as I am! I think that's so silly.