Another weekend is gone

Yesterday I was at school again and even my mum was there with Inger! They weren't there to learn anything but to meet me and my brothers (my sister wasn't there and neither was one of my brothers). After the lessons we played all together. It was fun, I can barely wait until I see them again next week.

On the way home we stopped in a pet shop and I got a new toy. It's like a ball but it has holes in it and my mistress hides dog sweets there. When I roll it, the sweets fall out :)

Today I visited my masters sister who has many cats, some cows and a horse. Cows were huge, I didn't like them and I never saw the horse. Cats were boring too, they just left and didn't wave their paws as Sixten does. I took a walk in the woods and played hide and seek with my master and mistress.

I love water

My mistress took a shower and I followed her. At first I tried to drink up all water on the floor but it was too much. Then I discovered fresh water coming from above and started to drink that. I got all wet but it was fun. It was even funnier when I ran further to the room because there was plenty of space for me to shake myself. My humans didn't appreciate it though for some unknown reason.

Freedom

It feels strange to stay at home and not to work at all. I have nine free days now and don't really know what to do. I've come up with a project for these days, I try to train my people to do what I want for a change. Sometimes when it's boring and I want to play I pretend I need to go out. I know my mistress wants me to pee but she can't see the difference when I only bend down and pretend that I'm peeing! Most often my humans play with me before we go in again :)

Today I visited a pet clinic with Sixten. He was afraid and didn't want to be there at all but I don't understand why. I got some dogsweets from a veterinary surgeon and she touched my neck. My humans talked about some vaccination, I wonder what that is. They had big scales there too which showed 10,5 kg when I stepped on it. My mistress also ordered a passport for me so I can go on holiday with my humans next summer, they want to travel to Estonia. It has to be written in my passport that I'm healthy before I can travel to other countries if I've understood it right.

School

Today was my first day at school with all my brothers and sister. I hadn't met them since they moved out to their new families and it was fun to see them again - especially my brother Ludde who I played and wrestled with for a long time.

The school was quite okey too but it was a bit difficult to concentrate because of all those impressions. I was praised by my teacher when I ran as fast as I could to my humans after they called my name. I know how to sit but my humans haven't taught me the commando "sit" yet, so this will be the homework. They wanted me to lay down too but I didn't feel like it - I prefer to practise it at home instead.

I got a parcel

...actually my mistress did but it was for me. My carcage finally arrived! It took a couple of hours for my mistress to construct it but she succeeded. So no more catcage :) I have already tested my new cage on the way to work and I like it - it's big and I can see what's going on outside.

My weight was 9,4 kg this morning and I've learned how to climbe the stairs so I can now go in the house all by myself. Now it's time to work.

EDIT 22:30: Well... my friends poodles are here so we played instead of working. I think it's okay that only humans work sometimes ;) I even got a new friend who's same size as me. She's called Doris and she is working tonight too. Too bad my master comes soon to take me home, I really like those dogs.

Finally!

One free day... I've been working every single day for the whole week now and last night I worked 7,5 hours! I don't complain though, I had fun. I was on call and saw three ambulances, one doctor and many people. During the rest of the evening I didn't have so much to do. My mistress had to go away every now and then, but I knew she would come back so I stayed at the nurses' office and just rested.

Today I have taken it easy. My humans bought meatballs and said something about me going to school on Saturday. I guess I'll get all those meatballs at school if I'm a good girl - I just have to pull myself together and do as they want for a while. I already tried it couple of times and came running when my mistress called my name. I was right - every time I came to her I got a bit of a meatball which tasted heavenly.

I understand three commandos ("come", "release" and "step down") already and for treats I'm glad to do what humans want. My mistress has a stuffed bag and sometimes she wants me to fetch it. I can do that, I only wonder when she comes up with the idea there is a commando for it called "fetch". Anyway... she throws this bag and when I come back with it she wants to exchange and I get dog sweets. Fine by me... as long as she has something I want to have, of course. Otherwise I take the bag and run away. Too bad she never chases me, so finally I go to her with the bag anyway.

Work, work, work...

Last night I worked late. My master was supposed to come and take me home after his work but he had to stay for two extra hours. When he came at last, I wanted to sleep and ran back to my mistress - that didn't help much, he caught me and carried me to the car. Well... I fell asleep again on the way home and refused to leave the cage so he had to carry me one more time.

Today on the other hand he came too early. I didn't want to follow him but my mistress used a lead so I couldn't escape :( You see, my poodle friends were working tonight and I couldn't even meet them because I had to follow my mistress and hand out some stupid medicines. Boring!

My mistress has become boring too. She only sleeps and works. Luckily for me she hears when I need to go out, even when she's sleeping, but she doesn't understand I want to check my territory every time. She calls my name many times and sometimes thinks I'm disobedient, but I don't care - I'm a big girl now and need to mind my own business too. Anyway, when I'm finally ready to go back I don't even need to run - she's so happy I can come strolling :)