You Know You Live In A Small Town When.........

   ....you can pick your dog's relatives out of a crowd of strangers.

    Sunday my wife and I went with our oldest daughter to watch the sunset at the Loomis Street boat-launch.  While the Sun was getting low a family arrived with a couple of dogs.  As they passed by I said to my people "That dog looks just like Nico"  My daughter replied "Exactly!"   After sunset, as my two companions headed back to the car I went over and asked the dog's owner if she got him from the breeder in Amber Twp.  Long story short, the dog is Nico's brother and litter-mate.

  Here's a photo of Nico for comparison.

Last pick of the litter.

Nico in Snow Slo-Mo Video

  Nico loves when I shovel snow.

   I hate vertical videos as much as the next guy but it was the only way I could toss the snow and record the video while keeping her in the frame.  Sincere apologies.

Dashing Through the Snow 1/29/2019

  Nico seems to be enjoying her first winter.

Who's at the Door?

  I'm not saying that Rolling Stones' guitarist Ronnie Wood looks like a dog.......

,,,,,,,I'm just saying my dog Nico looks like Ronnie Wood.

  Am I right?

Happy New Year

Nico leaping for a shovelful of snow.

 
 

Petflix

Busted... as her cone prevented an escape from the forbidden couch.

  While my growing pup is recovering from having all her dog eggs removed, I got her an online subscription to Petflix.  Here she is watching her favorite video.

  She never knew either of the guys in the video but she is standing on the exact spot that their altercation occurred.

Well At Least One of Us Enjoyed the Fall Colors

What I saw.

       Took Nico to a park to enjoy the fall colors this morning,  Used the phone to snap a few photos, since the 500mm lens almost never comes off the real camera.

     Ran the photo through an online processor at.. dog-vision.com to get an idea of how the pup sees the changing leaves. The lack of resolution was surprising and has me scratching my head over how she can pick out a squirrel rustling in the leaves at 100 yds.

How Nico would see herself (if she were taking a selfie).

   Of course averted gaze portraits are fine for yearbooks or a U2 press release showing that they still haven't found what they're looking for, it's not optimal when attempting to capture a dog's personality(?). 

Squeaky mouse impersonation gets her attention

"OK you got your eye-level photo with a colorful background, now get me off this picnic table"

Back on leaf covered ground

     The last photo when viewed on the small screen of my phone gave the impression of a three-dimensional dog emerging from a two-dimensional shadow dog.