Sometimes I get upset - but one good day can make me feel better

Sometimes I get upset at my parents.  Well, doesn't everyone?

For the past few days they've just left me alone in my Airstream while they go out!  I've heard them say things like "State Fair - no dogs", "Mall - no dogs", "grocery store, laundry - no dogs".  I just sit and mope and wait for them to come home - OK - I sleep alot too.

But today we got up early and got in my truck and took a ride to someplace new.  It looks very nice.  I sat outside for a while and checked it out.

Then my parents took me for another ride!  This time we went to a place with water and an outside restaurant! 

I admired the lake to make my parents happy...

and then I waited patiently for my food to come out.  Of course I shared it with my parents!

After my dinner and my bully stick I took my parents for a walk around the campground.  Now I'm all sprawled out on the floor napping as I prepare to go to sleep after an excellent day.

Where have I been????

Have you missed me?  Well, I'm back and this is what I've been doing...

On the weekend we went to a place with a funny name - Saskatoon? -  and my parents took me on a special  outing while we were there.

First we went to an outdoor market where I got to sit in the shade with my father and be admired by passersby.

Then I took my parents for a long walk near a river. 

They got really excited about some boats on the water...

They insisted, so I took a look...

However, I much prefer sitting in the shade and protecting them from danger, like I am doing in this photo.

This is my true purpose in life. 

For the next two days we took some long rides in my truck.  It enabled me to catch up on my sleep.

The horror - the indignity - the BATH!

Today my parents did a horrible thing to me - they took me to a store and had me washed, moisturized, blown dry, ears cleaned, teeth cleaned, perfumed and tied up in a bandana.  What have I ever done to them!

The truth of the matter is that I charmed everybody there - got lots of treats, and did look and smell rather lovely after all.

See how pretty I look!  

However, it was a stressful day.  I need my beauty sleep. 

Funny..

Today I barked at a big brown baby bison...

I am so funny I make myself laugh!

I also made a new friend today

I make friends everywhere I go.  It gives me lots to dream about when I go to sleep.

Two peaceful days..

The last two days have been very peaceful.

I went for a ride but I only had to get out and look at one lake...

Otherwise, I've been relaxing in the camper and sleeping on my parent's bed while they are out running around DOING things.  I think it is best that I conserve my energy.

And just now something special happened!  I got to go for a ride in my truck with my father.  You know how special it is for a girl to spend time with her father on a one-to-one basis.

I will go to sleep happy tonight.

I bark

Today my parents yelled at me for barking too much.

I am a dog.  I bark.

I hope the they won't be mad at me for too long.

I'll pretend to me asleep until they're not mad at me anymore.

I am NOT blown away

Last night my parents and I stayed in a very nice campground on a large lake. I liked it because there were many flowers for me to smell...

This is a flower.

However, there was a very strong wind blowing across the lake.  If I were a smaller dog I might have been blown away.  But thanks to the dog food fairy, I am well fed!

This is the lake.  You can't see the wind.

It was cold and I slept with my parents last night.

THE mountain

My parents got very excited by a large mountain as we were traveling down the road today.  They made me get out and look at it.

OK, it is a very large mountain...

but even the thought of walking up it puts me to sleep.

Yesterday

I was feeling a little under the weather yesterday.  I didn't want to go for a waddle, I didn't want to bark, I didn't want to get out of my parent's bed - I was just no fun at all.  I think that my parents were worried about me.

Later I felt better but my parents made me take it easy.  Today I was better and they took me for a ride in my truck.  I have good parents.

I'm going to sleep so that I can be ready for tomorrow.

About the dog food fairy

Today was not a terribly interesting day in Alaska so I will give you some more information about the dog food fairy.

1.  The dog food fairy only comes to dogs with empty bladders.  My mother told me that.  I didn't know I had a bladder.

2.  My mother is NOT the dog food fairy (or Santa Claus like some people have said), because when I was walking my mother last night the dog food fairy came and brought me dinner.

Please let me know if you have any information about the dog food fairy.  I'd like to collect it all in one place.

I wonder what the dog food fairy has to say about sleep.

The Great One...

Of course it's another post about me, Belle - but in this case the great one is what my parents say the name "Denali" means - and we have been at this national park for several days - some nice and some rainy.

Here I am with my Mom at the entrance to the park.

I'll just tell  and show you a few of the things I did.

I attended a ranger program.

I took a walk in the rain and wound up sitting in a bus shelter until it let up.  Nevertheless, my paws became very dirty.

Ugh! Dirty paws!

What was especially nice was that my parents had dinner with me every night we were at the park and then they let me sleep in their bed because it was cold.  I wonder if I can still sleep in their bed tonight.

I have a book

Maybe my parents aren't traitors after all.  They did bring me a nice book from the sled dog kennel.  It is called Sled Dogs.

Sometimes my father reads it to me and sometimes I read it on my own.

I think I look alot like the dog on the cover.  Don't you?

Do books sometimes put you to sleep as they do me?