I did not do a report for yesterday as not much happened. As I had barked a few times during the night, the Codgers thought they could beat me by ignoring it. Eventually I gave up but not before keeping them awake for hours. Consequently, it was well after ten in the morning that they appeared, only to find it was dumping with snow. It was still falling when they decided to walk me down to the village to get some milk, and we called in at Caths Cafe for a drink. Naturally I did not get one, but I did make friends with a family on holiday who were missing their black lab and they made a fuss of me instead.
Back at the kennel, Blue started cooking as they had some more Codgers coming around for supper, and Grey pottered around half asleep clearing snow, setting the table, and taking me for a peestop just before my dinner (meagre as ever). The evening was a bore with the adults talking nonsense about getting old and wondering if they will ever be able to enjoy themselves again after Brexit
Against the background of the previous night, when I detected that a monster, dogeating mountain lion was sniffing around outside, I barked for all I was worth. Eventually Grey came down and let me look out to check, but the lion had gone a long time ago. Still I was one up before half-time and went to sleep while Grey ran the dishwasher and stoked up the fire before he slumped of to bed grumbling all the time about “bloody dog”
And so it was after 10 this morning that they appeared, had some breakfast and went off skiing once they had found all the things that they needed and which had been packed away since last season. They came back, more or less in one piece each, and after a snack, they took me up to Lassare to find a suitable spot to lose another Bernies Ball. I did that with some panache such that even old Grey could not find it despite Blue shouting at him with instructions which I think she meant to be helpful. He never found it.
Tonight, they have a cunning plan to keep me away from the lion detection zone. I may have to find another reason to test my barking system. I will let you know how I get on.