Learning to Hike

Learning to Love the Front Porch

Handsome boy! Lars is growing like a weed, before our very eyes. His paws are huge, and as you can see, his ears are no longer standing up! I think they grew too fast and got heavy, so now they're all floppy and silly again.




Yummy bone!
What a face. This is the look we get when trying to enforce calm and disciplined behavior. Notice that Lars is always attached to his leash - this is so we can stand on it and make him settle when he gets crazy with biting.

Another Rainy Afternoon

New (old) rug! Our downstairs is very barren at the moment. We've had to move all our rugs, plants, books, magazines, fireplace tools, candles, you name it, upstairs our out to the garage. We brought this old rug inside yesterday and Lars loves it...gives him lots of traction when playing!


"No Biting" is a concept that Lars is slow to understand. This is our biggest challenge with him - he learns commands in 2 or 3 tries (sit, down, come, paw) but this no biting business is no fun for him.

It's rough being a mischievous puppy...no biting, no chewing, no eating rocks or bugs, new commands, not being the boss...time for a nap.

Week of 21 June 09

As it turns out, Lars is a soccer doggy! Joe discovered that he loves my old, deflated soccer ball and clamps onto it (as well as our feet, ankles, hands) like a little land shark. Great for inside entertainment when raining!


Watching Joe from his perch in the TV room. Lars prefers to be where we are and loves sleeping on our slate floors to cool off.