A night at the beach!

oh yes, I can tell you that this was a wonderful break of the quietly
floating routine in our lives.

Well firstly, I need to mention that the friend has moved into the
bedroom. When I first saw her at work, I had to look at her closely
before remembering her. But then I was going to jump and bounce all the
time, which Chris did not permit, of course. The friend even gave me
pets, and Chris a new magnet for her fridge. We first went home without
the friend, but then she came, too, got settled in the bedroom, and then
we all sat on the balcony, the ladies talked, had whine and I slept and
watched them.

The next day was normal, because Chris was too lazy to go to the beach.
But last night she was not, so the friend took us in her car, and we
went to the car parking place by the beach. O I was so excited, because
there were so so many adults, children, buggies, dogs and seagulls - i
really didn't know what to look at first. Chris had not brought the
harness, so I could let my nose and eyes explore, even though she kept
me on short flexible leash.

Even on the beach I was not allowed to run the full length of the
flexible leash, because there were still so many people. There were many
sand piles on the beach, which Chris and the friend Silke call sand
castles - I don't know what a castle is, I think I have never been to
one. Anyway, I was not allowed to dig deep inside to see if anything was
hidden under those tiny mounts. But Chris took off her shoes, and we
aproached the water.

I admit, she had to walk in first, ad I followed. It was allright, but
Silke did not play with us. That was boring, I so much wanted to include
hr in the play, jump up on her or something similar. She says she
doesn't like me wet and sandy - pfff it's so much fun!

Well we walked along the beach some more, and then I was allowed to go
into the water once again. By now the beach had emptied a little, so I
could run every now and again. i ran large circles around Chris, who was
standing in the water, and I loved plunging and splashing all over the
place, despite the fact that Chris made sure to keep me away from the
friend.

Chris herself loved walking along in the sand without her shoes, and she
and Silke even walked along the street on bare feet. Soon Chris put on
her shoes, but Silke did not put hers on anymore. We walked along the
street, drove home, and when the ladies stopped for a quick pick at the
grocery store, they left me in the car. I do want to accompan Chris to
see what she is up to, but I am alright in the car and will not bark so
much. Chris says the Hapoo dog used to climb up to the driver's seat and
look out of all windows from there and bark until Chris had returned. I
will just sit, look out the windows and wait.

Back home the ladies sat outside on the balcony, but they kept the door
closed to keep the mosquitoes outside. There are many of those tiny
critters here this year, because currently the weather is humid but very
sunny. The sun has been hiding from us for most of the summer, but not
it has been here with us for a week or so, and Chris really loves it.

When they returned, Chris said we were going to fly on an airplane soon.
She says I have been on a plane before when we and Micki went to see the
friend Ilka in Spain. Don't remember, and we'll see. She also says that
that plane thing will take us to see Mr Mylove, and that Silke is so
wonderfully kind to take us to the airport and back home from it in her car.

I love car rides, and Chris likes Silke's company, and she likes to go
to see Mylove, so I think we are up for something really good.

Cheers for the moment and have a fun weekend, Quito.

The food cube and the humming box

Hello there:

You know, Chris has really woken up. She and Mylove are talking on the
phone, and Chris has decided that sleeping in the livingroom is the
better choice, for whatever reason. There are no flying balls on TV, o
no there are, but not so many, and the men aren't making the balls fly.
She says the friend Silke is coming to stay with us soon. That is the
one who used to go to the talking Spanish sessions with us, or to have
dinner or too go walking or so. She's fun anyway, I remember.
That is why Chris has decided to sleep on the magical bed that
disappears inside the couch every morning. Mr Wambach, the tiny strange
dog who is always allowed on the bed and the couch, has moved with us
and is looking down on me from the top of the couch. Okay, at least the
floor is mind, and I haven't seen Mr Wambach eat my food yet - I haven't
seen him eating anything yet!

A few days ago Chris took out the delicious magical cube. She sat on the
balcony, twisted and turned the cube, making the dog food disappear
inside it. Then she gave me the cube, and I rolled and tossed it across
the livingroom floor after the palmtree had been removed. It is great
and adventurous to toss the cube and then pick up the food that it has
released. And when there is hardly and food dropping out, Chris opens it
and gives me the rest in the food bowl. O I love those games!

Chris has also re-discovered the humming box. That box, you know there
are many boxes in the house, is located in the office room where the
stationary computer and the many books are. The humming box enables
Chris to read the books after they have been squeezed in between box and
lid page by page, Chris pressing down the center fold of the books.

She says it takes a long time to run a book through that procedure, but
afterwards the read is either interesting or entertaining - this time it
will be interesting.

I am so happy Chris is back alive, and maybe it is also the blessing
that the sun is sending down. After it has been raining on and off over
the last weeks, now we have the sun shining. A friend tells me she has
sent it to me - thank you! But she also tells me the man from above is
usually responsible for the weather. After asking which man, she says
Chris should explain, but she tells the friend to explain.
I have found out it is not the man with the white Shepherd dog from the
apartment above us, and probably not the old man either, nore the one
with the lady and the two little children. Is it possible that Mr Mylove
is sending the sun over? At least his apartment is on the fourth floor
of his house - and I dispise the stairs I have to climb after a long and
exhausting day full of swimming and playing activities. We are solving
the problem, hopefully.

Allright, the lady wants to take a shower after having been roasted on
the balcony by her favourite, the sun, and then, she whispers, we'll go
and visit Daniel the wheelchair man!

Yippee, I love the wheelchair! I can hide my head under it, rest it on
the footrest, jump on Danie's shoulders to clean his eyeglasses, push
him backwards with my weight, or I examine the wheels and wonder why
they move. Wheelchairs are a very interesting thing to explore. I have
to admit that I like the man inside this one, too. I am convinced that
every wheelchair has a fun person inside it, even though the other
wheelchair man at work is calmer and doesn't play at all with me.
Allright, gotta go, gotta go, cheers, Quito.

Brain games

Hi everybody:

Chris is creatively using her brain in my favour. Just the other day we
played hunting. she distributed a huge portion of the Quito food in the
livingroom and the corridor, and I had to run and find it all. That was
great fun! Before that she had hidden some delicious treats in my dog
bed. Right between the matress and the fluffy edge there is a kind of a
pocket where she can hide the food. I cannot always reach it with my
mouth, but I have to use my paws sometimes.

And then she brought plastic cups from the kitchen and put one of twh
upside down, the other one, too. Under one, however, she had hidden kibble.

Believe it or not, I mostly chose the right one to knock over. Knocking
them over was great fun. Then she put down more, and I only got to the
kibble if I knocked them over. So I knocked them over one after the
other. Under some there was nothing, and under some there was food. She
says we had played with four cups and I did well.

We also played tug with the rope, which was fun.

And a few days ago, when Chris was at work assembling furniture, I
spotted the big boss. I jumped up and ran towards him and bounced and
couldn't stop bouncing. He always catches my leash and takes me back to
Chris, where I have to calm down. Really, watching humans assemble
chairs is boring. So I lay down in the middle of the room, spred my tail
out wide and watched over the two ladies. Then the other lady's man
came, great Michael, and he really started playing with me. We wrestled,
chased each other, barked at each other, played tug wiith my leash,
which I am allowed to, until Chris removed the leash from the collar.
Then we played runrun, wait and attack annd run again, until Chris just
told me to stop.
I plopped down in a sit and waited quietly until she put the leash back
on the collar, so we could tgo and have lunch.

It is so great that Chris has woken up and we play again, I really love
it. I think I wouldn't want to be anywhere else, my life is nice here.
Outside it is raining, and I wonder if I can go and play in the huge
puddles at work.
Cheers, Quito.

At the hotel

Hello again>

Oh I am so happy when we do something new - it is fantastic and adventurous! When we started the new week, I discovered a great friend of mine back at work. It is Michael, who plays rough with me. And after a team meeting, which I had to spend lying under a chair, Chris allowed for a quick playing time. We then ran around for Chris' work, and then we saw Michael again, with the other friend, Petra. We played some more, and then it was all about work. At one point Daniel was not feeling too well, so he went home early. And Chris and I spent the last bit of our working time at the small office, she talking with the man and I sleeping.

Two days later we received a Quito specials package. I know I am not to linger, so I go to my mat and wait. The doorbell rang, Chris took me on leash, and we met the great friend Martina, who accompanied us on the dog route. And then we invaded her car and went to the furniture store. Up into the restaurant, and then we were joined by two other people who really haven't met me before, neither have I met them, of course. They finished their coffee, ad then we went shopping. I love speed shopping. Quito starts and races Chris through the store on the main course as fast as she can. That would be fun shopping. But what they do s boring: Walk, stop, pick up an item, turn it and look at it, put it down, two steps further, pick up another item, same procedure - I really need to sleep!

Then Lady Martina took us home, we went home, and Chris remembered my specialties package. She set up a new food bar, because she says the old one looked old and rusty. Fine with me, as long as I have bowls for water and food.Then sheput away loads of Quito treats, and then Daniel arrived. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to play rough, because I had just had food. The humans sat on the balcony, and when Daniel was gone, Chris fell into her bed and slept immediately.

The next day, Chris got up and ready before she took me on the dog route. When she does that, we usually go somewhere. Tue it was, she had her backpack on her shoulder, and we were waiting where usually a car arrives to take us somewhere. Daniel did arrive, and took us to the city. Chris has left the blanket in his car, so I can sit in the back and needn't sit at her feet. We arrived at a hotel in the city, where I have not yet been.

Petra joined us in the elevator, but I was told to behave. We met other colleagues from work, and together we went into a meeting ruum, where the boredom began - humans talking and Quito resting.

But every now and then Chris got up, harnessed me up and made me follow the others. She got coffee and sweet treats and yet more coffee, and I took her to that snack room, to the restaurant, followed people to take Chris outside or into the elevator, and back inside to the meeting room. I had such fun guiding her, and Chris was obviously so happy I was by her side. We passed a great day like this, until another colleague took us across the crowded pedestrian street to te streetcar, which took us home.

I really liked this day, it was wonderful and a change from the daily course.

I am so happy Chris is feeling better again, after some time of some mysterious excitement on her mind, so we can play and she is back to normal. Just this morning she has brought out the rope, and we really played tug and fetch.

Take good care of yourselves, wherever you are and whatever you are up to, cheers, Quito.

a new inhabitant

ello all>

I need to tell you about last week. One day after work Daniel on wheels and Chris put me into Daniel's car, after she and I had gone home and come downstairs with a few blankets. Daniel put one on his back seat and then let me hop in. We drove a little while, and then the humans left me in the car. Boring!
It took a long while until thez came back, Chris carrzing a fairly large package of some unidentifiable sort. At least it contained no dog food.

Thez took me outside of the car, and then we went back inside the huge supermarket place. This time, however, things were a little boring. The humans onlz took me to a food place, where thez sat down, ordered food, ate it all and talked and talked. Then we drove home, where Chris first fed me, then carried the huge box into the kitchen, where she remained for a long time, until she had unpacked it. While doing so she talked with Daniel. who must have given her additional information. When Chris finally turned on the machine, which it turned out to be, it made a strange noise, but then it smelled like coffee. Oh, is she never going to get enough of it_

Apparently not, for she was very proud of the coffee, the coffee machine, and the sales person. A young man, so she tells everybody, had taken the time to really explain to Chris how the machine worked, what the buttons were there for, wher to fill in the water, what not to forget and all that. She made herself some coffee already in the store, and she says when they left the store, she knew exactly what to do and how to operate the new machine. She says it now grinds the coffee beans freshly before it pours each cup of coffee, and that makes her favourite drink,taste even better. But she can also put in some of the already ground coffee which she had been given by another friend, which tastes just as delicious.

It is now standing in the kitchen, ready to serve Chris. I find that she has many slaves who don't receive as much attention as I do - or have you seen her pet her coffee maker or feed her mystery box called TV_ I haven't, and I am happy that privilege is all mine. So I am not jealous of those things, they are no competition.
Cheers and goodnight, Quito.