Who are those two interlopers zooming up and down this farm trail?

It seems like yesterday that we arrived here in Switzerland, but it was already a year ago. Time flies when you're walking dogs in a beautiful country. The harvest is here. The kids are back in school. Last year at this time we were just beginning to explore the farms and though now they are so […]

"What do you think Princess? We're working dogs. Shouldn't we lend the farmers a paw with the harvest?" "Big boy, my definition of work includes compensation. I don't see any treats. I'll pass."  

"Princess, avert your eyes!" I don't know what it is, but there's a high degree of PDA in Switzerland. Not just among teenagers. I didn't notice the couple making out in back of the dogs until I processed the images on the computer. This was the least explicit photo of their activities. We may be […]

No day is so bad that can't be fixed with a nap. Don't you just want to pull on those ears? I know I do.

"Uh, Princess, there's another bed right next to this one." "I'm stayin. Get over it." Mind games. She doesn't even like the beds. She prefers hardwood floors. The only thing she likes better than a hardwood floor is screwing with Loki's head.

That's the usual tongue-in-cheek comment that follows when you tell the Swiss you're not Swiss. A year ago, I couldn't get within 500 feet of a pasture of grazing horses or cows without an explosion of histrionics from Loki. Yesterday, I called them back to me when I saw a horseback rider approach during one of our off-leash […]

Whether she's pirating his favorite bed just to screw with his head, forcing him into bitey-face action or swishing her tail  flirtatiously in his face, never a day goes by where Juno doesn't push his buttons. She'll have plenty of time to push those buttons while I'm in London the rest of the week.  I almost feel sorry […]

"Bitin' isn't a disease, it's a symptom."  

It was a lovely Friday afternoon at Lake Leman. I let the dogs off leash in an area where they wouldn't bother anyone. Juno went down shore a bit to sniff out the beach while I watched Loki focus on a duck close to shore.  Loki doesn't like water so I knew the duck was safe from him. […]