Beach trip

Ahhh...got to go to the beach today, one of my favorite places!  Mom let us off the leashes to run.  It was great fun chasing Pele around.  I tried to tackle him and get him to wrestle, but he just isn't the wrestling type I guess.  Had to go back on lead after eating a rotten halibut, rotten salmon spine, and a squashed crab.  Geez, I just don't understand why mom doesn't want us to eat that stuff....uh oh....time to go outside......

Missing mom

Mom has been gone for a few days.  I get lots of attention from my house sitter, but the routine just isn't the same.  Me and Pele will be happy to see mom and get back to the routine!  Maybe she will even sleep on the couch with us!

Hidden Lake

Mom took me and Pele to Hidden Lake yesterday.  Wouldn't let us run free..she was mumbling something about bears are not hibernating yet.....geez...no fun! Lots of smells, sounds, and sticks, though.  This lady kept trying to put the perfectly good chewing sticks on the fire!  I had to rescue a few out of her hand.  Got a small tree or two tangled in my leash, though. And the sounds and smells after dark are magnificent!  Heard an owl and smelled other critters.  Nice way to spend the day!

Who is the Benferd?

I am a black lab mix. They tell me I am lab and newfie, but I think I am part something else, like rott, boxer, or maybe pit bull.  I have big webbed feet like a newfie, though. 

I was raised by a family that had too many dogs and had to give me up.  I was adopted by my "forever family" when I was a little over a year old.  I am now 4 3/4 years old (the little bits count in dog years!). I am graying around my muzzle already, but am not old.  I can run like the wind!

I love to run!  I have to run every day.  If mom doesn't take me to the beach or to chase the tennis ball, I do laps in the back yard.  It annoys my stepbrother, Pele, and he growls every time I run by him.  Ha ha...I love to try to make him play with me, but he only likes to play tennis ball.  He won't play tug o' war no matter how many times I drop toys on his head!   Once in a while he will wrestle with me, but that's about it!  We do like to chase each other on the beach and wrestle over tennis balls and sticks.  (I like to take sticks from other dogs and tease them!)

It's late and dark and time for bed.  I sleep on the couch - tried to sleep on the bed but mom tries to take over the bed so I moved to the couch and have it all to myself.  Except when Patch is home, then he likes to share the couch with me.

Night night!