Chicken-kitty

So Kimi is the one cat who is still really squirrelly around Kodo- she won't come anywhere close to him if she can avoid it. Kimi is also... um.... a little rounder than she should be. And VERYvery interested in food. So Kim was eating some squishy kitty food (which is a rare treat for them) from a plate, and she was going after it hard enough that she kept scooting the plate. Until she was right by Kodo without even realizing it. She ended up backing right into his head- he picked up his head to sniff her, then lay back down. And she didn't even realize he was there. Baby steps!

Bernese Mountain Dogs are made for blizzards!

And even more snuggles

Laser beams

Another trip to the park

Running in the park

He thinks he wants coffee..

Best medicine

Daddy will take care of the sore paw...

All that snow..

These pics don't really do justice to all the snow we have since I tried to keep the patio area cleared off a bit, but it is a perfect one of Kodo doing what he loves best- immersing himself in a fluffy snowbank up to his shoulders and lying there for hours on end.. :)

The Pounce!!

Kodo was playing with me out in the snow and he did this amazing twist in midair and pounce at me from a lying-down position. If I had had my camera, I would have gotten a giant tri-colored blur, but I had Brian's instead, so I got a perfect motion capture of the great snow-beast in mid-leap:

Winter wonderland

Bri and I took the fluffy out to the Metroparks to hike in the snow. Thw woods were beautiful, the sun was shining.. He of course LOVED every minute! And since there was a program going on at the nature center that day, there were a ton of people so he got lots of stranger-pets. Best day ever! :)


Happy smiling doggy face:

Blizzard aftermath

We had the corners of the nasty storm on the east coast hit us Friday evening and night. Forecast was saying 6 inches tops, so I didn't worry too much.. Until I got up Saturday morning. I would say we got close to a foot.. and the heavy winds had swept some patches bare and deposited them where it thought they would do the most good (namely the middle of our driveway). In the back yard, there was a semi-circle where you could actually see grass for about 10-15 feet out around the house, then a 2-3 foot barrier drift, then most of the rest of the yard was about a foot deep again till you get to the back hill which had a 2+ foot drift on its edge. Most of the patio had also been cleared off and that snow was pushed in a three-foot drift against our back door. Fortunately, Kodo is big enough to plow through that, so I could let him go out BEFORE I got around to cleanup.

Watching Kodo play in the snow yesterday and this morning was an experience! He would break through the crust on one of the big drifts, then bunny hop along through it (since it came up to his tummy and was too deep to walk normally) with a gleam in his eye and his tail wagging madly. Once he got to a shallower spot, he rooted into the snow with his nose until his whole face was covered like a mask, ate some of the snow to refresh himself, then bounded off to find a new drift to wallow in. Once he got a little tired, he would find the perfect spot sniffing around, then flop himself down on his "snow couch" for a rest. I have never seen another creature so purely delighted by snow before he came into our lives. I hate cold and snow with a passion myself, so he is the only thing that makes winter bearable for me.. Now he just needs a Berner sister so he has somebody who can romp with him as long as he wants to stay out (I tend to cave and hustle myself inside after about 5-10 minutes).

Kodo lovin' the new car

Kodo is a fan of my new Honda Element. Good thing, since I bought it for him! Well, and for hauling my art show display and inventory stuff around of course.. :)