Schwimming is great but hiking is fine. I keep trying to get my two legged companions up in the morning earlier and earlier because it’s so hot.
They don’t listen. Dee says “It’s too early Rose go back nite nite.
But it’s not too early. Cause if we wait too long it’s gets too hot. We went for our first hike this fall. It was soooo fun.
Rose, the Irish Setter
Fishies and waves and water and lunch. It was the best time. Me and Rose went to the lake. We haven’t been there like in forever, cause Rose got an ear infection in June and the vet said no shwimming. She told me she had a bad owie ear. I believe her cause there was gunk in her ear and it smelled bad. It took like a really, really, really long to get better and three different kinds of medicine.
Anyways. She’s better now. So went to the lake. It was fun. I saw this huge, big, gigantic bird. I think it was called a heron or something?? It was taller than me. I like to chase birds. Big birds, little birds, fat birds. My two legged companion, Dee says “Get the bad birds!” and I chase them all away.
I couldn’t chase that Heron away from the lake though.
Oh, well. It was fun. We got to see Dee chase the umbrella when it got windy.
Kate, the cute one. 
Me and 
Kate went to the bestest place today. It was better than going to the dog park. It was better than hiking. It was even better than going to the lake. Wanna know where we went? To Spike’s Treats in Fountain Hills. It’s by the lake where we try to catch the ducks.
They had treats, lots and lots of treats. Cookie treats, bone treats and we got to meat, I mean meet, the Halo lady. Her name was Brooke. She had red hair like me only lighter. She gave us even more treats. The freeze-dried chicken treat in the store and biscuits to take home. I don’t know why they call it freeze-dried. It wasn’t even cold.
We love Halo. Our favorite is Spot’s Stew Chicken. You can get coupons for discounts. We get it every day. Dee, our two legged companion cooks the other meal for us.
Halo is yummy for the tummy. We used to eat that other dog food, yanno the kind with the yucky stuff in it called meal? There’s chicken meal, and lamb meal and fish meal, but it’s all yucky. Look up on the web how they make meal and you’ll know what we mean.
Anyways, today was a good day for dogs. Oh. If you have a dog give them Halo. They make it for cats too, but I’m not exactly sure what a cat is.
Rose, the Irish Setter
Kate, the cute one.
It rained and rained and rained. The backyard got muddy and me too. It’s fun to run in the rain. The puddles make a big splash when I jump in them. SPLASH! And the water goes everywhere. The backyard has one place where the puddles are the biggest and that’s where I like to splash the most.
Rose, she’s my bestest Irish Setter friend, doesn’t like the rain. She won’t even leave the patio unless she really, really, really, has to go. I dunno why, she’s missing a lot of fun.
Not me. My paws get muddy. My tail gets muddy. The fur on my belly gets muddy. And I forget that I’m all muddy and go in the house anyway. The carpet gets muddy, the floor gets muddy, and my favorite chair gets muddy.
And then guess what? I have to take a bath.
I like the mud. I don’t like baths. Dee uses a special dog shampoo for me. There’s a brush she uses and nail clippers, and a comb and other stuff. She clips my nails. She put cleaner in my ears and sloshes it around. It doesn’t hurt but I don’t like it. It’s hard to hold still for that long. I’m a Springer spaniel and that means I spring around.
Getting my teeth brushed is a treat. Rose and me can’t wait to go first. Rose tries to push me out of the way cause she’s bigger. But see I’m littler so I can sneak in. They put stuff on the toothbrush that tastes really good. Yummy for the tummy. Brian likes to brush our teeth. He does a good job too and puts lots of the good stuff on the toothbrush and then we get a chewy bone.
Oh, I almost forgot. I like the dog shampoo, it doesn’t sting when it gets in my eyes. Dee is very, very careful of course, but I’m glad she uses that special shampoo. Sometimes she uses a rinse so my fur doesn’t mat. That’s okay but it smells like flowers and I’m not a flower I’m an English Springer Spaniel with 3 colors. I have white and black and brown. Rose only has one color. Just red, plain old boring red.
Kate the cute one and clean one.
We went down and down and down and around and around in the car. It made me dizzy. I have to stand up when either of my two legged companions drive so I can see out the window. The road was very windy and scarey. But we made it down to the flatland. Whew. Then Brian yelled at me Lay Down Rose. We almost got in an accident because the car in front of us was stopped on the freeway. The front piece of it was in the road in our lane. But Brian stopped our car just in time and we didn’t hit anything. WHEW!
Rose, the Irish Setter
Me and my bestest friend, Rose, went to see Aunt Dawn. She lives in California and it was a long drive. First we went to the dog park to run and run. Then Brian and Dee packed the car. Then Rose got in the car then me. It’s hard for me because I get so excited I just can’t keep still.
Anyways. Dee drove and drove. And we stopped for a potty break and drink of water. It was hot cause we, me and rose, weren’t allowed in the rest stop where the shade was.
Then Brian drove and drove. Then Dee drove. Finally, after getting lost at the top of the mountain, Aunt Dawn came to get us and lead us to her house. And guess what?
Brandy, her rottweiler, and Annie were there. Annie is a mixed up dog, yanno, a dog that has more than one kind in her. I remember Brandy and she remembered me.
We went for a long walk and then swimming at the lake by Aunt Dawn’s.
Kate, the cute one
One of the reasons I like roadkill is you don’t waste energy c
hasing it down and killing it. It’s ready for you to munch and crunch. People eat aged beef. Why shouldn’t I eat aged rabbits? So they’ve been out in the sun a couple of days that just adds to the flavor.
My favorite roadkill is quail. Juicy fat quail. I can catch them, but Dee doesn’t like me to. She’s my two legged companion and she just starts screaming at me to “give it.” Of course I don’t. Let her catch her own quail.
Rose, the Irish Setter
It’s not much to ask is it? I mean 6 inches isn’t that much when you’re already nearly 40 inches long. See there’s peaches in the tree. I love peaches. They’re yummy for the tummy. If I stretch and stand on tip paw and reach up with my neck I can almost reach the peaches. Fat fuzzy sweet peaches. I’m droolin’ just thinking about them.
If I were just 6 inches taller……
Rose the Irish Setter
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I wake up at first light. Yanno when it’s just starting to get light but the sun isn’t up yet? Anyways. I don’t know why my two legged compa
nions want to stay in bed and sleep. So I figured out ways to get them up. First I jump on the bed and then off. Then on and then off. Then on and then off. If that doesn’t work then I scratch my ears and shake my head. That makes the tags on my collar jingle. Usually Dee wakes up and tells me to go “night night.” But I’ve already been “night night.” I was “night night” for the whole night and now it’s time to get up. So I put my nose under Brian’s hand. If he pets me, and he always always does, then I gently put my paw on his hand to ask for more. I tap his hand with my paw and he pets me more.
And that’s how I get my two legged companions up in the morning. I get so happy with a brand new day.
Kate, the cute one.
The Easter Bunny brought us bones. Big fat juicy bones, little bitty skinny bones, bones, bones, bones. We like to chase bunnies, they’re like snacks on paws. Brian told us if we chased the Easter Bunny, he – well we don’t know if the Easter Bunny is a he or she, I mean how do you tell? Anyways if we chased the Easter Bunny then we wouldn’t get any bones in our Easter basket. So we didn’t. And we did. Get bones.
Rose, the Irish Setter and Kate the English Springer Spaniel.
Our Two legged companions, Brian and Dee wrote this book, Over Time, so please buy it. It doesn't cost a lot.
A Great Gift. The Novel by Brian Hill and Dee Power
Over Time
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All the Important Things in Life.
