The Deer Hunter

Moms, Trina, Pops and me - the whole pack went to the Marin Headlands today. Pops and I have been lovin' it there for a long time but now Moms and Trina always want to come too. I don't mind. Trina Jieh-jieh and I have a lot fun sniffing around and exploring and finding new ways to hide from Moms and Pops and then showing up unexpected somewhere and... oh, yeah, the coolest thing happened today. We were just walking and all of a sudden, out of the corner of my eye, I saw something move on the hillside to my left. I looked up and it was two deers! They were the same color as the grass and bushes around them but they didn't fool me! All I had to do was watch for movement. I stared at them and felt my heart beating faster and faster. Soon the blood was rushing to my ears and Pops' voice started to fade out. My whole body started quivering and then I found myself tearing up the hillside, brush snapping and flying by all around me. The wind was blowing my way and I could smell the two deers - one was faster and the other lagged behind and I could see their little white tails bobbing up and down and they were terrified and I felt BAD-ASS! Nothing in the world existed except me and the deer, the deer and me, and the great big sky so full of fog and I couldn't even tell where the sky touched the ground 'cause I was like, IN the sky. Then... then the deers reached the ridge crest and disappeared over the top. By the time I got there, they were no where in sight. They were FAST! I stood there panting with my tongue hangin' out in the cool mist, looking, scanning the horizon and felt the wind laughing around my ears and the birds were laughing too and that was when I started to hear Pops calling me. Turns out he followed me for a while down the road but, of course, there was no way he could keep up with me. Poor Pops, he just stood there calling my name with his hands cupped facing the other hill 'cause he thought I went over there. I felt sorry for him so I came back down and reached the road just behind him. He turned around when he heard me panting and pretended he knew where I was all along. He's funny that way. I didn't call him on it. He doesn't even know the number of times I've spared him embarassment. I guess humans are pretty useless out there in nature. I gotta admit I've gotten pretty soft living with them but, man, that chase made me feel GOOD! After that it was just more exploring with Trina Jieh-jieh. We tried to go after some mice but that was nothing compared to the deer chase. Then we headed for home and Trina and Moms fell asleep in the car. Girls are such wusses, know what I mean? Pops and I were starving by the time we got home so we really chowed down. WOLFED down our food, ha ha... get it?

Mile Rock Beach

Yesterday we went to Corona Heights Park and Buena Vista Park. Pops always take me there when he wants quiet time so he can think while he's walking. He thinks a lot. Not much fun for me. Me, I just think of whatever's in front of me, know what I mean? No need to think about what to think. Makes me tired.

Today was a lot more fun. We went to Land's End and walked down the long stairs to Mile Rock Beach. At the end of the steps Pops let me off leash. This is an incredible place. Reminds me a lot of places I've been to before but can't figure out where, exactly. I tried sniffing around, but everything smelled fresh and new. Well, new to me, that is. Nothing reminded me of what I thought I was being reminded of. Very strange!

After a while we went back to the top. Pops always runs up the stairs. I don't know why. He always seems to get a lot of energy just when I'm tiring out. Go figure!

What a Morning!

Whew, what a morning! First, I got to run on Ocean Beach, where I chased a crow. Then Pops ran into an old buddy in this cool truck. He had two dogs in the back so we yelled at each other for a while. Yeah, that's right! Then we made our way up to Sutro Baths. When pops was busy taking pictures, I ran off down to the ruins. Lots of cool smells down there! Yeah, that's me you see in the picture! Then, when I looked back to check on Pops to see if he was mad, he was just a small orange speck up on the bluffs! Dang! I had to haul ass back up this steep hill to catch up to him. He wasn't mad. Gave me a treat and took my picture. I love him! When we got to that place where I jumped over the wall last time - you know, that time when Pops had to catch me in mid air or I would have landed in the ocean? Well, we ran into this woman with a cutie girl dog named Haupia. Mmmm... made my mouth water! She was hot, and she liked me too! Pops and the lady let us off leash and I chased her and she chased me and I chased her and... Then it got hot and we both got tired. After that, we went all the way up to our usual spot on Land's End and, whadyaknow! Some guy was sitting there with HIS dog in OUR favorite spot! Frickin' copy-cats! And the dog - what a dork! Kept whining and wanting to come to me but he was leashed, so he couldn't. I just ignored him and sat with my Pops for a while. Then it got too hot so we headed back to the car. On our way, we met yet another one of Pops' friends. She was riding a fixie (da heck is that?!) up the hill in front of the Cliff House. Whatever a "fixie" was, Pops seemed impressed. He and I ride up this hill all the time too, you know. Piece of cake! They were standing there yacking when Uncle Matt called and Kevin was on the phone too. Pops wanted to take my picture with "Fixie Chick" for MY blog, but his battery was dead. Poor Pops, he was ticked! Finally we got back to the car. I was getting pooped 'cause it was getting too hot. I'm a Northerner, you know.

At Baker Beach with my sister Trina

Woohoo! The beach, two days in a row! Today even more better - Moms and Trina Jieh-jieh came with us too. I got to chase her and I found this cool ball that I got to play with. Too cool!

I love to tun

Oh, how I love to run! Pops took me down to Ocean Beach today. This beach is SO wide! I can run all-out and never run out of space! I always look back, though, to make sure I can still see Pops. He's got treats in his left pocket and whenever I see his hand go in there I go running to him at full speed. I can tell he loves it when I do that 'cause he crouches down and does that weird human dance and says, "C'mon, boy! Good boy!" and hands me the treat. I LOVE that! Then I took a dump. A massive, manly dump right there in the middle of all that sand. Yeah, the salty air, the ocean winds blowing into my face and everything just coming out so freely... Man, life is good!

Hi, it's me!

OK, since Pops been slackin' off on posting, I'm gonna take it over myself. This morning we had hecka fun riding the trails in Golden Gate Park. We went on single tracks and "no-track" a coupla times 'cause one time we came upon a fallen tree and we had to go around it. The dirt was great -still damp from the rain, packed but not hard. Only a few muddy spots. I did so good, Pops didn't have to worry about me at all - I just tucked in behind his back wheel and went wherever he went. Then we stopped and he gave me water from his bottle that he squirted into my very own folding bowl. I was so hungry when I got home I ate Trina's food too. Well, she didn't want it! She eats mine all the time, anyway.

Here are a coupla shots of me and Trina Jieh-jieh (older sister) hangin' around the house and garden. We sleep a lot and I LOVE to lay out in the sun.

Dharma Dog at Home