Spring Breakup and Yodeling

The snow has melted, except for a couple of patches of snow. With the warmer weather, I'm finding the dogs laying on the deck or in the yard. I sometimes find them rolling around on the dead grass, which is a little gross since there's a fine layer of dirt and dried poop.

Each day I walk around the house looking for new pops of green. I like to see which flowers are growing back. I'm seeing the green of delphiniums, sweet william, poppies, tulips and iris, and a little color from my scyllas. In my backyard, I planted some flowers last year so I'm excited to see what's growing . . . and so is Kobe. I planted a hosta in my backyard and I see that Kobe has already yanked it out of the ground. I'll have to replant it. In the future, I'll have to keep Kobe in the house when I garden in the backyard.

I also pulled out some of my pots. I can see the container that I grow mints in has some new growth. I can smell the strong scent of mint on the twiggy old growth. I'm in a growing frenzy so I've started some terrariums.

The following is a video of the dogs playing in the yard. For awhile I thought it was Sage that was making all the noise, but Kobe is a little yodeler.

Thursday Night Playtime

On Thursday night, Arctic Tails hosts a social event for dogs. Instead of watching Bones, we took the dogs over. Kobe was nervous, but by the end of the hour, he became more confident. Sage was a crackup! She was very vocal, letting other dogs know when she wanted to play. It definitely gave us a better sense of what's going when they play. I sometime worry that Kobe is too pushy; I now know that Sage is no pushover.

Kobe has started Advanced Beginning training. Valerie Tompkins is the teacher. She's a really good trainer and understands what motivates dogs. He'll also start Flyball training in May.

Crazy weather

Kobe has his last puppy class tonight. I have him signed up for an agility class that starts next Thursday. Jeremy has been taking Kobe running. Jeremy says he's a natural. He was taking both the dogs running, but there are so many unleashed dogs on his run that he's uncomfortable with both. I'll start taking Sage for walks, which she's better at. Maybe in the summer I'll take her jogging.

It isn't unlikely to have snow in April, but it's been snowing continuously today. It's melting on the roads, but the yard has several inches of snow. The picture with snow was taken today and the picture without was taken earlier in the week.

This is a trailer from a movie filmed in Wasilla, Alaska. This is a scary movie and I'm not advocating see it, but if you wonder what Alaska looks like in the summer.

This is for the show, Dog Soup. The voice in the background is the publisher of Alaska Dog News.

Hopefully, summer weather will be hear soon. Before the snow, I could see my tulips coming up.