How to Keep Errands Short

There are many days when I hear my humans say "Bailey, do you want to come run an errand with me?". Now how can any berner say no to that? Even if it means a short car ride or a very quick walk to the village. If it's a chance to go outside, I'm all for it! The only downside of an errand is the part where I have to wait outside a store, while they run inside for a 'quick' visit. 

Now I've learnt in the past that my humans are easily distracted, so when they say a 'quick' look that means an eternity for a berner! But I have figured out the perfect way to politely inform my humans to hurry up. Here's how: (1) you must give the humans at least five minutes to look around the store because shorter than five minutes will not work, (2) if there is a window or a door then sit or stand in front so they can see you, remember to smile, and finally (3) with increasing volume vocalize (don't use the same voice that you would use on the mailman!) that you miss them in 30 second intervals.... and voila, the humans will be running out of the store in no time to cheer you up.

-Bailey

Monsters of the Night

Halloween is approaching which means there will be more and more of these scary looking monsters around the neighbourhood in the next few days. My human isn't much of a fan of Halloween because she doesn't like being scared by monsters. So you can just imagine how difficult it must be for her to see these scary creatures around town. Being a good companion, I promised my human that I would protect her from all the monsters during our evening walks. I even demonstrated to her just how harmless the monster was by taking a photo with him.

-Bailey

Did You Say Free?

A few weeks ago, there was an event happening in the village and being a responsible berner I took Diana out to see what the fuss was all about. What caught our attention the most was a massive food truck that was offering everyone a free hot beverage from their menu. It took some persuading to get my human to stand in the long line up, but even with my hard work she didn't allow me to have a sip of her mocha.

-Bailey

He Says Baah

My family went back to Country farms for the last time before they close for the winter. While there, I chatted a bit with the friends I made the last time I was here, but not everyone was excited to be my friend. This guy with the extremely curly fur was a little shy and even suspicious of me. I tried my best to show him that I was friendly and just wanted to say hi and exchange information, but he kept his distance away from me and only said hi to the humans. I'm staying optimistic and believe that one day he'll become my friend.

-Bailey

The Lounger and I

I can feel the weather changing, which means the hot weather will soon be gone. That in turn will mean that Diana will be placing her comfy lounge chair into storage and I won't be able to sneak up when she's not looking to enjoy a nap. With the weather still warm enough to sit outside, I'm taking advantage of the lounger as much as possible before it disappears!

-Bailey

Country Farms

My humans have been eating lots of local vegetables and fruits lately. And just the other day, they took me to a place called Country Farms to buy more because they said summer is almost over. Not sure what that means, but if it involves a family trip out then I'm all for it!

I made some new friends at Country Farms! I met a pair of doggies (have you seen the big doggies my sister saw the other day?) and had a very long chat with them. They were so friendly because they saw me from a far and immediately asked me to go over and have a quick chat. To be honest I couldn't quite understand everything they said. For instance, I don't know the difference between "oink oink" and "oink oink oink". However, according to my new friends, playing in mud is a good way to cool down! Maybe I'll try that one day.

I am always happy to help out Diana whenever she needs it so I was given the responsibility of looking after the shopping cart while she walked around the narrow aisles of fruits. I was being a very good guard dog, I didn't let any of the items in the cart run away!

When I wasn't busy looking after the shopping cart, I was checking out the odd looking produce that were stacked in boxes. I was quite fascinated by this plump looking veggie called a squash. Diana says that there are many different types of squash and lots of ways to make delicious things with it. But from what I could smell, it doesn't have a yummy scent like garlic.

-Bailey

It Was Meant to Be

As I was going through Bailey's puppy pictures, I came across this one where she's sporting a yellow cape and it reminded me of her wearing her life jacket in the present time. Would you call this destiny?

Riding the Waves

I think my life jacket gives me super powers! I feel like I can conquer anything at the beach! Even the waves don't look intimidating anymore. To show my human just how courageous I was, I dared her to throw the ball into the incoming waves! Please excuse my human for not catching the first half of my swim in the video below, she was having technical camera problems after I yelled 'action'...

-Bailey