X-mas Sneak Peek

My family surprised me with an early Christmas present this year! They noticed that the current bed that I was sleeping on lost all the cushion and support (they say it's because I'm too heavy). As a result, my humans bought me an orthopaedic foam bed. They heard that this bed has extra cushioning and will eliminate pressure points on my joints as I get older. Not sure if that's true, but all I know is that the new bed is quite comfy.

-Bailey

A White Christmas?

What a wonderful surprise! I woke up the other day to find the whole neighbourhood covered in snow!  While Diana was hard at work in shovelling snow from the side walk, I was frolicking in the yard. Eventually she stopped and joined me. Interestingly, Diana's definition of playing in the snow was to build a snowman... Which entailed rolling three different sized snow balls. Diana didn't seem to be having too much fun so I helped her by pretending to be an oversized monster and attacked her snowman. She seemed to have enjoyed it very much, so I kept pretending to be a monster attacking all the snowmen she created.

-Bailey

Getting Ready for the Holidays

Christmas at the Bailey house has finally arrived!! My family absolutely loves Christmas and we usually decorate the house right on the first day of December, but for some reason we had to delay our festive activities this year. Even though I had to wait for a few extra days, my humans finally set aside some time to help me decorate! And when I mean help me, I mean I oversee the decorating and inspect each and every piece of ornament, present and tinsel!

During my inspection of the gifts, I came across one present that smelled so interesting that I couldn't wait until Christmas to open. I begged Diana if I could just have a small peek, but she said that it would ruin the surprise on the big day. However, I was being slightly naughty and chewed a corner to have a quick peek as Diana turned around. She didn't even suspect a thing!

Note to self, it is never a good idea to take a nap around Diana when she is decorating the tree... She thought it would be fun to decorate me as I was having a power nap. I woke up looking like this...

-Bailey

Hide and Treat?

Usually on rainy days when I'm stuck indoors I ask my human to play hide and seek with me. I've seen little humans play this game before, but their version isn't as much fun as mine! My version involves eating the hidden treats! Now doesn't that sound much better? If you ever play with Diana, be careful she can be very sneaky! She'll try and fool me by hiding the treats in boxes, bags, paper rolls and sometimes underneath a mountain of pillows! But I keep telling her, I have a very good nose and she will never be able to fool me!

-Bailey

23 Days Until Christmas

My humans became very excited yesterday that it was the first day of December. Apparently they weren't the only ones as the village was flooded with people wearing strange hats and I believe I saw a snowman greeting little humans on the street. Well, to get into the spirit of Christmas I will be wearing my new Santa head band for the rest of the month.

-Bailey

Doggies at the Pet Store

Visiting the local pet store never gets dull! During my previous visits, I've noticed the cages located in the centre of the room and every time I will peek up to say hi to be friendly, but most of the time no one is there. Except for two days ago when I saw two doggies curled up taking a nap! I was very eager to go make new friends and as I was approaching them, Diana had to remind me that I have to be a gentle giant because my size scares strangers. My conversation with the doggies was going great up to the point when Diana says to me "they are adorable, why don't we adopt them?". Then the future flashed before my eyes... Diana would have to divide her time between the new doggies and me. Now I couldn't let that happen so I said good-bye to my new friends and lead my human out of the store.

-Bailey

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