Thanks Derek, yeah he's a lot of fun, and really livens up the household. The collar training so far has worked wonders for him, he's a fairly stubborn boy and was resistant to the training we were doing; sometimes you need to get some professional help 😉

Louie the black and white dog laying in his crate with the end of a 6' round rug he's flipped over and dragged partway into it. He's chewing on the edge of the rug, as he's done many times. For some reason he really has it in for this particular rug.

Louie's doing some re-decorating... here he's trying to drag a 6' rug into his crate.

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Black and white dog Louie, standing handsomely in front of a beige-colored wall and looking at the camera. He's 14 months old and about hopefully full-grown at 64 pounds. He's wearing a training collar which can be seen on the underside of his neck.

Louie as a brand-new puppy, two months old. He's standing on some concrete steps and is playing with his first toy- a blue mini-sized ball being held by someone off-camera.

Louie's celebrating one year since his Gotcha day, he was such a cute little puppy, now grown up into a fine young dog.

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Faded old black and white photo of a young man standing next to an old-timey car, with a few houses and garages visible i the background. There's a large plate on the front of the car that reads 'Hoover for President'.

My cousin found this in a box of old pics... it's my paternal grandfather as a strapping young man, standing next to what I'm told is a 1924 Chrysler, with a 'Hoover for President' sign mounted on the grille. Photo date unknown, place is probably in or near Kingston PA.
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Louie the black and white dog relaxing on the sidewalk outside the house, and looking up at the camera. He has my pair of ratty old camp slippers that he swiped out of the bathroom and carried out through the dog door, and he's been chewing on one of them.

Louie the black and white dog relaxing on the sidewalk outside the house, with his mouth open in a big yawn.

Happy Monday Blue Sky! It's a beautiful morning out there, and Louie has planned out a busy day of napping, chewing, and barking at squirrels.
#dogsofbluesky #ChewyLouie

Ok one more puppy video- here's Louie zooming around with his new twig in the snow, it's just bliss

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Louie playing in the snow for the first time early this morning

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We got our first real snow of the winter here finally, 5" so far and still coming down. It's supposed to turn to rain and melt off later today, but it sure is pretty while it lasts.
-Paperbark Maples
-Contorted Filbert and Louie
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Louie the black and white dog staring at me, maybe disapprovingly.

The withering judgement I get when I just want to sit down and read for a minute...

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Louie the black and white dog sitting outside in front of the house. His mouth is wide open in a big pink toothy yawn.

Good morning and happy Friday Blue Sky!
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Louie the black and white dog stand proudly on a concrete retaining wall.

Here's Louie enjoying a beautiful Spring afternoon today,
And keeping the world safe from squirrels and cats
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Louie the black and white dog is laying stretched out on a patch of bare dirt, with his back against a concrete foundation. He's in the sun and having a nice nap.

It's a nice day for a dirt nap-
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White, yellow, and purple crocus flowers.

Closeup of three purple crocuses.

Closeup of a dense clump of yellow/orange crocuses.

The first yellow daffodil of the year.

Some early-season color around the yard-
#flowers

A black and white dog stands on the garage steps looking to the side. A pair of knee pads are laying on the step next to him.

A black and white dog sitting on the garage step looking at the camera.

Louie's back from his 2-week training program, here he's showing off his new Dogtra unit. He made great progress with walking on leash, not jumping up on people, staying cool with distractions around, better food discipline and crate living. We're so happy to have our boy back home.

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Louie's away at his two-week training camp now- we really miss him, but the trainer has sent us a few videos, and he's making great progress already.

Meanwhile here's an old clip of Louie as a cute little pup, finding a stick to chew on.
#dogsofbluesky #chewylouie

A clump of yellow crocus flowers emerge from the ground amid a light dusting of fresh snow.

A garden space covered with an inch of fresh snow.

An Anna's hummingbird in mid-flight approaches the feeder this morning. Foothills in the background are thinly covered in fresh snow.

We finally got a little snow the last 2 days, but not nearly enough to make a dent in the serious snow drought here. This region depends on snowpack for everything- agriculture, hydropower, recreation tourism, water supplies, fisheries, forest health and wildfire suppression. More snow please 🙏

Thanks, the trainer said we're spoiling him, though she didn't put it in those exact words, so this will be a big culture shock for him. 'Welcome to the real world hippie!' 😜

Thank you, I love this kind of stuff, it's very calming.

Black and white dog Louie has jumped up onto the back of the dark blue couch, and is looking up with his usual bratty expression, thinking about what kind of mischief he can get into next.

Here's Louie destroying the couch as usual. We just dropped him off for a 2-week intensive collar-training program b/c he still jumps up on people way too much and chokes himself straining on the leash, and we hope this training will help with that. But we miss him so much already! 😭😭
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Some more of the many natural textures to be seen on the Pacific Coast, Olympic NP WA (5/5)

-Eroded and polished conglomerate rock
-A big pile of driftwood logs and sticks
-Conglomerate rock face with multi-colored layers
-A stripped Alder log with deep red color

#beach #texture #pnw

Some of the many natural textures to be seen on the Pacific Coast, Olympic NP WA (4/5)

-Thin surf foam on a gravel beach
-Eroded log embedded in the pebbly beach
-Pattern left on silty sand from a receding wave
-Barnacles clinging to a rock

#beach #texture #pnw

Some of the many natural textures to be seen on the Pacific Coast, Olympic NP WA (3/5)

-Eroded conglomerate rock
-Flotsam with rope and kelp
-Polished beach pebbles
-Tilted layered sandstone

#beach #texture #pnw

Some of the many natural textures to be seen on the Pacific Coast, Olympic NP WA (2/5)

-Some flotsam with rope and float
-A Fir tree stripped of its bark and dusted with pebbles
-Sandstone rock eroded and pitted by wind and waves
-Foamy stream flowing over a rock outcrop
#beach #texture #pnw

Some of the many natural textures to be seen on the Pacific Coast, Olympic NP WA (1/5)

-A tiny clam living in a sandstone pocket
-Mossy growth on a rock face
-The thin line between sea and sand
-An Alder log stripped of its bark
#beach #texture #pnw

Black and white dog Louie looking at the camera with sweet brown puppy eyes.

Happy Valentine's day Blue Sky from Louie!
Love is a four-legged word... 💝
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Oh yeah we watched all the NG, DS9, & Voyager episodes when they aired, usually VHS-taped because I worked a lot of evening & night shifts back then. I can hardly watch some of that stuff now, looks pretty cheesy these days I guess 🙄 & a bit cringy sometimes, like the Ferengi

Yo Mark, big thanks for throwing me a like on my pinned photo (the one of the dog pack in the back of the truck)! You were the 1000th like on it, first time I've gotten that many clicks on one of my posts. 🎆 🎇
Only took 14 months 😄

Black and white dog Louie laying across a green corduroy ottoman. He's staring at me and telepathically commanding me to get up from my desk and go play with him outside.

Big Louie barely fits on his little ottoman these days
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Closeup of Louie dog's face with his snout close to the camera. He's staring at me judgingly because I told him we were stopping his beloved peanut butter Kong ball treats for a while.

Big Boop!
Happy Hump Day from chewy Louie
(Look how pink his lips are- we figured out he's been scuffing the fur off his lips by working so hard on the Kong ball stuffed with frozen peanut butter. Gonna take a break from those for a while and see if it grows back.)
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Black and white dog Louie standing in the yard.

I promised Louie he'd get to play in the snow, but we've had none yet this winter, sorry boy ☹️
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