We have a rule in this house: indoor toys stay in, outdoor toys stay out. I don’t want dirty, slimy toys coming in the house from outside. So when A.J. takes a toy to the door, he has to drop it before we’ll open the door to let him in or out. He knows this, …
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A.J. Has a Brain
August 2, 2015 A.J. got a new toy yesterday. I got him a Kong Genius, hoping it would keep him busy for a little longer than most of his toys do. It worked pretty well. I stuffed a few treats into it, and he worked at it for over half an hour. He got all …
A.J. Heels – Sort Of
A.J. was very excited for his walk today. He was out in front of me, and Greg was to my right. I told A.J. to heel, which means come around and stand beside me on my left. Instead when I said "Heel," A.J. started to sit, sort of danced around in place while he tried …
A.J. Gets Tangled Up
March 22, 2015 I got the flu that was going around this month and was pretty sick, so Greg had over a week where he did all of the dog walking. One day he was walking along the trail right next to some construction. There was an orange construction fence separating the trail from the …
A.J. Greets Greg
February 19, 2015 I’ve always believed that one of the main reasons to have a dog is so that there’s always someone there to greet you at the door and be happy to see you when you get home. When I leave the house by myself A.J. always greets me when I come home. When …
A.J. and the Carrot Stick
I walked into the hallway the other night, where A.J. was lying on his side on the hardwood floor. He had a carrot stick hanging out of his mouth. He wasn’t eating it, it was just hanging there. I pulled on it to make sure it wasn’t stuck on a tooth or anything, but no, …
Boys’ Weekend
November 23, 2014 I got back last night from a four day trip to California for a job interview. While I was gone Greg walked A.J. on some of the trails. Everything was covered in deep snow, which A.J. likes to occasionally pounce into. On at least one occasion during this time he came up …
Nightly Ritual
Every night at bedtime I give A.J. a treat. I used to give it to him to get him into his crate for the night. I stopped making him stay in the crate, but every night he still runs in there and waits for his treat. The other night I decided he needed to do …
Where’s My Food?
I had been keeping the bag with A.J.’s dry food in it on top of a plastic bin in the garage. I moved the bag into the house the other day. When we went into the garage after our walk yesterday, A.J. ran over and sat on top of the bin.
A.J. at See Spot Splash 2014
August 26, 2014 We had so much fun today! A.J. and I went to the Natatorium, Boise’s public pool, for See Spot Splash. I didn’t know how it was going to work or how A.J. would handle it, but he was great. I’m pretty sure today was the best day of his whole life. The …
AJ the Springer 