She’s adorable! 
So cute!
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They make a cute pair! 
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Thank you, living with the sometime the word cute does not come into my head, 
. When you come down in a morning a find the contents of the kitchen bin spread across the living room, or to find little teeth marks in your favourite trainers. We cant stroke on without the other getting jealous. Watching them play is fun, they are both crazy, but we love them.
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The bears are back. Working in my back yard and this guy is just hanging out.
Black Bears - not aggressive unless they have cubs with them.
Grizzlies - not so much fun. We see only a few every year at our place.
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We get cats and magpies, not quite the same level of wildlife in Manchester.
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Wow, we might get the odd fox, lol, that is cool.
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If you leave them alone they’re no trouble. They just want to eat and nap.
Our back yard a few years ago.
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So much for being able to hide up a tree. That climbing was too easy.
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They are adorable! I have seen videos of black bears having fun at people’s back yards, playing in hammocks, looking goofy and fun.
Bears can run, swim and climb faster than a human. It is never a good idea to try to run away, that might just trigger a chasing instinct. Some people prefer to play dead, but that means the bear would come and investigate and sniff the person.
I read about a man who lifted his bike above his head to look bigger and said in a calm and commanding voice “Go, bear! Go!” and that worked for him. Most people in Finland prefer to play dead. It is probably OK to go away slowly, maybe not turning the back towards the bear. As long as it is not a female with cubs, it is not normally dangerous. The worse thing would be to accidently find bear cubs in a forest and be between them and the mother.
But bears playing at a backyard will usually only be there if there aren’t people around.
There’s a viral video of a Finnish guy scaring the hell out of a bear who was attempting to steal a trash bag from his terrace. It is kind of funny to see how the bear fell backwards with surprise when the man screamed at him. The bear stayed at a distance looking and trying to decide whether it was safe to come back for the trash or not. 
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That’s a classic 
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My wife has been away for a week. So the dog’s favourite human is no longer around and they begrudgingly have to deal with me.
They put on a brave face but I’m chopped liver as soon as she gets back.
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That car seat looks like mine, front and back. Paw print city.
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At least they rolled around in the stream so that you’d feel needed when you bathe them.
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Just outside town is a large network of Cross Country ski trails.
When the snow melts it’s a great place to take the dogs, run in the woods.
This morning we saw whitetail deer and a few rabbits still with their white winter coats and not another person. Lovely
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Here in Brazil we’ve just had our first cold spell of the winter. It’s about 11°C outside which might not sound cold if you’re from Canada, but the houses here are built for summer weather. Paper thin walls and no central heating.
So here’s Joey, he’s about 12, originally from the UK but now enjoying his retirement in Brazil. I’ve given him a cover this morning as my office is far too cold. I’ve dug out the electric heater now so it’s warming up.
He might be an old boy, but he still loves to play. Usually he overdoes it and tires himself out way too quickly. Here he is a couple of weeks ago when it was much warmer.
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Well, life happens. This picture was taken one week short of 14 years ago, when I adopted Ollie, the brown Chihuahua/Italian Greyhound on the right. I lost Sparky, the white poodle/Jack Russell last July. He was 17. I lost Ollie this morning. He was 15. Only one of the three who moved to France with me remains, my 11 year old Chihuahua Peanut. He’s currently hiding under the bed. He and Ollie were very closely bonded, and he’s as despondent as I am.
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Awful, so sorry for your loss 
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