We got SNOOOOOOOOOW!!!

Look what I saw with my bootiful eyes this morning!!!


Yes, fresh powder of snoooooow!!! I was SuperHAPPY!!

Here's my booootiful snowy face in case you didn't get a good look in the video,

Snowy Day

I watched as the snow flakes fell from the sky this morning,


I welcomed the snow flakes with my angelic voice, (why are you giggling mum?)


I was BOOOOOTIFUL on this snowy day in Vancouver,


Mum and D-Guy decided to take me and STINKY to go play in the snow on this snowy day,


I waited patiently while D-Guy shoveled the driveway and sidewalk. You might be wondering why I was wearing two layers of clothing. Well, the bottom layer was my pink jammie to keep me warm. The top layer was my navy blue magnetic coat that makes me less stiff in the mornings.


(mum: now that we are controlling Cushing's disease with medication, it means that the excessive level of cortisol circulating in the body is being lowered. Cortisol is our fight or flight hormone. When under stress, the cortisol spikes to help us cope with the stress. In a healthy body, the level drops back down after the stress passes. In a Cushingnoid body, the cortisol remains at a high level 24/7. Prolonged exposure to high levels of cortisol is detrimental to the body; organs start failing, connective tissues start to break down, and secondary illnesses such as Diabetes start to surface. So lowering the cortisol level is a must, which is what we have managed to do with Sunshade. However, since cortisol is the fight or flight hormone, it does a great job masking pain. Lowering the cortisol level in Sunshade also means that we are lowering the pain masking agent, thus making her arthritis/back pain more obvious.

I find the magnetic coat makes her less stiff, so I usually put it on her if she appears stiff in the morning, or on a walk. You can read more about Magnotherapy here. I was told to not put the coat on for more than 2 hours per day.)

We arrived at UBC Golf Course,


Since you can't really golf in the snow, it was a great place to go play in the snow!


Mum of course, wanted pictures..... We obeyed,


And then I didn't want to obey anymore!!


Then mum said let's get a shot of those MUSCLE BUTTS!! Actually only one MUSCLE BUTT, the other one was skinny butt or stinky butt, whatever you want to call it.

Look at stoopid STINKY, he pointed his skinny butt the WRONG WAY!



Then mum told me to "COME"!


I think she had treats for ME, The Perfect ME!


See, I beat D-Guy there. Guess he wasn't too into the Bison Berry Jerkies,

Mum told me All-Gone, and my face was like this,


I did not dwell, instead, I moved on to the next activity.

READY!

SET!

FLYYYYYYY!!

Again! I'm ready!


The amazing SuperDALE!!


Next activity - nap time in snow,


After I was re-energized, mum and I played a game that we came up with when I was just 6 months old. You know how I love pine cones right?

Well it all started 11 years ago where I would jump (really high) and pick pine cones off trees. (mum: yes it was a HORRIBLE thing to let a growing pup do, but I didn't know better.... and she always looked so happy and proud of herself after getting pine cones down. The higher she had to jump, the more satisfied she seemed.)

Now 11 years later, I still try to do the same, but mum pulls the branches way down for me so I don't have to jump as high. She also doesn't let me do it very often because she says the landing is bad for my elbow.

I got to do it today since the snow provided cushioning for when I land. Watch STINKY stealing all my hard earned pine cones!

After I finished stripping all the pine cones off the tree, I saw D-Guy had made a SuperSNOWBALL for ME,


Of course, STINKY thought it was for him too,


He cheated and left the ground before the gun (mum's voice) went off!


And LOOK!

HE BROKE MY NECK!!!!!


Good thing D-Guy saw how my neck was broken, hence I didn't get the snowball. He made another one for ME,


And I caught it of course!


D-Guy started making a snowman, I helped of course!

(mum: this video shows why you could never succeed making a snowman in the presence of nosy Airedales!!)

After I finished helping D-Guy make the snowman (mum: UNSUCCESSFULLY!), I saw mum collapse.

Both me and STINKY ran over to see if she was ok. I sniffed her face and I knew she was fine. I think she must have been too hot, so she laid in the snow (like I do when I get hot!).


I asked D-Guy to carry mum, but he said his back would break,


I looked around for other muscle men to see if they could carry mum instead, but no one was around.....


I got worried, so I YELLED at D-Guy for him to CARRRRRRRY mum!!!


D-Guy still refused, can you believe it???

The video below shows why I'm mum's PERFECT girl, and why she has no perfect guys in her life! (mum: you are my perfect girl! The guys are perfect in their own guy-ways LOL!)

Lastly, I want to show you a couple of photos of me that you would expect to see in either a Horror movie or an Alien movie.

HORROR....



Alien.....


But of course, I'm really just very BOOTIFUL!


ps. You can read STINKY's version of him annoying me on his blog...... watch the torture I had to put up with.....

Sunday @ Mt. Seymour

Last weekend, mum told my Auntie Janice that she'd really like to take me somewhere fun before "Tuesday", and my Auntie Janice suggested Mt. Seymour where there's lots of snow (I LOVE snow). Why Tuesday? What's going on here??

Just as I was wrecking my brain trying to think what could possibly be happening on Tuesday, we were there.


I could smell snow, and my mind became preoccupied by the thought of SNOWWWW!


I waited, patiently as mum put on her snowshoes. My Auntie Janice lend mum and D-Guy snowshoes so I could go play in the snow!


Thank YOOOOOOOOO Auntie Janice!


Heading towards the trail. Hope no avalanche happens.......


Ran into some doggies that were on leash, their hoomans got snowshoes too!


I waited for my hoomans,


Who took forever....... (this sure brought back a lot of memories from our Whistler Snowshoe Expedition where I waited and waited and waited)


And I waited some more.....


Mum finally got the hint that doggies should be on leash because of the ski hill beside the walking trail. She didn't put me on leash because I don't bother anyone, but we kept seeing doggies on leash. So my leash went on for like 20 seconds before we got to the trail entrance where I was allowed to be off leash.


Auntie Janice said to go on First Lake trail, so we did!


So many things to sniff,


So many objects to claim,


I asked for a snowball,


So a snowball was thrown,


I didn't catch it unfortunately because it was poorly thrown, so I was digging for snow in the snow,


Couldn't find it... oh well,


Met a cool dude, and I wanted to know where he got that stickie from, but he was in a hurry,


I led the way the whole time, just like in Whistler!


D-Guy took over the lead and decided to challenge me (by blocking the ENTIRE trail with his giant caboose - learned that word from Mango via Lacie!),


EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUS-ME! But I am an Airedale you know? No way am I backing down from a challenge!


AH-HA! Passed him!


Oh he's got guts, he's putting up a fight. I like I like!


Lets GOOOOOO then!


In the end, there could only be one winner,


And one loser,


I spotted a creek down a little hill,


Creek = water = Sunshade likes = I had to go see,


Creek with rockies = Sunshade likes even better,



Picked my special rockie!


On my way back up the hill with my special rockie in tow, my right side (right legs) got stuck in the slush. It had been quite warm, so snow was melting (like the world doesn't know already) and becoming slush mountain. So I sunk in quite deep.


Mum and D-guy did manage to get me out eventually,


Look who's ahead,


Look who's trying to catch up but had no chance,


Look who's way way WAY up ahead!!!


We took a break for a breather (not for me, for the D-guy that is, all that chasing he did you know?)


I was still pretty energetic,


So I passed my time by CATCHING SNOWBALLLLLLLLS!


When I miss tho, its a pain to dig them out. See how far down my hind leg was in the slushy snow?


This deep!


Visualizing before the start of a competition,


GAME ON!!!!!


Okay....winning already....


Winning even more......


Remind me again why this was even a competition??


I took a nap after that nail biting competition,


Snoozing in snow is so comfortable (because I'm so hot Hot HOT), I love it!



After I woke up, I was ready to take on a new challenge. I wanted to go down that steep hill, across that bridge to the other side.


Mum and D-Guy however decided to go to the right, the easier path,


I think that was "First Lake" there, but we barely saw any water.... wasn't too sure...

We walked by some sign, except the sign was practically buried in snow.


We came to a fork with signs pointing in all directions,


Mum and D-Guy decided to go towards the Parking Lot as they were tired...


I wasn't tired! Snow energizes me!


Snowballs please!!


Fun fun fun!!



Then we ran into a lady who went dog sledding on her bum..... Her dogs were, of course, distracted by something SuperMUSCULAR,


One had a particularly hard time taking his eyes off that SuperMUSCULAR thing,


We raced to the finish line, need I say? I was the winner,


Like the way way far ahead winner of all times!


I took a moment and watched hoomans coming down the ski slope,


Then instead of shaking hands with my competitor, we had a friendly stare down,


Followed by a celebration chest bump and dance (it was very one sided),


Making our way towards the car. I don't know what's wrong with that Boxer, she didn't take one look at my MUSCLE BUTT. The Husky was looking at it, but too shy to come up close and personal.


Waited patiently for them to take their snowshoes off.........


Mum usually is the slowest, so the waiting requires lying down,


Making our way towards the car,


Afternoon well spent!

Now... why "Tuesday"???

Note: Ok, so blogger thinks my posts are too huge in size, so they have sometimes limited to only one post per page. I have made a couple of posts in the last day or so, and in case you want to see them, they're here:

• Thank You Tika & Tulie
• Ugly Lobster