Archu :3

Archie: I can see you, but you can't see all of me!




Archie: Hello!




Archie: I've been playing and am tired now!

Sticky seeds, hot weather and wooden floor boards

It seems to have been a warm, sometimes very hot, February.
The sticky seeds that live in our backyard have come back and Amy and I have been very good at brushing Archie almost everyday. Still, though, every grooming session he begins covered in seeds!
And the poor baby doesn't like getting his front paws brushed.

I have started to read a dog training book and am still determined to have a well trained dog by the end of the year. Archie is getting really good at 'wait' (the word we use instead of stay) and we don't really have to hold him back much.
He must sit and wait before he comes inside and before he has food. He is so good.

Dad took up the broken tiles in one of our halls and for a little while, till Dad put new flooring down, the old wooden boards were exposed. They looked lovely. Bath mats were put down to make it safer to walk across. Archie loved laying on the fluffy ones.

 

  

 

When it's hot we squirt water on Archie's head to make him cooler.

Puppy Day

 Last Thursday(the 21st) marked a year to the day we got our puppy.
I can't believe it's been a whole year!
Archie hasn't been trained in much, he's pretty good at sitting and waiting, but this year I am determined to train him. He's part poodle, so he should like it and by Christmas he will be a very well behaved dog.

Adventures

Dear people,

I was left alone for the longest time!
All my people went away for five days and a nice lady looked after me.
I did normal stuff; chased lizards, ate, slept and had fun.
When my people came back I was so excited! I got lots of cuddles then run away a whole bunch!

I had a bath yesterday and today I went down to the oval with all my people who are training for the city-to-bay fun run. When we got back they played with me and in the afternoon I slept.

lots of licks, belly scratches and love,
Archie

Mr Pink, a moustached mastermind, begins to put his plan in place...

“Mwahaha, soon the world will be mine!” He laughed. Originally he had planned to make the world cream to reflect the colour of his beauty but for some reason pink was easier to do, like the world longed to be pink.

It mattered little to him (he would have his own patch of secret land that would remain normal) but he knew his arch nemesis, Mr Green, would take it hard, like a blow to his chest. His favourite colour was green and he ran around saving trees and such with the occasional human rescue thrown in.

With that pesky Rottweiler out of the way, Mr Pink could get on with the busy task of world dominion.


The other day I needed Archie to play my villain for PPT and it was difficult to get a picture before he got distracted by treats of tried to eat the moustache but he was such a good boy over all.

Here are some cute and funny out-takes;


(my favourite)


"get this thing off of my!" Archie yells.


(it looks like his poking his tongue out but really I just caught him mid lick)


...distracted by treats...


trying to eat the pipecleaner

Archie is 1 today!

It's Archie's birthday today!
Well, this is the day we have decided to celebrate it. It's around the time he was born but we don't know the exact date.
So, he's not a puppy anymore but is still so cute.
Pity it didn't cool down for Archie, been so hot here today and Archie prefers cool and sunny days.

When we got him;

Today;

Wirabarra Forest

We took Archie for his first trip to the Wirabarra Forest on Wednesday and even though it was hotter then we wanted, we all had a good time and Archie tired himself out.
When we got back to town, we picked up our lunch but Archie didn't would to wait so Vickie walked him most of the way. Less then a block before the house he just stopped and looked at her, so he was carried the rest of the way then got a meaty snack.

Now, time for photos! (I love the third photo, he looks like a puppy)