Doodle trouble

So, who knew what trouble a cute little dog could be?!! Sunny is cute as can be, but she sure has a mind of her own. And she does like snow, however her fur is not conducive to long walks in the white stuff, since it velcroes to her and she comes in as a walking snowball. It's hard to get off too--you have to put her in a warm shower.

Luckily, she is now enrolled in dog obedience class. She's very smart. Too smart. After one class she has already learned some new tricks. But she teaches herself other ones that aren't on the syllabus. This week she has decided to add barking to her long list of avocations: chewing, nipping, running away when called, gobbling socks (wouldn't you think we would have learned after Fletcher?!), and jumping up on the boys.

Honestly, if she weren't so cute and loving and wonderful, I don't know where she'd be right now. Gil still isn't thrilled with her, though he often hangs around her crate when she's in it. When she's out of her crate though, he wants her to leave him alone. You can't catch her long enough to keep her off the sofa, since she races full power around the house, leaping on various pieces of furniture during her circuits. She clearly needs more exercise, but doesn't fetch. And she terrorizes Sergey, leaping on him at every opportunity, and even strains the patience of Lonya, Mr. Fabulous With Animals.

But she is cute, and sweet, and loving, and wonderful. So I guess we'll have to figure out how to control her...

Christmas 2010

It was a fun holiday season. Both boys absolutely insisted upon wearing ties to their school programs. Here you can see a handsome Lonya. Also there is Sergey, waking up Christmas morning, and discovering that Santa has indeed been here. He is pointing that out to Lonya.

Sergey got a gymnastics mat as his main present, and Lonya's main present was his camera. Lonya set his GI Joes up outside for photographs in the snow.