A collection of doggie pics!

Our "puppy" (he's almost 3, but he'll always be a puppy to us!) Claudius is dog of the month at his doggie daycare! We are so excited!

Now that the weather's nicer, I've been taking a lot more pictures of Claudius. It probably helps that I don't have school anymore, too. :) I thought I'd share some of my favorite recent pics of my little guy.

Here he is freaking out and getting some major air as Marek goes to open the sliding door to the deck. Claudius always starts barking and jumping when we even go near the door, and we finally got a good picture of him jumping wicked high - he's at least a foot and a half off the ground, which is a lot for him!

He also loves to chase sprinklers. Marek got him a sprinkler that we put out in the backyard on nice days. We turn it on and he just goes nuts, growling and jumping at it. It's pretty fun to watch (maybe not so fun to listen to though, because he is very barky).

Another hobby of his is hanging out in the dryer, especially when it has just finished drying the clothes. I am always worried he's going to burn himself if the dryer has just ended, because it's still pretty hot in there. But he really likes to snuggle up in the warm clothes.

I like to fold the clothes right out of the dryer, and a couple weekends ago when I spent the weekend doing an inordinate amount of laundry, Claudius just jumped in and made himself at home. He really made himself at home, and started snoozing immediately, which made it hard for me to fold the clothes. I eventually had to take him out so I could finish, but I promised him I'd dry some of his blankets for him soon so he could hang out in the dryer again. :)

On Memorial Day weekend, Marek was away on an overnight hike with his friends, so I took Claudius on a doggie playdate with our friend Sean and his adorable puggle Bella. We headed up to Weston and took a walk around Cat Rock park. Here's Claudius during the walk. It's a great place to let the dogs hang around off the leash.

There's a swimming hole that we went and checked out, but Claudius wasn't really into it. He doesn't like swimming that much.

Here's Claudius on a bridge, with Bella in the background. I think he was glad to get into the shade for a little while.

Here's another sprinkler picture from a couple days ago. Marek put Claudius's large pen around him so he could chase the sprinkler without his leash getting in the way. He enjoyed it at first, but then kept jumping on the fence and trying to get out, poor thing!

Here's an action shot of him running back up on to the deck. He couldn't get back fast enough!

After a long time barking at and chasing the sprinkler, he needed to shake off, and I got this adorable shot of his ears and tail going all over the place. I've often wondered if it hurts at all when he does this, as he shakes himself pretty hard!

Once we get inside, he does this head mashing thing. I'm not really sure what this is - he does it in the morning when he wakes up, too, and it's part of his morning routine. He stretches, mashes his head, repeats, and finally shakes off and then I know it's time to get up and take him outside.

Here he is staring at me while I was taking his picture. I love his expressive little face and big floppy ears!

And lastly, here he is up close. He was getting tired and managed to sit still so I could get a close-up. I was happy to get a lot of these pictures, because they're things he does frequently, but I've always wanted to get on camera.

Hope you enjoy! :)