Barking

Echo was still tired, so we took it easy. He was content to sleep all day. We probably wouldn't have taken Echo anyplace, except our goddaughters were in town so we went out top eat and brought Echo along. He barely moved throughout dinner - very well behaved or still tired.

He has been so tired that we were worried that he might have picked up a bug yesterday. However, his five month old digestive system seems to be working perfectly.

After we said our good-byes, Echo took us to Menards to walk the aisles and see the scary stairs that Slick mentions. As we were packing up some items, he saw a person down the aisle and barked at him a few times. He didn't stop with voice commands, so corrections were required. Just as he was settled a person in the store starting pretend barking which caused Echo to respond.

Tonight was buddy's favorite hygiene event, ear cleaning. In the past he would smell the bottle and run away. We have been working on this and he is a little better now. Echo doesn't mind it.

I had to share one more picture from PoochFest. Check out the brown dog in back.