Smooch's Tales- Life is an Adventure

Author's Note:  One thing I learned on my recent cross-country trip is that having guest bloggers is a blast.  We actually penned our cross country blog- Ten Legs and a Tail- as a team.  So I've decided to invite another guest blogger to join me on this blog from time to time.  Meet Smooch.  

Life is an adventure

My view of the farm

Life has been pretty exciting lately.  I wasn't exactly sure what was happening back home in Vermont when my Mom started packing big duffle bags, my food, my dog bed and all of my toys.  But I'm always up for a new adventure so I decided to just wait and see what was in store.  On the day that she packed the car, I decided to sit on my back porch one last time.  I love sitting there in the sunshine, surveying my view and watching my chickens play in the yard.  Ah yes.  Life in the country is the best.  I get to walk in the woods almost every day and I get to chase chipmunks and be on the lookout for ground hogs.

Pretty soon, it was time to jump in the car so off we went, down to MA where we met some of our friends.  The next thing I knew, I was riding in this funny house on wheels.  It was kind of sweet.  There was room to walk around.  My dog bed sat on the floor right behind the two seats in the

Sleeping in my house on wheels

front of the moving house.  At first it was exciting but then it actually got kind of boring.  Mile after mile we travelled.  We stopped every once in a while to stretch our legs and with luck, I'd get to chase my ball in a new park or rest area.  I even got to go swimming a few times.  I swam in the Susquehanna River and in Lake Erie and we found some sweet ponds where I could dock dive.

Tied up at the campground. Boring.

There were times in my house on wheels when my Mom and her friends seemed kind of nervous and upset.  They kept talking about big trucks and scary things happening on the road.  But I mostly just slept.  In the night, we'd stop moving and I got to sleep on my Mom's bed with her.  Yup.  Life on the road.  I could get used to it.  We stopped at a couple of campgrounds that seemed a bit sketchy.  There were lots of dogs but everyone was on a leash and they didn't seem that friendly.  I just don't understand it when other dogs don't want to play with me.  I like to make friends
with just about everyone.

At any rate, I'm really happy that my Mom has invited me to contribute to her blog.  I actually think she has a secret desire to write a dog book some day.  She has read so many dog books, you wouldn't even believe it.  I feel like when she lets me blog, she is practicing for the day she will write her dog book.  I hope she does it because I bet I'll get to be in it.

I have lots of stories to share.  Like about when I learned to be a camp counselor last summer.  And how I am learning to be a really good babysitter for my baby, Mabel.  She is really cute.  She hasn't learned to throw the ball for me yet but I'm sure she will soon.  I keep trying to teach her.  I also learned this summer how to babysit for my cousin, Finn.  He is my cousin and is a golden retriever.  He's just a puppy so he needs to learn a lot of manners.  But I love playing with him so I'm fine being his babysitter.

Mabel

Finn

I'm living in an new house now that seems to be really far from Thetford.  I miss my Dad in Vermont. but I like it here.   It's a busy household with a lot of people to play with me.  My cousin, Sydney, a black lab, lives here and that is a blast!  We never met until I arrived at her house.  But now we all live together and best of all, we get to take care of Mabel.  Ah, Mabel.  Babies are the best.   I'll write more about Mabel in another post.  Thanks for reading.  Woof.