After the harvest, I like to run around the rice fields. But just before summer, the farmers flood the the fields in preparation for the new year’s crop. Though I want to, Dad won’t let me run on the fields when they are wet (though I did once when I was a puppy, and I …
Lately, I have been thinking about lines. There are so many lines in my life. They are interesting. Some lines, I like to rest on. Some lines I am not supposed to cross, even though sometimes I cross them. Some lines keep me safe and connected to the people I love. Some lines are meant …
So there I was, playing around in the mud, having a good time. The next morning, when I woke up, Dad said, “Hey, your nose is swollen!” Huh? I didn’t feel swollen, but my Mom also got a little worried, so they decided to take me to the vet. I like my doctor and the …
Spring is here! Spring is here! I love the smell of spring. I love the smells. I love the dirt. In the winter, the soil is hard and doesn’t smell so fun, but in the spring, it is soft, bursting with life and full of smells. I see Mom and Dad in the garden playing …
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Last week, we were walking down the street and I poked my nose into an open doorway of an old Japanese house. Inside was a guy trying to fix things up. Mom started talking to him and he started petting me, so I knew he was nice. He is fixing up a 200 year old …
When I was a puppy, I often went on trips in the car. But they never went so well. Even in just 20 minutes, I would start drooling all over the place and my tummy started to feel weird, and then I would often throw up. But I was a puppy then. Now I am …
I brought some wine to my friend’s birthday party. My dad calls it “Korosso”!!! アルトの誕生日は2月。世界で1本だけのワイン、コロッソでHappy Birthdayの乾杯したよ！
I am black lab. That means I am a water dog. I love the water! You put me near a river, a lake, a stream, even an irrigation ditch, I am happy to jump in and swim around. I don’t even care if it is deep water. I can swim like a shark, just cutting …
For the last year, I have been wearing a green collar. The year before that, I wore red. The year before that, it was blue. I think you can see the pattern now. Every year, I change the collar colors. For year 3, my color is purple. When Mom and Dad changed my collar, they …
If I had a ball for every time I was out on a walk and someone said, “Wow!, you have beautiful, shiny black hair! You look so young and handsome. Is it your food? What are you eating?” I would have a lot more balls than I have now. I am a little shy when …