Forest Adventure

M and I live about 4 miles south of a forest. It is seriously the strangest thing because where we live there are absolutely no trees. Yet if you drive 4 miles up the road, you are in a forest. I don't understand. I guess it's the same thing with the mountains. We live on the plains, but if we drive 25 miles west, there are mountains.

M mentioned recently that we should drive up to this forest and let Max run around. It sounded like a great idea. Today we went to the forest. We got snow Thursday night, but at our house it was just a dusting. In the forest, there were places where the snow was a couple of feet deep. Before we even got out of the car, we got stuck...even in our new all wheel drive car in the post below. M got the car un-stuck while Max and I got out of the car to run around. It was nuts! So we walked around in the forest for a while. It was a bit of a workout because our feet would sink so far into the snow. It would have been a great place to use snow shoes. We'll have to try that again sometime. Here are pictures I took during our forest adventure. We had a great time, and Max has been passed out the last hour and a half since we've been home.

Max's week in review

• Max really likes his beds. He has one in 3 different rooms - one is in his crate, one is downstairs, and one is upstairs. If we give him a treat or he is tired, he will go to his bed and lay down. It's kind of fun that he knows that place is just for him.
• He likes to eat ice! It is a messy treat because he starts slobbering all over the place. I think it's funny that this is such a treat because it's just frozen water.
• If one of us is in the bathroom with the door closed, Max will either sit outside the door or he will start putting his nose against the door or his paw under the door. It reminds me of a comedic routine I have heard from Bill Engvall.
• He does a similar thing when one of us is in the shower. He will lay outside the door of the shower and wait.
• When Max gets really excited, he runs around and bucks. He runs around so fast that he runs into the wall or the couch or the end of the bed.
• We have a morning routine...when we first get out of bed, one of us lets Max outside. Then he is SO excited to have his breakfast. When he's done eating, he comes in our bedroom and generally lets out a huge belch. Then he jumps on the bed. He has no idea that he weighs as much as he does and that it is painful when he walks on us or sits on our heads. When we are ready to leave for work, Max runs in his crate (probably because we still give him treats then). He is a very sweet puppy dog!