Rufus has visitors

Rufus entertained Miriam and Janet at our house last weekend. Miriam as kind enough to show Rufus his own videos on the internet.

Rufus had a hard time reconciling the fact that he was both on the couch and on the computer...

After repeted questions, Miriam's patience started to wear thin, and Rufus found the whole thing tiring...

Later, we all went to the park, where Janet and Rufus played chase. Janet chased Rufus...

Rufus then chased Janet...

Afterwards, we went down to Alki Beach to work on our Seattle tans. There, we encounted a remarkable sand sculpture.

Rufus found a person made of sand mildly confusing. We had to stop him from giving her a slurpy kiss to cheer her up...

After this disturbing incident, Rufus felt the need for a stroll by the sound to collect his thoughts.

Rufus Attends Ridgeback Fun Day

Rufus was recently invited to a "fun day" held by the Northwest Rhodesian Ridgeback Club. Rufus was quite curious to know what a fun day was (his life is pretty fun in general, he questioned whether any more fun would be prudent... such a practical pup). We loaded up a on a beautiful, warm spring day, and headed out to see what this was all about.

Turns out that "fun day" is code for RR owners to get together and blather on about their dogs (something of which I'm more guilty of than most) and for RR's to generally have a good time. Hence, "fun day"...

Rufus took the opporunity to get reacqainted with old friends. His brother Razi also attended, and Rufus and he had their customary wrestling session (Rufus is on the right, Razi on the left - a senior member of the RR clan looks on...).

Rufus also met a charming young lady named Jika and her owner Nora Ormerod of Glehaholm Rhodesian Ridgebacks. After they were introduced, they calmly posed for photos.

However, predictably things quickly turned to wrestling...

All this activity in the sun left Rufus ready for a bit of time in the shade.

The grass was so cool and pleasant that he crashed out and took the opportunity to chew on his leash...

A bit later, Rufus discovered the wading pool, which turned out to be both cooling and fun (he discovered the blowing bubbles through his nose was quite entertaining).

If you can't see the video, click here

Rufus Does Si

Rufus had been giving me a hard time about the fact that he has to wait until he is full grown (at round 18 months) before he can start running and mountain biking with me. I finally consented and took him along to hike Mt. Si with me (8 miles up and back, 3,000 feet of total elevation gain). Predictably, he took it like a champ, and scooted up mountain so quick it was hard to get a shot of him.

He insisted on stopping to enjoy the view

When we got to the top, Rufus asked someone to take our picture, making sure to pose so as show off his ridge to best effect...

Rufus as a Puppy

I was just thinking the other day that I wished I had taken more video of Rufus when he was little. I remember him being unbearably cute... I did come across the item below which has made when he was nine weeks old (he is now twenty two weeks old), and ended up watching it several times last night. Ridgebacks are great, but they don't stay small for long...

Click here if you can't view it...

Rufus Visits the Bergenheims (again)

Rufus and I paid a visit to the Bergenheims today for a play session. After we established the pecking order...

Rufus got down to some serious play with Jack, their one year old male.

Yvonne was kind enough to get out their frisbee ring for everyone to play with.

There was some discussion over who would get to carry it around...

Rufus seems well over being intimidated by Jack (now that they are within 15lbs of each other), and initiated most of their play sessions.

Rufus's Friday

Rufus had a big day on Friday. First, he met is buddy Prince down at the dog park across the street from work for a bit of lunch time romp and wrestle.

Later in the day, he and Dixie played wrestle and chase. Dixie is pretty much completely over her shyness, as evidenced by the video below...