Finland, 6 July 2007

Hello friends

It has been a while since I wrote to you. A lot has happened. My new room mate has been born. Poor boy, he has no coat, no paws and no tail. He can not run or play and he does not speak either. But he screams, even harder than mummy when she is angry. This new friend of mine, or Dante as we call him he gets all sorts of special treatment. He gets food any time, even at night. I tried to get some too. No use, all I got was angry looks. When mummy was to the hospital we dogs where at grandmothers and grandfathers house. Grandma and grandpa are lot of fun, but not this time. We had been looking forward to a nice vacation with good food, playing and relaxing. Boy where we wrong. I think we got the wrong address because I believe we came to an exercise camp. Grandma took us for walks, every day three times and those walks where long 1-2 hours at least. Mummy said that we have never been in such good shape.

Then came the summer, the sun and the hot days. Mummy took me to the beach as she had promised. It was a beach entirely for dogs. I got many new friends, the best of them all was a Bernese girl, Donna. She was sooo sweet. We ran on the beach and in the sea for hours. One evening mummy took me and Jói to a near by lake. She whore a funny suit and took a whole bag of treats and some toys with her. When we came to the lake she walked right in the water. I had to go with her and Jói came too, you never know what mummy has on her mind. It is best to stick close to her. So we walked or well I and Jói ran straight in the water. Then mummy tossed the toy in the water and Jói tried to grab it. My toy!!! Can you believe it!! He tried to take my toy. I just had to go after him and grab it before he did. Suddenly my paws did not touch the ground anymore. Jói got the toy before I did, but mummy was very proud of me. She praised me and gave me treats. Then she threw the toy in the water again. This time I was faster, I ran as fast as I could in the water and swum to the toy. I got before Jói to the toy and got it. When I returned to  mummy with the toy she praised me again and gave me a treat. This funny game went on for a long time.

The best thing was my birthday. Happy birthday to me!!! Now nobody can call me puppy anymore. I am a man now, a grown up, a massive male, really I am. Mummy and daddy just don’t get it. They call me teenager or calf. I don’t understand why. My birthday begun with a costume party. Daddy took us out for a walk in the rain and after the walk mummy dressed us up. I was Batman, Jói was Wonderboy and Ronja was tired as always. For breakfast I got raw minced salmon. Then mummy made a cake, just for me. It was delicious and I was allowed to eat it all by my self. All that celebrating made me a bit tired so I had to take a nap in the garden. For supper mummy gave me raw turkey necks. I did not get any presents but all that food was just as good as any presents.

That’s all folks, love: Big G