Ice Cream Hound

 

Finn with Ice Cream
Tequesta, FL
May 2, 2025

Although I had not intended to continue writing about our dog Finnegan, last evening the funniest thing happened.

Chris and I were cleaning up after dinner and had just relaxed together on the sofa with Finn. We were chatting when Chris casually asked if I wanted an ice cream. She meant a Fudgsicle from the freezer. 

When Finn heard the word ice cream, his head snapped up and he immediately got excited about heading out to the ice cream store. Finn loves ice cream, but we had no idea that he had connected the word with the action. 

Finn, it turns out, likes ice cream a lot more than we suspected. We took him to the local ice cream store and he was rewarded with a few licks from our cones. 

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL

Give the Doggie a Bone

Finn Hiding a Bone
Tequesta, FL
May 1, 2025

Finn is a funny little dog. 

Yes, he is lovable--but, at the same time, he is demanding. 

Yesterday, for example, he got into a barking mood. He was unhappy about something and neither Chris nor I could figure out what he needed. As a result he received a walk, more food in his dish, fresh water, a treat, another treat, and then finally a small bone to play with.

Finn at Rest
Tequesta, FL
April 27, 2025

The bone did the trick. He stopped barking and spent time finding the perfect hiding spot for the bone.

We try not to give him too many of the bones because he does not eat them, rather he hides them around the house and sometimes we step on them. We love watching him hide his bone. He engages in what we call "urban renewal" in that he moves stuff around and diligently puts the bone in a "safe" place for future retrieval. Sometimes the safe place is in the sofa. 

After he spends time--sometimes as much as 30 minutes, hiding the bone he relaxes and life in the house gets back to normal. 

Just to be clear, he does not get real animal bones, but commercially available Dreambones made with chicken and not rawhide. Sometimes he does eat the bone--but lately they are more of a soothing plaything. 

It is all just part of the pace of life around the house. 

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL

May Day 2025

 Happy May Day!

Just some disconnected thoughts today. 

It is the first of May, a holiday throughout much of the world. It is a day of planned protests here in the U.S.

Our leaders are so disconnected with the electorate and reality that they discount polls where the people are indicating  their disapproval with the direction things are headed. 

In November, before he was President, Trump declared that the great economy and stock market run-up was all his. Yesterday, he blamed the first quarter GDP decline on Biden. He can't have it both ways. What's worse, his memory is so bad he can't remember anything he says. 

Well, maybe today the voices of the people will break through the sound barrier.

-- Bob Doan, Tequesta, FL