a foot of snow

we woke to at least of foot of snow this morning with more coming down. our backyard/driveway looked like something out of a christmas postcard. the trees draped in white. the ground soft and quiet like a feather bed. it was so peaceful and tranquil walking outside first thing in the morning with not a disrupting footprint to be found or sound to be heard.

and then i let boone out.

all i can say is that crazy dog loves, loves, loves snow. he was leaping and bounding his way around the yard kicking up a storm of snow everywhere he went. it was so much fun watching him frolic. especially when he would build up some speed while running and then try to stop and change direction as he ended up sliding into fences, trees, bushes and our car.

olive and boone

boone and olive

recently at the bishkek circus the ice skating bear attacked his trainer and killed him during the middle of a performance.  that really made jen and i stop and think about olive being around boone.  how safe it was and how much interaction they should have around each other.  after much consideration we decided to never put boone on ice skates.

olive and boone

if jen and i had any worries at all about boone and how he was going to be around olive... those are complete gone at this point.  boone is awesome around her.  he respects olive space but still comes up and checks her out every once in a while and is always gentle.  he isn't jealous at all of when we are giving her all the attention.   he tends to hang out in the same room as her and sit in such a way that he can always keep an eye out on her.

they are working out great together.

our first child

some photos jen took of boone...

dock dogs

on saturday jen, boone and myself went down to discovery green to take part in the dock dog jumping competition which consist of throwing a ball off the end of a dock and seeing how far your dog can jump. as proud parents, we fooled ourselves into thinking that boone could make it 15 to 20 feet like some of the other dogs (he jumped 5 1/2!). needless to say it was a really fun day. we were interviewed by local 39 news (click link below to see the video) and as life would have it... they spelled my name "davod conover". high quality journalism there... can't even spell my name right.