Still Life With Gus

Haiku: Gus vs. The Skunk

Gus got sprayed by a mean skunk
Emergency bath
Ashamed, he mopes on the bed

For Sale

Gus wants to rent this little shack on the beach. He likes the idea of me taking the door off so he could run free on the beach all day. (I don't have the heart to tell him this shack is just an out building belonging to a much bigger house that most likely is a bit out of my price range.)

Low Tide

Tug O' War

The Sunrise

Foggy Morning

Getting Dirty At The Beach

Today Gus went in the water up to his belly, (he typically just gets his paws wet.) After going in the ocean he ran and rolled in the sand until he was good and dirty. Thankfully he has the cleaning tendencies of a cat and was spotless within a few hours.

Responsibility

The Beach, Saturday Morning

There is a lot of action at the beach on Saturday morning. Boats, people, and lots of dogs. Possibly more dogs than people. If the dogs were smarter they could most likely take over the humans on the beach. Although you could just yell "sit!" and that would end the madness. . . . most likely.

Gus vs. The Chipmunk

This past weekend Gus spent the day at my parent's house in New Hampshire while I attended a BBQ. While outside, Gus spotted a chipmunk and chased it into a hole. Frustrated, Gus made an attempt to fit down the hole too. Luckily, my father was able to snap these pictures:

A Better View

How do you expect a dog to look at the ocean if he can't see over the railing?

Mobile Post: Haircut

Gus got groomed today. The groomer did a great job and Gus is much more comfortable now that it's warming up. Gus looks like a different dog after a shave-down; he turns into a puppy.

Mobile Post: The Breakwater

Yesterday Gus and I walked to the Spring Point Lighthouse. Gus enjoyed jumping from rock to rock as we walked on the breakwater, (I thought it was fun too.)

Mobile Post: Steps

These steps take you from Willard Beach to the SMCC campus. Gus like to walk up steps.

Mobile Post: Snaggletooth

Gus's teeth a quite straight with the exception of one on his lower jaw that grew in at a funny angle. He refused to get braces when he was a pup so now his upper lip gets caught on his snaggletooth sometimes.

Mobile Post: Working Like A Dog

I went into work today to pick up my laptop and I brought Gus in to see were I go every day during the week. Gus instantly noticed the picture of himself I had posted among my team's stats.

Robinson Woods

Gus and I took a nice walk in Robinson Woods this evening. Robinson Woods is a series of trails in Cape Elizabeth that is highly wooded and rough. Gus enjoys walking up and down hills and stepping over fallen trees, not to mention peeing on each one of these fallen trees. I brought my GPS with me so I could then overlay the data on a Google map of the area to see what our path looks like. We followed the outer loop trail which, based on the GPS data, is exactly 1.5 miles. Check out our path (this link is broken, sorry) courtesy of the constellation of 24 satellites in the sky, paid for by your tax dollars.

Note: You can zoom in and out with the buttons on the left side of the map. You can also change the type of map with the drop-down selection on the top-right.

Mobile Post: The Portland Headlight

Gus and I are relaxing at one of our favorite spots, The Portland Headlight. Gus went to the vet yesterday to have his leg checked out- the doctor suggested he not run on the beach for a week to allow his leg to heal. So today we are going to enjoy some low-impact relaxing.

Mobile Post: Sunrise

Gus ran around a lot this morning. After chasing a dog for a while, he stopped all of a sudden and held his front left paw up. . . .he must have twisted it. We slowly limped home and now he is resting on his bed trying to sleep it off.