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Bear loves to give kisses! I mean he loves, loves, loves, loves, loves to give kisses. Here are some pics of him giving kisses to Michael and I. The first is of him with Michael, thesecond is his huge tongue kissing Michael and the last if his favorite place to kiss me....my lotioned legs. I am not sure why there and not sure if it is even healthy but he loves it. Do any of you have wierd kissers too?

Hello All! I've been out and about this weekend at Lake Havasu getting drunk and sunburned with Michael and our friends, but am glad to be back home with Bear and the BPO clan. 
I am in need of your help though. A while back I posed this question but had no responses so I am hoping to get some help with more minds working together. I want to add a section by your avatar which lists the number of posts you've made and your "status" as a member here. I would really like it to be dog related but unique- something special for us here on BPO. I was thinking of going with the paw theme originally- like toe nail, toe pad, little paw, etc. but had too much trouble with it. So, any ideas theme related that you have would be sooo greatly appreciated. Thanks!

then just take a look at Bear and Bear. We decided to make a body double for him in case something should happen just to be on the safe side.  Can you believe how much hair has come out of his undercoat? Without the rake he'd be dying of heat and dead hair and I would be dying from cleaning up all the extra hair on the carpet. hehehe

I got home early today because I was sick and got to watch Oprah which is a very rare occurance. Her guest today was the Dog Whisperer and I found him captivating. He mentioned that dogs who are very spoiled & pampered (ie. super rich people's dogs) are not well behaved or balanced because they don't do things that dogs do naturally. He said dogs need to be dealt with in this order everyday to maintain your leadership role as pack leader- exercise, discipline, then give affection. And when your dog seems overly happy to see you when you get home it is really just misplaced energy. Interesting huh? So, now I understand why Bear is sometimes uncooperative with me and how I need to be more consistent with the exercise & discipline beacuse I've got the affection thing down! 

This morning Bear and I went out for our usual morning walk/potty and we were later than usual. The sun is still down normally but we went out about 6:10 so we could see everything clearly. Every morning the routine is the same- out the front door, across the parking lot, down the back40 (long stretch of grass) around the apartments, to the street and back through the middle grassy area to our home. Today wa different though and not just because it was clearly daylight already. The minute we got outside Bear stopped and refued to move so I had to shove his booty til he moved. Then, as we approached the back 40 he froze in mid stride and pointed like a pointer. No movement, no budging, just a postured head, partly lifted front leg and staight tail. So, I turned him the other way and off we went happy as could be. On the way back though, we ran into secutiry officers and the same thing happened so we had to go far around them to appease him and allow us to get back to the house. I'm not sure if he was sensing something and just trying to protect me without making noises or if he was just being a brat and wated a new way to walk. Either way, my 15 min. walk turned into 30 and made me late to work! So, what do you think?

When waking up or just waiting for me to do something that Bear wants, he yawns. Not like tiny yawns either (as if anthing he does is tiny- lol) but like loud YYYAHHHNNNWWWW NNNNSSS. He seems as though he is totally lazy and half awake alot of times or that we are boring him to death. What do you think? Dogs yawning on a regular basis frequently- strange?

Lucy is this week's winner and is now the face of the Big Paws main page. Hope you enjoy seeing this beauty atop the site this week!

Bear is great in the house and is very well behaved for almost all of the time. Once in a while though (once every 6 months or so for a 1-2 day period) he goes through a face where he chews on something that belongs to us- like yesterday it was my address book and today it was an extra computer mouse. Is this normal or should I be doing something else for him?