Greta is a Bernese Mountain Dog, so here she is in her element:
Like all dogs she is a opportunist. Here we were sitting in the warm sun relaxing an evening on the same trip. I thought I should take a photo of us sitting there, but she spotted me off guard and went to action immediately:
Car ride home after a good hike … bear in mind they might look cute but they both smell to high heaven and left the back seat ridiculously dirty. I now strategically borrow my wife’s car on hike day.
Haha. Yes! Sierra (the dog) loves her car hammock. Daniel (the monster/boy) hates the hammock, Â even when half deployed. We do what’s constitutes a compromise for a 12 year old … we completely remove the hammock and I buy him ice-cream.
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