Uben, Laika, and Smilla in the South of France

We are fortunate people to have a couple of houses in the South of France, and we are here on vacation at the moment. Uben is here of course, back in his homeland, and this year we also brought along his friend Laika. On the trip here she seemed to be a little nervous…I think she was worried that her family did not know she was traveling so far away, but she’s settled in quite nicely and is totally into the spirit of vacationing. We have a nice German couple in our small house and they brought along their dog Smilla. She’s a puppy still, a 6-month-old Husky who is in love with both Uben and Laika. Uben likes her a lot but the jury is still out with Laika. Thank goodness Laika is just never, ever mean and though Smilla constantly wants to be in her face and lick her mouth, Laika just barks and tries to get away from her.

Yesterday we went to something in the next village called Transhumance where the French move their sheep from where they winter to where they summer in the mountains.
The dogs were pretty thrilled to get a look at the sheep walking down the street. Laika especially wagged her tail constantly and was all excited to watch the procession. Uben stuck out his nose and looked a little more in shock at the whole thing but also seemed to like it. It was a great big poop-fest and Uben of course liked this aspect most of all…he’s all over any opportunity for a snack.