Ubes

Little Uben never fails to amaze and entertain us. Last night we were standing at the end of our driveway talking to our neighbor who came along with his Malamute puppy. Now Uben knows and likes this puppy Abakus, but for some reason he barked his head off when he first saw him. He calmed down, but clearly was telling Abakus that Bernd and I belonged to him, and would get between Abakus and us whenever Abakus came to be petted. As we were talking to our neighbor and the dogs were also standing there talking to each other, Uben walked over to Bernd, raised his leg, and started to pee on Bernd's foot. We assume this was a further signal to Abakus that "this guy is my territory so back off." Bernd jumped out of the way in time to save his leg and foot from the drenching and we both ended up hysterical at this new and not so wonderful development in Uben's repetoire. The above picture was taken a few weeks ago when Bernd started working on his new office in the basement with his Brittany helper. The room is now almost finished and thankfully looks nothing like this photo!