Just because it’s winter in Australia right now, doesn’t mean it’s not beach weather. The water is a bit cold for human swimming but it doesn’t bother us doggies, guess we have a bit more natural protection. Today the beach wasn’t really about swimming anyway, it was about running!

We had a nice big pack today, I was there with my mates Archie and Maple, Dad and his friend, and Maple’s mum and dad. I had lots of people and doggies to keep track of, but I think I managed pretty well and got some awesome running and playing in too!

Mum’s gonna be looking after Archie for a while longer while her new man is away working, so he’s become a bit of a permanent fixture around these parts lately. First up he was a bit scared of me, but now he’s super confident around me and likes to chase me and bark at me a lot while I am running.

I don’t mind though, I think it’s fun!

It makes me do silly things and then my legs go in every direction and I can’t decide which way I want to run next.

The humans are pretty handy to have around because they throw sticks for us out into the surf. Mum even got a break from the camera for a while and came into the surf a little way with us. Not too far though as the water is kinda cold right now.

Then I had to go back and check on everyone else of course.

Maple’s dad threw sticks for us heaps, he’s a good guy to have around!

Archie used to be a bit scared of the beach as he never used to go there much, but now he loves it just as much as I do. He races around just like me.

He’s even got this cool running trick where all four legs come off the ground at once, so it looks like he’s flying!

Not sure if I fly, but my tongue and ears sure do.

I like to make sure my tongue gets equal time hanging out both sides of my mouth. Don’t want to make it uneven.

When I’ve had enough running for a while, I like to go and stand up on the rocks. I’m pretty tall as it is, but standing up there makes me even taller and I can see everything that’s happening on the beach.

Ooh, better get down and head over to the water again, looks like Maple’s mum is throwing sticks for us!

I make sure I keep my eye on the prize.

Ok, we’re all ready!

And, GO!

I got it!

Woohoo, time to celebrate with more running!

Maple comes to visit us every now and then, you might remember she visited when we were just puppies (we’re only a month apart in age). Here’s the video flashback!

She’s all grown up now and has lots of hair, so she looks pretty scruffy when she gets wet! But she loves the beach too and especially loves chasing sticks. So much so that if she doesn’t get the stick thrown for her, sometimes she has a little sulk. I can definitely relate to that!

Lucky Mum was on hand to throw sticks for us again.

I think Mum and Maple’s mum decided we were getting tired though.

When I get tired, often I like to dig a hole.

Then I like to lie in it.

Since we were all nice and worn out, Mum decided to try and get a group photo of us. She’s been teaching Archie to ’stay’ and he’s getting better at it (me and Maple have no problems with that kind of thing, cos we’re awesome!), but I think he thinks that stay can include staying down but crawling forwards on his belly, oops!

We all had a great time at the beach. It was kind of a bit of a celebration for Mum as she’s just gotten 500 ‘fans’ on her Facebook Page for her doggy photography business! Yay for Mum! She was going to take boring posey photos of me in a party collar, but decided to take pics at the beach instead, way more fun.

Till next time, love and licks! xoxo

We have to walk along a path to get to the beach but it opens out at the end, near this big ‘jetty’ thing. This is where I like to go a bit nuts and run around heaps, cos it’s just so exciting! I mostly like running up ahead, then running back at Mum full tilt and swerving at the last moment. I think she’s wise to my ways now, but I’m sure people watching must think I’m gonna run into her!

Sometimes under the jetty, there will be heaps of water coming out of a big pipe. I’m not sure what the point of this is, but it’s pretty fun to play in! I love water.

We like going up into the dunes. There is a good view from there, I can see the whole beach. Plus it provides good opportunities for posing for pics for Mum, which I’m sure is the point for her.

This time Archie decided to get in on the action and try and steal my thunder! That’s ok, you have to make allowances for dogs with only one eye. Lucky he’s got a built in pirate eye patch!

Later on we met an awesome Greyhound that I had a fantastic time chasing. They are super fast!! I really tried, but wow can they run, he got away from me every time (and I have a sneaking suspicion he wasn’t trying too hard either). Mum did get some video but she can’t find it anywhere, how slack. I’ll make sure she gets some more when we meet him next time though.

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Izzy came to visit me for a whole weekend! She’s a 9 week old Great Dane x Ridgeback x Mastiff (mostly Great Dane though) and her colour is called brindle, isn’t it pretty? Izzy likes to chew on sticks, I guess that’s the Great Dane in her coming out.

Unfortunately, she also likes chewing on me.

I put up with it, she’s just a little puppy…

She does have very sharp little teeth though!

I make sure I don’t bite her with my teeth, so I end up looking a bit gummy.

Izzy seemed to have a bit of a fascination with my belly. I think I might have reminded her of her mummy?

Mum thought Izzy was very pretty, and talked her into doing some modelling. She didn’t do a bad job, for a newbie!

Okay, so Izzy is just a little bit too cute and a little bit too good at the whole modelling thing. I had to think fast! I didn’t want her taking over my job, so I thought I better regain my superiority. What better way than proving my dominance with the stick! I lulled her into a false sense of security…

Drew her in, let her think she had a chance, then boom! I was off! No catching me!

It was kinda nice having Izzy to visit, someone to play with is always good! Maybe one day I will get another sister or maybe even a brother, but for now, it’s pretty cool being the centre of attention all the time!

Love and licks, Luna xo

Well tonight, we discovered some PHOTO EVIDENCE on her computer!

So behold, Mum canoodling with the culprit!!

Update: Ok, so Mum has informed us that we have nothing to worry about. At first we thought he was some kind of overgrown Great Dane that let Mum ride him (how could we ever compete with that??) but Mum assures us he is a different species. A horse in fact. So, since he’s not a doggy like us, technically she’s not actually cheating on us. Phew!

So a bit about ‘the horse’. His name is ‘Rocky’ and he’s a ‘thoroughbred’ (kind of like us, we are ‘thoroughbred’ Great Danes), he’s 13 years old (wow! old!) and he’s 15.3 hands high. Whatever that means. He used to be a racing horsey (again, kind of like me, I race other doggies at the beach) and he is from New Zealand! Which is apparently some cold, small little country overseas somewhere.

Mum says that one day we will get to meet him in person! Uh… horse… dog.. let me try again… one day we get to meet him for real! I hope he likes us and doesn’t try and stomp on us with those big hard looking feets.

Anyways we are a bit excited, a bit envious, but a LOT relieved! Mum still loves us, yay!