Being Very Good and Very Naughty

I did it! We found the entrance to the train station in the dark! It was already late when we got out of Rotem's dance recital and I was feeling very relieved to get outside. I lay very quietly in the aisle next to Bracha's seat in the auditorium and it was the first time I have ever sat through a show like that where there are so many people. It was already late and when we got on the bus Bracha asked the driver to fix the public address system which was calling out all the wrong stops. Everyone helped us get off at the right place and I headed right for the place where you go into the train station through the tunnel. We got confused only once, and then we were inside and on the platform on time. I even got a chance to have my customary drink of water at the cooler before we got on the train and I settled down to sleep.
But I must admit that I did one naughty thing. Yaniv put a tray of shnitzel on the coffee table and before I could say "pure bred golden retriever I had snatched one! Even more irresistable than avocados! Bracha took it away from me and scolded me and I knew I was wrong. Why do people put things like that in places where I will be tempted?

So now we have two new items: one is a plastic muzzle that Bracha puts on me just when I run in the avocados. She figures that it's preferable for me to wear a muzzle and be able to run in the avocado orchard without eating fruit, than to be tied up on a leash all the time and not be able to run free. I don't like it, but it solves the problem. The other is the fence. No more breaking out!
Here I am getting my beauty treatment. My fur still looks great and I feel much better with all that hear off.

My Beauty Treatment

Just look at me! Here I am after my trim at the pet store! Bracha does not want anyone cutting my fur, and I really don't want it cut either, but this bype of brushing really felt good. I had to go up a little narrow flight of stairs and one of the men at the pet store lifted me onto a table. I was a bit frightened at first, but Bracha was there all the time and soon the woman named Ivgenya began brushing me all over. Soon great tufts of my undercoat started coming out and filled an entire bucket! I began to relax, lay down, and stretched out and let her brush me all over. And suddenly I had less fur! Than she picked me up and put me in the bathtub and I had a shower and shampoo with special shampoo for white dogs! Finally I was wrapped in a big fluffy towel and my fur was blow-dried and it was all over!
So look at me! How long will it take for me to find a nice, muddy puddle?

"Where did you see a law like that?"

I love new routes! This time Bracha took me out of the train station instead of going up the moving stairs into the mall at Azrieli - mostly so that I could get out and do busy in the bushes outside. But we crossed the biggest street I've ever been on, and there were several places to cross. It was a busy place and we did just fine! They even have stoplights that make a loud clicking noise so that Bracha knows when to tell me to go forward and cross the street.

Anyway, I did see my other friends on the board - Alice, Turner, Lady, and Tango, and Petel was there too. We also met a new dog named Rega. And when we got on the train to go home Tango and I crawled under the table and were sleeping peacefully when along came the conductor and starts his wise crack business.

"You have to put muzzles on your dogs."
LIttle did he know he was dealing with two members of the board. Adi pipes up.
"These are guide dogs."
"I don't care," the guy insists. They have to have muzzles."
"No," Bracha explained. According to law guide dogs don't need to have muzzles. If you like I'll show you the law." She started to rummage for her wallet and the little card.
"Where did you see such a law?" demanded the conductor.
Bracha could not resist. I felt her stifle a laugh.
"Actually, we didn't see it. We're blind."
Snickers and chuckles filled the car. The conductor, not wishing to admit that he was wrong and having inserted his foot deep in his mouth, scuttled down the aisle with his tail between his legs. And Tango and I looked at each other, smiled, and went back to sleep.