Back-Country Boardin'

I love back-country snowboarding. OK…I don’t snowboard (I am a dog after all) but I love to run around in the snow, carving my own lines in the fresh pow. 

First we have to earn our turns as daddy says. We hike all the way up to the top of the ridge. Mummy and daddy wear peculiar shoes to help them get up the steep slopes in the snow because they don’t have specially adapted paws like me.

Then we carve down the mountain 
Here's me and mummy!

 

And here we are in action...

 

It's thirsty work hiking up the slope and then running down again, especially in the Sierra sun. Mummy always brings a backpack filled with cool water - enough for both me and her. I have perfected the art of drinking from a Camelbak!

Once we've stopped for refreshments, we set off again to find the perfect run. Daddy likes to stop every now and then for a photo shoot. He'll get mummy and I to pose just so...

But I always like to be the super model!

Then it's back to boardin' and this time it's a run with daddy. He likes to catch 'big air' and as you can see, so do my ears. 

No matter what, mummy always celebrates every run!

Skate Dog

We went up to the cabin this weekend for the last few days of Spring skiing. As the weather was so lovely, daddy decided to put the snowboard to one side and bring out another board – his skateboard! I have never seen this before but what a wheeze! Daddy rolled all along the roads by the cabin and I followed along, sometimes leading the way and other times chasing daddy.

Daddy even let me have a go! I think it's definitely easier if I stand on 4 legs though daddy!