Brighter in the Morning

It is good to have normal time in the morning. We had daylight on the morning walk again. This is something I miss most of October, because with Daylight Saving Time, it is darker in the morning. I know it will soon be dark mornings again, but this is of natural causes, not because the authorities say we all have to tamper with the clocks. We can enjoy the daylight in the mornings this week, at least. 

Setting the Time

Daylight Saving Time is over for this year. Hopefully, it is over for ever.

Daniel has made sure all the clocks show the right time again.

The obsession with precise time is something special for humans. They have so much to do, so I understand why they want to measure time precisely. What I do not understand, is why many of them want to turn the clocks twice a year. It would suit us dogs better without these turns. 

Chinese Threats Against Japanese Territory

China and its dictator Xi Jinping has gone out stating that China must assert its control over the Senkaku Islands. This is a group of islands that betongs to Japan, but lies closer to the Chinese mainland than the other Japanese islands do. 

China is a dictatorship, thus threatening a democracy. All the democracies in the world should side with Japan. I hope Sweden will be clear in its stance, just like Sweden is clear when it comes to the Ukranian defence of its territory against Russian aggression. 

A Cold

Daniel worked from home today. One of the reasons was that he had a cold. He did not want to go out unnecessarily in the fairly cold weather to go to the office. He also did not want to make other people catch his cold. Despite this, he and Paula went grocery shopping later. He told me they had to have more groceries. This is understandable, everyone needs groceries. We all need to eat. Life is good when you get food. A cold is not so bad, if you can eat and like it. 

Upcoming Interview

Paula has been booked at an interview for a new job next week. She feels optimistic about it.

We all hope for Paula. She deserves some good news, like a new job. While she will be away from home more often with this job, she would earn more money, which she could use to buy dog food and dog candy. This is good. 

Scones

Daniel baked scones for breakfast. I like scones.

We got some scones to our food, when Paula gave us food later in the day. It was great. I just wish Paula could have given us all of it. I could see there was some left. Perhaps we will get this tomorrow instead, this would not be bad. 

The Picture ”At a Show”

The second photography from the top in the left margin of this blog is entitled ”At a Show”. The caption reads: ”This time I was successful with a BOS, CC and CACIB to bring home with me.” Even though it says ”I”, it is not a picture of me. It is a picture of my late mother Hailey, who started this blog. I left this picture as it was when I inherited the blog. This blog entry is just to clarify things, for the blog readers who might have got the wrong impression. I hope it is clear now. 

Vice Chairman

After the latest general election, the city council held its first meeting today. Daniel was elected vice chairman. This is an honourable position and we are very proud of him for it. 

In the evening, we celebrated with candy. This was nice. Peanut said the candy was the best thing about the election of Daniel as vice chairman. He is funny sometimes. 

Tragedies

The world economy is bad. More and more humans struggle with their economy. It has gone so far in Australia, that people are giving up their dogs and cats for economic reasons. There was one story of a woman who had lost both her job and her home, and had to give up her cat. This is one tragedy among others.

I am more concerned for the dogs and cats than for the humans. It is the humans who make these decisions, out of economic necessity of course, but the dogs and cats don’t have a say. They just have to accept what happens. 

Hopefully, the world economy will be better soon and more cats and dogs will be safe in their homes. 

Almost Forgetful

There are days when I forget to write a blog entry in this blog. Iris supposed to be daily, but is not quite so. Then there are days when I am reminded about the blog by chance, late in the day. Today was such a day. 

I am happy that I remembered writing a blog entry. I was less happy that I had to come up with something to write. My dear late Mommy, whom I inherited the blog from, was better at this, I think. It is still my hope that all of you, who read this, find it good enough to come back. If you don’t, consider reading earlier blog posts instead. There are many and I am sure you will find some of them interesting. Stay tuned for more blog entries in the days to come. 

Pancake

We got pancake today. Paula gave us food, and a huge part of it was pancake. This is great food. 

In Swedish culture, pancake is Thursday food. I would like to have had it yesterday, when it was Thursday, but I do not mind eating pancake today. It became great Friday food as well. 

Postponement

Paula would have had an interview for a new job today and one for another new job tomorrow. Both interviews were postponed. It is still nuclear when she will have these interviews instead. 

What a coincidence, that both interviews were postponed. We had wished Paula good luck. Now there will be new interviews and we can wish good luck again. I wonder if this will amount to double luck? I hope so. 

Working from Home

There are days when Daniel works from home. He connects to work on line and sits at his work computer at home, working. Today was one of these days. 

The nice thing is that we often have everyone at home these days. As watch dogs, all of us dogs mostly work from home. The cats as well, although some of their work is outdoors. Daniel can experience this when he works from home.

All in all, it was a good day. 

New Cabinet

Sweden has a new Cabinet. This is due to the result of the latest general election. It was formally inaugurated today at a meeting with the King.

The new Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson represents the same political party that Daniel and Paula do. They are happy, thus, I am too. 

Meeting with Few Participants

Paula and Daniel went to a meeting with the Swedish Kennel Club in Örebro tonight. It was an important meeting on the future of the club. A lot of people had announced in advance that they would come, but only a few showed up. A lot of the food became leftovers. 

It was embarasing for the Örebro län Kennel Club, where Paula and Daniel are members of the board, that there were so few who showed up, when so many had said they were interested in coming. I wonder why people do this. The meeting was important and these people had showed that they wanted to come. What did everybody do instead? Life is full of questions. 

Thunder

We had thunder and lightning this afternoon. It was not much, but it was still special that it came this late in the year. Thunder is mostly Associates with the warm weather of summer. 

During part of the thunder storm, Daniel was vacuum cleaning. Thus, we could not hear the thunder far away. It is nice to get the floors cleaned, but also nice to hear the thunder in the cozy surroundings of your house. It was a good Sunday, despite this little mix up of noise. 

Tired

We got up early today, for being a Saturday. It was around 7 o’clock. The good thing was that we could go out, then just go back to bed to continue our rest. The even better thing is that I said I did not have to go outside, and was allowed to stay in bed. I was tired, so this was good.

Morran did the same thing as I did. The others got out, then came in and went back to bed. I believe Morran and I had the better morning. 

Theatre

Paula and Daniel came back home late in the evening. They were at the theatre, watching a play, tonight. 

I rather stay at home Tham going to a theatre. There may be so may humans there who would not want dogs there. 

Failed Rocket Launch

A Japanese rocket with a load of satellites deviated from its course. As a safety precausion, the self destruct was activated. 

It is sad to read about this. Japanese engineering is usually very good, the things built usually has high quality. It is like classic Japanese dogs, who are also usually of high quality. I hope the space agency do not lose to much money or reputation on this. 

In the Evening

Daniel worked from home today, but in the evening, he and Paula went away from home. They had a very important meeting. Both of them are on the board of the regional kennel club, a part of the Swedish Kennel Club. This is the most important thing they do, except what they do for us dogs and the cats. When  this is the reason they are not at home, we let them. We are proud of them. 

The evening was uneventful at home. We watched the house, but nothing happened. We always wish this is thanks to our watch, but we cannot be sure. 

Treats for a Lady

Laila, our Poodle friend, is the oldest dog among us. She celebrated her thirteenth birthday today. 

The good thing with birthdays is that we all get treats. There were dog candy and meatballs. We all enjoyed it immensely. 

It is a good thing we are many dogs. This means there are many birthdays in a year, thus, a lot of days with treats. 

Pancake

Paula made pancake in the oven for dinner. She was not quite satisfied with the result, however, she said it was too flat.

It was very tasty, nevertheless. It was moderately cooked and had a nice colour. I liked the piece I got. The main thing is that it is tasty. Flat or not, tasty is the most important thing in a dish. 

Max Verstappen Became World Champion

At the Japanese Grand Prix in Formula 1 today, Max Verstappen from the Netherlands, drivning for Red Bull Racing from Austria, became world champion. He won the race, while his closest competitor came in third. This means Verstappen now has such a huge points advantage that nobody can pass him in the standings. 

It was nice that the championship was decided in Japan. This is a great country, home of the Shiba breed. The race was very well organised, as usual. It rained, but this happen. 

Liverpool Will Host the Eurovision Song Contest

The UK came second in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Ukraine won. The winner country have the right to host next year’s contest, but due to the war, Ukraine will not be able to. The UK will host it instead. It has now been announced that the contest will be held in Liverpool. 

Peanut is happy the UK will host the contest. He says the UK should have won, but that people gave Ukraine a lot of votes just to show sympathy due to the war. This may be true, but you can never be certain. We all believe it will be a nice TV show, nevertheless. I just hope there will be more songs relations to dogs.

Totte Was Out Late

Daniel came home late this evening. Hr had a meeting with his Odd Fellows lodge. When he came in, so did our cat friend Totte.

Totte had not been at a lodge meeting. He had just been outside to guard our property from mice and annoying small birds. This is also important, but in another way. 

I am glad Totte is indoors now. It means I know where he is and that he is safe. This feels good.

Smuggler of Monkeys

A former pet shop owner in Japan has been arrested on suspicions of smuggling many small monkeys from Thailand to Japan. The monkeys could bring diseases. The smuggling itself was cruel. Apparently, small monkeys are sought after in Japan and can be sold for high prices. 

If people in Japan want pets, isn’t it better to get dogs? There is no country in the world with more Shibas than Japan. Humans can never get better pets than Shibas. Then they would not face the risk of buying smuggled monkeys or dogs. 

Walk Cut Short

Morran is often, but not always, one of us who takes a longer morning walk. She did not come along yesterday morning or the morning before, but she came along today. This had its downsides. Morran is a nice friend and all, but she often wants to walk slower than the rest of us. She did this this morning as well.

At last, the rest of us grew tired of the slow pace and turned around to cut the walk short and go home. This got Morran going. As soon as she realised we were taking the quickest way home, she changed to a higher gear and we could all have a nice pace back home for the rest of the walk. 

Walks are best when you have a nice pace. It is a shame that we did not have a nice pace until the short cut back home.

I love Morran, nevertheless. 

No Cinnamon Buns

It is Cinnamon Bun Day today. We did not have any. I appreciate this. My late Auntie Linni was born on this day and had a tail that was too curled for the Shiba breed standard, a so called cinnamon bun tail. She did not like that her birthday was the day of cinnamon buns, as if it was a mockery of her tail on her day. This is why I still do not think we should eat cinnamon buns on Cinnamon Bun Day. Life is better without them on this particular day. 

Cords

Electrical cords are funny. They have the perfect shape and texture to chew upon, but if you do, your humans get angry, because you can easily break them. 

Pepe had found an electric cord this evening, but Daniel took it away from him. Needless to say, Pepe was disappointed.

Electric cords should be manufactured in a way that they will not break if dogs chew upon them.

Dogs Can Detect Stress

Human scientists have just learned that dogs can detect human stress by our noses. 

This is, of course, nothing new for us dogs. We know what we can detect through smell. There are occasions when I just have to remind myself how much more we can detect by smelling it than humans can ever understand. Humans have other qualities, however. We make each other complete. 

Not Quite So Early, but a Saturday

It is Saturday. For the first Saturday in many weeks, Daniel could sleep in. Then the telephone rang before seven in the morning. We all woke up. 

When somebody calls this early on a Saturday, you believe it is important. People normally would not call so early on a Saturday otherwise. 

It turned out not to be important at all. The caller just had some questions to Daniel that he could not answer, and reasonably could not have been able to answer. 

We tried to go back to sleep. Most of us could, but Daniel could not. Nevertheless, the day was a day of rest and did turn out quite well. Life was good.