les chiens de la France

I have a new paw pen pal. He lives far away in a country called France. He is also a Labrador, and his name is Chance.

He told me that dogs have a lot of freedoms in France. They can go to most restaurants, where they often sit at the table with their peoples, and they have whole streets of nothing but stores full of dog food. Dogs also can ride on the bus and train. Best of all, cats do not have this same kind of freedom. There are all many parks full of birds to chase.

There is even a famous museum containing paintings of dogs. Chance sent me some photos from this museum.

People line up to take photos of the dog paintings.







This painting is the most famous painting in the whole world!
























There was another small painting in the room, too.

creative dogs

I haven't been online much these days because I've been exploring my voice in other ways. Yes, I'm finally starting to bark! I was really into barking when I was a puppy, but I eventually got into making cute little grumbly sounds. I've now rediscovered the joys of barking. I'm not doing it all the time, but when people knock at the door or see me in the park, I'm all about giving a nice shout out.

However, barking has nothing on this amazing dog's hobby. His name is Athens and he is a painter. Some of his artwork will be on sale at a fundraiser for the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society in May.

"We call him, 'Salvador Doggie,'" laughed Sherry Caves, 42. "I used to paint but I don't have time any more as I am mom to a 13-year-old son."

Last year, Athens painted an abstract piece which Caves turned into 40 Christmas cards.

"I saw a candle, a tree and two doves, so I embellished it with gold paint and made it into a Christmas card," she said.