Six little things that make Cookie happy

Mr Darcy, our blog friend in Australia, has tagged Cookie to play a game called 6 Little things that make me happy game. Thanks, Mr Darcy!


Now let's play!


Although Cookie loves food more than anything, that is not a little thing for him. So, we have excluded food from the list.

1. Marking over Cinnamon's pee

2. Having a nap with Cinnamon

3. Marking treasure he has found (In this photo, that's a stingray!)

4. Walking off-leash

5. Friends!! Especially calm mellow ones like Honey the Great Dane

6. Massage~~~

* Photos 3 and 5 are courtesy of Honey the Great Dane


Cookie has been more willing to walk for the last couple of days than before. Since he got what seemed like a damage to his intervertebral disk/disks two months ago, he had never wanted to walk more than going up and down a short (approximately 350m) street that our house is on. But, since two days ago, he has been walking a longer distance to a little reserve about 700m away from our house voluntarily, although his walking is still wobbly. I hope Cookie's current good condition will last or hopefully improve further.

On the other hand, Cinnamon has still been skipping occasionally, which is a symptom of her arthritis. Although she hasn't stretched her hind leg backward like she did over a week ago, the frequency of her skipping hasn't changed since she started taking medication a week ago. I hope the medication will be starting to work soon.