On the sixth day of Dog-mas

Today I took Loki on a field trip. I had to go deal with a weather radio reception problem at the Hope Valley site -- they're required to monitor the NWS for evil weather warnings -- so I took the dog along to see how he handles long periods of time in the car. He got restless and whiny on the way down, but lay down on his blanket and drifted off to sleep on the way back. Of course, before we could leave Hope Valley he insisted on thoroughly exploring the site.

He's burrowed himself under a comforter on my bed. He doesn't like December much more than I do.

I'm glad to see that he's back to barking again. For the first couple days he was here he made nary a sound.

He'll be with me for another couple weeks, while his usual human companion is out of town.

Now I need to get new batteries for the flashlight.