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The New Sauna

Tuesday, March 26th, 2024

We put in a home sauna and as you probably know, Luce does not like the heat. Not that we would ever consider letting him in it, but, he was very curious about it. When Stacey and I tried it out, he wanted to be in the room so we figured that would be OK. He seemed pretty puzzled as to why we were in there but probably liked that he could still see us.

Buon Compleanno a Mie Luce Bellissimo

Saturday, March 23rd, 2024

Happy Birthday to our beautiful Luce. We can’t believe he has turned 7 years old. He may have slowed down a little but is still our puppy.

Chilling after a nice walk

Thursday, February 1st, 2024

After his daily walk, Luce likes a little rest and to cool down. On this day, I needed to go down to the garage after our walk so he decided to lay down and rest. since it was a nice cool day, he stayed out in the open. If it was sunny and warm, he would have went to the shade.

Luce in his very favorite place

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024

Luce’s favorite place to be is on our bed. Even more so when we are also in it, but, in that case, he sometimes gets warm. When it is just him, he can stay as long as he wants. On this nice January day, there was no chance of getting too warm.

Buon Natale Questo 2023

Monday, December 25th, 2023

Merry Christmas this 2023 from our family to yours. Luce likes where we put the tree this year as it is more out of the way. This is a learning experience since this in only our second Christmas here in Georgia.

Luce got an antler for Christmas and he really seems to be enjoying it.

Luce Loving a Beautiful December Day

Saturday, December 16th, 2023

It is no secret that Luce absolutely hates the heat. It has been that was since the day he came to us at 8 weeks old. On the other hand, he absolutely loves the cold weather. Here in Georgia, the weather is a bit colder and for longer than back in Northern California. Also, we now have more room and more places for Luce to enjoy it. I was working outside on the back screen door and Luce wanted to provide moral support. I put down a towel as I didn’t think he should be laying directly on the stone and he mostly complied. He slept though most of my work but I still appreciated his “effort”.

Luce’s Big Trick

Monday, November 27th, 2023

Luce is not one for doing tricks. He will “Shake” some of the time but that is not very spectacular. He is able to sit up and “beg” which is a little more impressive. Most of the time food is involved but this time he was just happy to perform for Stacey.

Luce Enjoys Hangin’ on the Front Porch

Wednesday, November 8th, 2023

Now that the cooler weather is here, Luce likes being outside, especially on the stone front porch. I opened both doors so I could keep an eye on him. Not that we worry that he would wander off or anything like that. The worry would be that he would decide to find a more comfortable spot out under the trees.

After a short time he decided to get more comfortable right here.

Luce Discovers the Chicken Pen

Monday, November 6th, 2023

The Hotel Hartness was built on the site of the 400+ acre Hartness Estate in Greenville, SC. There are miles of walking trails and open space that Luce loved. He found the chicken pen and his curiosity got the better of him. The chickens figured out pretty quickly that he was no threat.

Luce Visits Greenville SC

Sunday, November 5th, 2023

This is actually Luce’s second trip to Greenville. He got to visit his brother Max for a short time while we were there. We stayed at the Hotel Hartness and had a great room with a patio and a view of the lake behind the hotel. Luce decided to stay close to Stacey.

Actually they were having a conversation about dinner so he was listening very carefully.

He definately understood dinner would be soon.