1st Halloween

I'm a little late updating this week mostly because I've been sick but also because we lost Luke (our sheltie) on Monday. Early that morning he began acting as if he had no feeling in his left leg. We all assumed it was seizure related, but when mom and dad took him to the emergency room they said he had a blood clot somewhere, probably related to his liver disease. There wasn't anything the doctors could do for him other than wait and see, and the poor guy was in pain so Mom and Dad made the best decision for him.
Kilo got a new puzzle toy this week. He's too smart for his own good and much too smart for my wallet. Within two seconds he knew how it worked and had all the food out within fifteen minutes - I really need the pet industry to come up with some more innovative toys because this just isn't cutting it for my crazy dog.
Halloween promised to be interesting from a doggy point of view. All the new sights and smells were fascinating for our big puppy. The picture above is of Kilo trying to nibble on my brothers pumpkin while he tries to carve it. Not very subtle of him, but he just had to know what it was and why it smelled so good!
Kilo and I dressed up to give out candy this year. Mom made me a great lion tamer's costume and Kilo was my faithful but often ornery lion. He loves new toys, and will do just about anything for one, so all I had to do was withhold this one till Halloween and presto! Incentive to behave.
Kilo, my brother and I all sat out on the front stoop and gave out candy. That Tupperware container holds Kilo's treats - he got a few Treats as well, but only when he was well behaved. He give enough Tricks out as it is. I was predicting a bit of mayhem to be honest. I mean, lots of little children running around in wavy costumes smelling like sugared bliss? Add in the giant three year old and who wouldn't expect some screaming/stampeding? Kilo delights in making me look the fool. He sat quite calmly beside me the entire night and watched all the people go by. He did see one little child, probably two years old, with feathery wings on, that he just had to say hello to, but it was manageable and he at least wasn't trying to eat him, just lick him. Though I suppose licking usually precedes eating.
Here Kilo is in his 'lion' costume. You may notice that he didn't have it on in the other pictures, that would be because he decided it was more useful as a chew toy.

I had also predicted that Kilo would scare most of the Trick or Treaters away, people usually stand back when they see him, until they realize he's just an overgrown toddler. I didn't really mind, I mean, dude, more candy for me at the end of the day. But Kilo failed to instill any fear in our neighborhood children. Two kids: that was his grand total by the end of the night. Though a bunch watched him out of the corner of their eyes. It was cute to hear the kids responses to him. A couple wanted to pet him, some stood far away while trying to reach the candy bin, one almost gave him a mouthful of their stash. A couple of the parents seemed more wary of him than the kids did. But with my brother and I assuring them all that Kilo was perfectly friendly, just big and doofy, most of them stared at him as if he had just leapt out of a Narnia movie and within minutes would start talking and walking on his hind legs.