Nico is patiently waiting for his dinner.

Nico has a strong hold on Allie the alligator, one of the toys he inherited from Khyber.

Nico was enjoying a bit of time out in the yard this afternoon.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. I strongly believe in working on getting dogs comfortable in strange situations.

Many dogs and kids were going up and down our street this afternoon, so I took the opportunity to work with Nico on holding in his ‘place.’

Nico practicing chilling while hanging out with me in the yard.

Which one to choose? Actually, there is no choice, he plays with them all, sometimes all at once.

Nico will sit down and slowly slide into a lying position over several minutes.

Nico is channeling the Adirondack life and just chilling in an Adirondack chair.

Nico was ready to supervise some work this afternoon, but all of his staff called in for the day.

Nico and I went for a walk in the woods despite a light drizzle.

It was a day full of chores around the house and Nico wanted to monitor everything going on.

We refer to this as Nico in periscope mode.

Wet grass = Nico only stands on rocks.

It’s been so hot that the only time to play is late in the evening.

Nico is standing in the yard contemplating how incredibly hot and humid it is outside.

I had a long day out in the field and all this bugger face could think of when I came home was getting fed dinner.

Nico is drying off in the sun after long fetching in the water.

It was a windy day to be out on the lake, but Nico didn’t care about fetching in the water.

The days are getting shorter, and so is the opportunity to take Nico’s daily photo using natural light.