The life of a dog can be quite strange and unpredictable, at least for my dogs.

I had a long day in the field and Nico had a long day couped up inside.

Nico and I went for a walk in the woods today. When I saw him bound over this log, I knew I needed to get a shot of him going over it.

Nico came to work with me today and enjoyed running around on the trails on the Paul Smith’s College campus.

Nico enjoys cuddling up in blankets, against Shelly or I, or in his big fluffy bed.

Nico doesn’t like to play fetch in the yard, but he’ll fetch for quite a while in the house.

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.