I often wonder if Nico closes his eyes to enhance his sense of smell.

We’ve had a busy weekend doing chores in the yard and being out on the boat.

Nico was ecstatic when he saw his favorite toy in the boat.

Nico patiently waiting for me to play with him after dinner.

Nico has mastered politely reminding me that it’s past his dinner time.

Life has been crazy busy lately, which is all good, except I don’t get to spend as much time with this little face as I would like.

Nico has a variety of facial expressions; sometimes, they are quite fun to capture on camera.

Eyes wide open when posing for a photo stands between you and a bowl of raw meat.

Sometimes, I think Nico understands more English than I give him credit for, or perhaps he’s learned to think the way I do.

Nico had a boring day. I was at the commencement ceremony for Paul Smith’s College most of the day, and Shelly was out running errands.

Nico is so stinking cute when he’s curled up on the couch.

If there is one thing Nico has learned over the past several years, it’s how to sit and look at a camera. As they say, practice makes perfect!

I’ve had later nights at work lately and have made an effort to maximize my attention to Nico when I get home.

Nico had quite a bit of entertainment tonight.

We use a lot of positive rewards with Nico to help shape his behavior.

There were scattered rain showers rolling through the area all day today, so Nico and I planned a quick adventure between the rain.

Nico joined us for a trip out to the Upper Saranac Lake Environmental Monitoring Platform so I could do some maintenance work on it.

It was such a nice afternoon that Nico spent a few hours outside.

Nico was pretty disappointed with being fed a later dinner tonight.

Nico was all worked up this evening because the neighbor’s cat was in our yard.