The day needed a bit of adventure and some color. I set off in my brightest jacket and scarf, on snowshoes, with Karl, camera and tripod, intending to get a photo of Karl and I with the mountains in the background…

When I trained Karl, I taught hand signals as well as voice commands. Those last 2 photos – crouched down and arms to the side is the “Come” signal for Karl. Usually he comes running…

The tripod was apparently off-putting. He has figured out that it means he has to do something and do it for a long time, while I run back and forth like a crazy person. He opted out of participating this day.

So, it is me with the mountains in the background.

Karl waited patiently out of the fray. As soon as I put the tripod away, he trotted over to the photo venue all waggy-tail. I don’t know where he gets the “I’m just going to do what I want to do and that’s it” behavior…