Flashes are brilliant. The flash on the iPhone4 is not – it’s yellow and uneven. It’s a lemon. Camera+ goes some of the way to correcting the urine-filter, but the way forward is natural light (case in point, this black and white photo. Oh well)

Been teaching Sudo that not every ball is his, and that he’s only allowed to go for it when he’s told. He’s not perfect yet, but he’s much better and just so damn cute when trying to restrain himself.

Things Sudo does well.

1. “No”
2. Sit
3. C’mere
4. Sudo
5. Play
6. Indoor retrieve
7. Cute
8. Walk
9. Eat

Things Sudo does OK.

1. Wait (sometimes, it seems to mean something else)
2. Lie

Things Sudo sucks at.

1. Outdoor retrieve
2. Outdoor “c’mere” to my feet
3. Being quiet in his crate

I’ve been getting super frustrated with him recently. I realise it’s just projection of my inadequacies as a teacher/trainer onto him, so I thought it’d be appropriate to make a list of the things he does well, not-so-well and badly so that I can see that he’s actually not doing that bad. I spend a lot of time focusing on the things he doesn’t do well, and that’s not healthy for anyone.

I’m coming to the conclusion that having a dog is, fundamentally, harder than having a child. The child will eventually understand what you want from it, even if it has a greater propensity to disobey. That being said, I’d still rather have a dog.

In lieu of my relinquishing social networks, I’m going to try blogging more frequently. If nothing else, I’ll write more sentences; maybe encourage some abstract thought that I don’t condense to 140 characters.

Considering today has been spent doing a godawful job of painting a bathroom, playing with a puppy in the snow and drinking nasty rum, I thought I’d post some photos of the 21st century’s answer to polaroid; my iPhone.

Dead-centre of this gorgeous, frosty sunrise, trying to stop a dog picking up and eating sticks.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t post some pictures of snow.

I love our house.

It seems that water supplies are intent on giving me crap at the moment. Luckily, the external pipe is low on my list. Downstairs toilet, however, is another matter entirely.

A few rare moments where he’s still enough to capture on the awesome iPhone camera.

Look at those legs. Since we got him, he hasn’t been a 100% proportionate dog. Funny how all his body parts grow at totally different speeds.