Alonso was unable to come today, we assume, thanks to the chasseurs being out in full force with dogs and guns.

It really shouldn't be necessary to keep your pets and children indoors and wear hi-vis on your own property to avoid getting shot. 😠

Glad they kept him inside and safe though. Their 6 yo daughter too, presumably...

No chasseurs today, so we might get a visit from Alonso later.

I hope so. I scrawled a database schema on a piece of paper the other day and Alonso approved it by adding his paw mark to the page. 🐾

I'm reluctant to update it without getting Alonso's sign-off.

It was raining lightly but we managed a walk to the lac with Alonso. 🐕 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

It was the kind of weather where we were quite surprised not to find a body along the route.

Perhaps we've watched too many scandi murder series, but this was an "episode one" kind of day. You know, the one you probably shouldn't watch while eating dinner where the passerby finds something gruesome in the forest.

Alonso is still here. 🐶

It's been two days (and two nights). Hope his owners are okay. Will check in with them a bit later.

He's been here two nights in a row before, but generally he's been collected, taken home, escaped, and returned.

Of course, *we* don't mind how long he stays, but this is somewhat unusual.

Alonso was just collected by his owner, who also brought us another 10kg of dog food for the boy. Alonso thought this signalled a bonus mealtime and had to be extracted from the kitchen to go home.

His owners are okay, just both working late, and apparently each thought the other was going to collect Alonso 😅

We understand. Many parents have a school run to do. Fewer also need to make time for an Alonso run too 🐶

Alonso just fell off the desk.

#Gravity

Alonso has been collected by his owners after another sleepover. I think this determined little dog has spent more nights here than at home this week.

He's here so often now they're going to give us the medicine he's supposed to have for his rheumatism so he doesn't miss any doses. ⚕️

👩🐶🧔

Alonso stayed here last night, which meant we could get an early start on testing Linux kernel release candidates 6.17.12-rc1, 6.12.62-rc1 and 6.18.1-rc1

Alonso says those look ok and can we have second breakfast now?

Last night Alonso watched through the whole process while we prepared dinner, sniffing each of the ingredients that I held out for him, and supervising the cooking. He was then was whisked away by his owner before he got to try any.

He is once again in the kitchen, supervising the dinner hopefully. Will he get to stay?

Alonso's Friday night sleepover plans were foiled as his owner finished work in time to collect him.

He did, however, manage to share a little bit of our dinner first 🥩 🐶

No sign of the boy today. It was a beautiful day so we went to the lac without him.

The top of a fallen tree has been blocking the path next to the lac for weeks, which meant precariously squeezing past it and trying not to fall in. Today I decided to do something about it, and spent about 20 minutes sawing all the small branches with the tiny bush saw on my pen knife and cleared the path. Next time I'll take something a bit bigger!

At least now we won't have to worry about Alonso falling in!

Pizza night tonight. We'd just sat down to eat when a familiar WUFF came at the door. 🐶

It's dark and after 9pm. We've texted his owners and told them he can stay 🤣

Alonso is one smart dog.

We took him out into the woods yesterday to collect some firewood with the tracteur. 🚜 🪵 🐕

Today, we were out in the woods again and so not at the house when he came to visit.

Alonso followed his nose out into the woods and found us, to tell us it was time to come back in for lunch and to work on some code.

He's such a good boy. 🐶

Alonso really didn't want to go home last night.

He'd waited patiently for dinner, which was almost ready when a knock at the door signalled the arrival of his owner.

I took him outside (and closed the door behind me). After a quick run around outside, Alonso returned and tried to get back inside, then implored me to let him in. His poor owner was calling to him, but he kept looking up at me *pleading* to be allowed to stay.

😢

Alonso was back before breakfast this morning.

Alonso is back with his owners tonight again after a two day visit. Mostly coding, a little light forestry and many many naps.

Alonso was very cold out in the woods this afternoon so we put him on my jacket in the tracteur while we finished up. He liked that. Warm, and able to keep an eye on us. Then he had a ride back to the house sitting on my lap 🚜

A whine at the door during breakfast heralded the arrival of a somewhat moist Alonso. He has been towelled-off, fed, wrapped in a blanket and is now fast asleep. 🐶 💤

Think I'll grab another cup of tea and work on some code.

Alonso's Friday night plans have been curtailed. He wandered off while we were chopping wood and his owner picked him up down the road.

He makes choices. They're not always good choices, but they are his.

We hadn't seen Alonso since Friday. The chasseurs have been out all weekend, festively shooting festive things in a festive way, so his owners have probably been keeping him in.

Alonso arrived well after dark this evening, having staged a late escape. I suppose we should let his owners know he's here, although I think they can probably guess. 😉

That was quite a yelp, indicating the arrival of a very wet and cold Alonso, who then proceeded to resist all attempts to dry him properly.

It's chucking it down out there. We're not had any of the forecast snow but I wouldn't describe it as warm outside.

(A THUMP in the other room while typing this suggests Alonso has just had one of his gravity moments)

Alonso's owner came to collect him last night and said he probably won't be here much because they will be home for the holidays.

Apparently Alonso didn't get the memo.

WUFF! 🐶

We went out to the woods earlier on a secret quest (ssh! - more on that later). Alonso, paying no attention at all, went off in the other direction towards the lac.

When Alonso is focused on his nose he is almost completely deaf, or so it seems.

He was searching for us in the woods, and only about 20 metres away when I called loudly to him and he couldn't apparently hear me. Eventually he spotted us and ran up to greet us.

Since we spotted their secret place in the summer ideas keep popping into my head. The former Scout leader part of my brain wants to set a treasure hunt.

Bearing in mind Miss 6's age we decided that some of my more elaborate ideas, such as "Crime Scene Santa: the Hunt for a Killer" will have to wait until she's a bit older.

In the end we went with a simple note: