Adventures of Higginbottom!

Today Ben and I took Higgins on his first hike! Since Higgins is only 14 weeks, we decided to take him on a relatively short one. B. suggested this hike which happens to be the first hike Byrdie did as a pup as well!

The weather today was beautiful -- feels like Spring has arrived! I'm sure we'll still have those late Spring storms but this weekend Boulder was buzzing with happy, flip-flop clad Coloradans welcoming the warm Spring air. There were only a few people on Green Mountain today and probably because of the still snow-covered trails. I imagine people thinking: "Snow? Psh, it's 60 degrees out, I don't want to seek out more snow!" Well, Byrdie, Higgins, Ben and I did just that. I have so many photos from the hike and, believe it or not, the ones here are only a fraction of what we captured. Most of these were taken by Ben so I'll give him credit for the following:

The first few images are a great series of how Byrdie and Higgins interact on a daily basis. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to make H. "go potty" because as soon as these two hit the grass they're on eachother. 

 

And, as usual, here we have the top dog (I know, I'm a regular comedian, right?). 

And now we've reached the summit of Green Mountain. There's a Class 2 climb at the end where some scrambling is required. Higgins, being the tough boy that he is, decided he could do it himself...

...well, maybe a little help from Mom couldn't hurt...

 

...but only a little before he's back at it!

Success! He made it to the top of the peak! Well... for a little while anyway. See that snow below?

 Higgins had an intimate encounter with it. 

Yep, this boy got a little too gutsy and slid right down the side of the rock and plopped belly up onto the snow! B. thought it was hilarious, I (the one with the camera and taking pictures from just below the peak and therefore not witnessing the fall) FREAKED out - mostly at Ben for convincing me that it was fine to leave Higgins off-leash at the top. Apparently I have a bit of a "protective mother" side to me that I didn't know about! 

Higgins was a little shook up but just fine otherwise. I think that will be the last time he tries to teeter on the edge of a rock. 

Here he is running after Byrdie proving a seemingly ordinary task is not so easy for a puppy. Over and over again his legs tangle or his front legs give out and he face plants.

 

Pretty cute. Pretty much hilarious. 

We're having so much fun with our new boy!