ups and downs

Hikes done: three times

Pulgas Ridge Open space preserve (http://www.bahiker.com/southbayhikes/pulgas.html):
TWICE. 2.2 miles. He didn't sweat a bit, "too short, too easy". How did I know? He still had energy to hassle the driver on our way home.

Santa Teresa Park: last weekend. Humans had a lot of sweat, especially an old lady like me. Cartman: no sweat, but was over the top any way, he got chance to run off the leash between trees and a small grass field full of mushrooms. Don't worry, he can tell, he didn't bite any mushroom and acting as if he knew it would be poisonous. Grasses, rotten woods, sometimes cattle's residues were more his interests.

Garden wrecked: three times

The first time: Ate the plants with sweet leaves. Digged two big holes on the ground. Broke or attempted to eat a few flower pots. Ate dirt, a lot of them, which happened to be newly mixed with chicken manure.  (note: I just invested a few weekends on the garden since the rain season is coming, efforts include layering all garden ground with wood muss and the organic fertilizer, ie. the chicken manure.) What a miracle he didn't get sick, only vomited his food a few times afterwards.
The second time: digged open the same hole which I tried to cover up, again.
The third time: an old story, went straight to the same hole again, made it further, since I didn't try to cover it up last time.

Now: I gave up my garden to Cartman: GO AHEAD, NO WORRIES, THE HOLES WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE.
"No more fertilizers in the future, especially forbid using chemicals", nan suggested, so to make it safer to chew. ...That's how a man weights between an animal and plants who do not have legs...  My plants object, or not? They rarely got "feeding" treatment any way, and usually the "feeding"s were off the mark, like this year, the rose bush keeps growing branches and stopped blossoming after 3 pink flowers, one of them went straight to the tiny vase on our table and lasted 3 days, the reason: I was not suppose to feed them during winter time, if did, they will focus on growing leaves and branches instead of flowers...

Overall health and well being: great
He is one of very hopefuls of becoming a obese Bichon, like reaching 27 pounds. He is 22 pound now, and he is only 10 months. An normal size adult Bichion suppose to weight around 22 pounds. As this told by an old lady who had a 27 pound Bichon before.