We have five dogs at our family Thanksgiving, needless to say, Nico is ecstatic about all of the dog friend time.

Nico likes to run through the woods with reckless abandon. Today I saw him jump through, not over, through a downed tree.

As soon as I came home from work and flopped down on the couch, Nico curled up right next to me.

It’s a lazy day for Nico. He barely got up from his bed in Shelly’s office to greet me when I came home. We’ve all been there.

Well, it looks like motorcycle season is over for the year. Nico stood guard in the shed door while I finished winterizing my bike.

Nico and I went out this morning for our first ski of the year. We explored several miles of logging roads

Apparently, we are continuing with the one-paw-up routine.

Sometimes I wonder if a little pointer is buried in Nico’s mutt genes. Or perhaps his paws are just cold.

Tonight we had our first heavy snowfall of the season. Nico seemed to enjoy running around in the snow and taking in the change in scenery.

Doing one thing but focused on another.

I’ve been trying to teach Nico to let me balance a treat on his nose. This is about as far as we can get in terms of staying still and not grabbing at treats when they are close by. Baby steps.

Today was the first day of snowing in the Adirondacks this season with big heavy flakes. Nico was having fun trying to lick them out of the air.

This is Nico trying real hard to relax in the back of the car. He is generally good with car rides but gets very excited making it hard to relax on longer rides.

Sometimes one bone isn’t enough, you need to have a few backups on hand (or paw). Nico’s favorite by far is his Benebone.

Nico’s favorite place to snooze in the evening is right behind me in the couch.

Apparently, Nico was trying to bake himself today. Shelly had our pellet stove running…

Sometimes things fit just right.

I tried hard to get Nico to play with me this evening, but he wasn’t having any of it.

Nico embodies the notion of a classic “dog” and is classically cute…

An abnormally warm day in the Adirondacks. Dr. Curt Stager and I recently published a paper in PLOS Climate documenting…