Bicycle Basket training - 自転車のかごに乗る練習

Recently I bought a larger bicycle basket so that Daisy can ride with me on my bike. Before putting it on the bicycle, I have made a cover for it, mostly to protect Daisy from getting her toenails stuck in the holes of the basket, but I thought it would also make her like the basket more if it felt like a comfortable blanket or cushion she was sitting on.

So I found some fleece material and trimmed it with some Hawaiian print cotton fabric I had. I made the bottom a kind of pillow, filled with some foam and used some shoe strings in the edges to tie to the basket so it won't slide off.

Now I put Daisy in the basket a couple times a day so that she gets used to sitting in it. She is getting very cozy in it and even fell asleep yesterday. She seems to think it is another doggie bed perhaps and really likes sitting in it. I'm hoping when I put it on the bike, she will sit and stay in it well while we ride!

Inside bottom cushion of the basket cover (attached to cover).

Close up of the button hole opening for the tie to the basket.

Daisy comfortable and getting more relaxed in the basket.

Very cozy and nearly asleep, she fell asleep shortly after this!

Where's the puppy? - 子犬はどこ？？

Well, winter is literally around the corner. While we have been having some nice sunny and pretty warm days for this time of year (the high has been 70F/21C or so for the last 3-4 days), the temps fall drastically at night and it gets rather cold. There appeared to be frost on the car windows this morning when we went out there at 6:30AM to take Ken to the airport. Since three days ago, nighttime temperatures have begun to fall below 50F/10C (last night was about 44F/6C), so I have brought the plumerias indoors to their winter location. So far, they have all their leaves still, due to the warm days up till now.

This winter will be Daisy's first experience with winter and cold weather (she will turn 1 year old January 28th). So far, she doesn't seem to like the cold at all and is in LOVE with the heater. As soon as you turn it on, she hears the sound and stops what she is doing (or wakes up) and runs over to go lay directly in front of it. And she stays there in front of it until she worries me that she is dangerously cooking her body, so I finally make her move away from it. She also recently likes to cuddle up in and get under blankets.

Just now, I couldn't figure out where Daisy was. All was quiet and when I looked around for her, there was no puppy in sight in all her usual places. Then I saw a slight lump in the blanket on the sofa. Ken and I have a couple of soft, small blanket/throws on the sofa and Daisy thinks they are for her now. Here is a little movie of where I finally found her! It's kind of funny. Enjoy