Thanks Bailey and Pam for a great morning!  If you ever wake up to find a tent in your backyard, don’t worry… it is just me, enjoying some “country life”.  :)

okay, so Charlee really wasn’t excited about the long weekend- but she was certainly excited about the good weather that brings out the pool and hose. She is very much a water dog.

To let sleeping dogs lie?

When you disturb them you are likely to be met with an expression like this…

Daisy was not impressed that I disturbed her afternoon nap for a photo.

If I’d been thinking straight, I would have brought a baseball to this photo session.  Izzy isn’t used to running around off leash so instead of just letting her loose in the coulees, we brought her to a nice fenced area.  These are hard to find around Lethbridge, but if you go early enough in the morning, you just might be able to sneak on to a ball diamond in Dave Elton Park.  Shhh…. Don’t tell anyone as I don’t think technically we were allowed to be there!

Izzy thought she had died and gone to heaven.  She had a blast running around and following her nose.  And we only had one small opening in the fence to guard to make sure she didn’t end up roaming the streets.

After she had her fill of the ball diamond, we headed home for some more pictures where she was a little more comfortable and a little more focused on playing.

There is a reason I love beagles…. Just look at this face!

And they are clever too.  Especially when food was involved.  I think it only took 3 treats to teach Izzy how to catch!

Thanks Roberta and Izzy for spending the morning with me.  I’m glad we all survived Izzy’s first off leash adventure!

This is Valentine- she is a German Shorthair puppy and earned her name at a young age because of this:

An almost perfectly shaped heart on her side. Cool eh?

She came for her first visit this past Monday and like all Shorthairs was the life of the party and had no problem making friends.

Duke the Golden came for the first time yesterday and almost immediately buddied up with Murphy the cocker. They pretty well played together all morning. It was pretty cute.

Today is Ben’s first day here, but he’s an old pro at daycare and has had no problem making new friends.

He is very sweet and is a laid back “just go with the flow” kinda guy.

generally means that Piper is thinking about doing something bad, but in this case I think she’s enjoying the sun!

Okay, I know I posted a blog already today-
but this afternoon we bought a pool.

The dogs were SO excited. Everyone was very wet, and very happy!

Now hopefully they dry before their owners start showing up!

Left to Right
Guiness (the big photo)
Dreyfuss and Sherlock, Jackie, King and Guiness, Dozer, Maggie Mae, Shelby, Rudy, Brodie