Saturday, July 15, 2017

It was definitely a fun-filled day for Keegan and Dugan! The two boys were excited to join me in the yard for one of their play groups. I could barely keep up with them as they ran down the hallway and into the yard. First of the list of things to do was sniffing. Keegan set off into the further grass yard to sniff along the fence line while Dugan sniffed each and every one of his friends. Once he had greeted all of them, he met up with me to give me a sniff as well as a few kisses. Keegan joined us once again as it was time to play. I brought a ball out for the two of them and Dugan hopped up to grab it immediately. I didn't even know how high he could jump until we started playing a game. I kept putting the ball higher and higher to see if he could reach it. Every time he was successful the two of us started a fun game of tug of war. Boy is Dugan ever strong! He could nearly rip my arm off if he wanted to. I held my own for a little while but Dugan ended up beating me at tug-of-war many times. Just when I thought I should go get Keegan to play as well, I saw him running laps around Dugan and I. I'm sure he had been doing it the whole time. He seemed to like keeping an eye on us. Keegan and I trotted over to the agility jump to show off his moves. I'd get him to wait on one side of the jump and once I was on the other, Keegan would fly over top! He did an excellent job and definitely gave his brother a run for his money. Dugan joined us for a few jumps of course. To end of their group time, Keegan and Dugan jumped all the way into the pool to cool off. The two boys splashed at one another, me and a few friends that walked by. Each of them was trying to get the other as wet as possible, silly boys.

Sophie had so much fun today! She was very excited to start the day, and went on a nice walk with her friend Reese, the chocolate Lab. During her walk she stuck pretty close and enjoyed taking her time to sniff around and enjoy the sunshine. There was a cycling race happening today so and she was very curious as to what was going on. Every time a pack of cyclists went by she stopped and peered over the long grass, trying to figure out was going on. As we were walking along  she decided she wanted to take a little break, so she had a little roll around in the grass instead. During play time she was very eager, like always, to play fetch. We can always count on Sophie to get everyone playing, and she's also very nice about sharing the toys with the other dogs and lets everyone have a turn. Whenever she's ready to chase the ball she jumps around with a big smile on her face and then tears off after it. After she got tired of playing fetch she came looking for some cuddles, which I was more than happy to give her. She sat beside me while I scratched behind her ear with what looked like a big grin on her face. She really is such a sweet girl, and brought so much fun to the group today!

Boris and Tasha were content with doing a little bit of everything they could during the day. When they realized it was time for one of their group outings with me, the two of them went completely nuts! Boris sped out of the hallway like a speeding bullet with his momma, Tasha, following very closely behind. Right from the moment they got outside, these two were full of beans. Tasha darted into the yard after Boris and a race ensued. The two of them ran from one yard about 10 times before finally coming over to see me. However, Tasha was a bit tired so she decided to cool off in the pool for a little while. Of course once Boris saw that Tasha was in the pool he decided that he simply had to join. This led to another game between the two of them. This time it was a game of "King of the pool". Tasha was in the pool first and did her best to keep Boris out of it. However, sometimes he was just lucky enough to sneak by her and jump right in. Once Boris was in, Tasha hopped out and the game continued on except Boris was now trying to keep Tasha out. This game went on for quite some time and the two of them got completely soaked from all of the splashing. There were sometimes where Boris would dunk his head all the way into the water! To end off their group, I got Tasha and Boris to show me their skills. We walked over to the agility jump and Tasha knew exactly what she was supposed to do. She waited on one side until I told her to jump over the bar, a second later she was over the jump and by my side while waiting for a treat of course. Boris jumped a couple times but ended up getting distracted. Tasha ended up doing this with me for the rest of the group time while Boris spent his time sniffing in the yard.

Syrus started his day by going on a big walk with his new friends Riley, the German Shepherd, and Rosco, the Bernese Mountain dog. They had a blast and followed each other around the whole time, chasing after movement in the grass together and walking side by side. Syrus was also in a very playful mood while outside today and was always ready to chase after the ball with his buddy, Sophie. They played very nicely together, and had lots of fun playing fetch and chasing each other around the yard. Syrus was also feeling a bit adventurous today, and after checking out the tunnel a little bit he decided to try going through. At first he got halfway through and then decided to turn back but he very quickly figured out how much fun it is. He ran through it over and over again, and would give me a big slobbery kiss whenever I was waiting on the other side!