Amber’s had a really fun, doggy type day and we haven’t even gotten to lunch yet!
It started with a romp in her kiddie pool. Instead of just getting her feet wet, she got down and really cooled off. (That brought a distinct reminder that one of the things we need to do today is scrub out her pool and fill it up again.)
We dried her off as much as possible and let her in. (We can’t leave her out very long because she gets bored, goes onto the front porch or into the garage and finds something wonderful to play with (destroy)).
She then decided to play in her water dish, leaving a pool of water. (I used one of our hair-washing towels to sop it up.)
We’re supposed to have a rainy week, so we decided to get out and do our yard work today before it got super hot. My husband used the riding mower and got the lawn taken care of. While he was doing that, I was going around the yard with the weed eater. I needed to do several sessions, having to drink water and rest in between.
One of the times I came in to rest, I found blobs of fuzz everywhere. Amber had found my neck pillow that I use every day in my yoga practice and had shredded it. (It’s now on the Walmart list for replacement.)
One of the times I was out, my husband let Amber out. She found a mud puddle beside one of the planters because he arranged for the irrigation system to work in the back and side of our yard so that our two tomato planters could be watered on a regular basis. Amber had a WONDERFUL time, coming to greet me in a few minutes with mud all over her – especially on her feet, legs, face and nose. I yelled into the house, asking my husband to hose Amber off and put her on the back porch with the door shut to dry off.
I came in for the last time, having finished the weed whacking and having used the leaf blower to clean off the sidewalks and driveway pad, and there was another pool of water around the water dish. (We are now starting the clothes washer to deal with all the wet towels.)
That’s it for the morning entertainment for Amber. I will be really happy in another 11 months when there is some chance that this 93 lb yellow labrador retriever ‘puppy’ will have calmed down a bit…
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