(Ron and Mary getting dogs ready)
Last Wednesday afternoon Ron, Sophie
(Look who's in the lead.....Sophie!)
and I headed to Country Critter Sitters.
(What's the hold up?)
We offered our services/time to Mary
(OK, here we go!)
to walk the dogs and take them to the
( First a dip in the ocean.)
beach. It was only two days since her sister Cathy died and
(Then some instruction about doggy behavior!)
she needed to rest and not worry about
(Hi, my name is Athena.)
the dogs for a couple of hours. There were
(OK, my name is Coco...now leave me alone!)
eight dogs in total (Sophie included). So off we headed down
( I'm Henry and I LOVE to play......anything!)
the hill to the beach. Sophie 'knew the ropes' as did the others.
(And I'm Poppy.....where's the ball?!)
We had a knapsack full of balls and some treats. Two of the
( I'm Athena's daughter, Scarlet and I love to swim!)
dogs 'didn't want to play with us' and Ron brought them back
(This is me trying to keep up with six ball-crazy dogs!)
up the hill to Mary. So there were six now. Two black labs,
(Coco kept his eyes on the whole proceedings from a distance.)
Sophie Doodle, Coco the alpha dog, Henry the Schnauzer mix,
(Everybody played hard and needed a break!)
and Poppy with the grey face. All the dogs
(Not one needed any persuasion to head home.)
got along and we played 'ball' for over an hour. When it was
(A 'look back' to make sure all were accounted for.)
time to head back, they knew exactly what to do. And back
(One more photo.......)
up the hill we went with Coco at the rear
making sure everything was 'kosher'. As you can see, Mary
and Cathy have a spectacular view......Cathy's presence will
(We're back!)
always be a part of this place. And look who was there to greet
(That was a great 'walk'! Whew!)
us....Penny, a very large Newfoundland dog.
She had just arrived for a few days visit.