A busy day and beautiful evening

Monday's are often long days.  The dogs still need their time to play.  This evening, after supper, Dale and I took the dogs out to a hay field to get some running in before bedtime. 



Puddle!

Dale sat on the edge of the hill where he could have a good view over the many acres as the dogs ran and played.  Big Duke thinks he is a full grown dog.  He goes up and tries to play with Duchess and My Jenny as if he were their size.



Big Duke plays with My Jenny

My Jenny is the sister just a year older than Big Duke. But she protects him and teaches him playtime as if she was the mama.  Dale is leaning towards letting Duchess have one litter because she has such wonderful maternal instincts.  But we still have two males that we need to sell from this winters litter.

My Jenny standing behind Big Duke

Doesn't this look like the three dogs are planning something?  "Hey, let's sneak up on Dale!"  In reality, Duchess and My Jenny were playing roughly and Big Duke tried to join in.  He is growing so fast.



Dobie Playtime

The little guy tried to copy mom and sister and shake the water away after running through the swamp water but his shake just wasn't enough.  So he found a sunny spot and watched the other two big dogs run on the other side of the open field while he dried himself.


Big Duke drying in the sunshine

The pleasure of having dogs takes so much stress away.