Front yard guard

Judith is a front yard lover.

It's funny how she can have the back door open all day and not go out, but the second the front door opens she begs to be in the yard.

Recently, its been a little cooler so after our evening walks or before I leave for work in the morninh I've just sat on the front lawn with her so she can enjoy being the neighboorhood watch. Every so often she will sneak down the street to the neighbors yard and roll in their dying grass, but for the most part she's pretty happy being a front yard guard.

King staring contest

 King definitely tries to use his looks to get what he wants... He thinks he has special powers or something. In some ways all Labradors do.

Try to guess what he's thinking in all of these pictures (not that I know, but i can guess):

End of Summer

I was reading blogs the other day and noticed that maybe it's been a little bit since I've posted. It's a little sad to see summer break coming to a close- We still have a few more summer adventures coming up (Today we are headed down for the Shakespearean Festival for a few days while my brother stays here with Judi and we have one more camping trip planned) and it's looking like the next recall won't be until November so we will have this guy around for another few months. I'm fine with it. I kind of like him :)

Once school starts, I'm pretty sure King won't be super happy that he will have to stay home again while I'm at work so it's a good thing he loves his kennel . It will be good practice for him-- and maybe he will get to go to school with my co-raiser. :)

One of the things I really wanted to do this summer was teach King how to be a water dog.

I think GDB Labradors are broken because I've only really had one of my Labs that has really enjoyed swimming (not just wading) and it was so much fun to take her to the pond on a long leash and just let her play. She loved it!

One day, I will have another water dog... King is not that dog.

A few weeks ago we had a swimming party for our club meeting. King did great standing by the water, and even standing on the ledge in the water... but he didn't like the swimming part. He was fine if I held him, but he's not so much a swimmer.

I guess I should expect that from a Phoenix pup. (Yanni, another Phoenix boy, wasn't so much a fan either- he's the black lab in the far right that is just outside of the picture.)

Oh well...I guess we will try again with the next pup.