Man's Best friend

Summer time ..... and the livin' is easy.....

Early morning now is the only cool time of the day. Took Phoenix and her grandma Jenna out today for the walkabout they always love to go on....every other day to keep Jenna in condition and to teach Phoenix how to behave on the end of the leash. That will take all summer!! Keeping dogs fit is important and lying around all day in front of the fan is all Jenna wants to do these days. And she needs to stay in shape. for that matter so do I. And Phoenix of course is still a puppy but of course a puppy can get obese if they're not watched...
so anyhow we go for out walk every other day, a good long one. The air is crisp and cool in the early morning and the birds are out and the neighborhood is quiet and still asleep a lot of times at 5:30 AM.

But today suddenly Jenna, who is usually off leash in this tiny little town because she always stays with me..today she went veering right into someone's back yard and stood, looking straight up. Here she had smelled a man up on the roof of his house, doing some work. He was so quiet that I hadnt noticed he was there. Jenna had smelled him but couldnt see him.....

Her search dog instincts had kicked in! Phoenix...well, I honestly dont know or remember if she noticed, she was pulling on her leash at the time and I am working with her on these walks to get her behavior settled down, she is very strong and very strong willed! I expect I really need to take her out by herself for these walks but we enjoy the time spent together with the three of us...me, and Jenna, and Phoenix.

Well, the 4th of July is over now. Our little town here won't have its fireworks till this coming Saturday. Will find out then if Phoenix will go through the noise without a fuss! It might be a good idea to be out in the yard with her. The fireworks will only be a block or two from my house!


gotta go now...time to get the dogs fed....