Another glorious but busy day for me and the dogs. 

The morning group went to Southland and they were bursting with energy by the time we got there.  Vinnie blue eyes was a late addition to the group this morning but was very welcome by the Pinkney boys (Nicky and Guinness.)  The three of them were tearing up the park together.  Usually Nicky and Guinny just play with each other but Vinnie used his charms to work his way into their little micro-pack.  Par for course Guinness came home as Guinny-pig and was dusty and covered with slobber.  At one point Copper joined in on the fun and he took off like a shot with his butt curled under and just zoomed like a maniac up and down the river bank.  I moved myself and the little dogs to the relative protection of the bench so that we would not be knocked down. 

Little Marty did not have a playful little guys to hang with so he proceeded to take a page from Vinnie's book and started teasing all the bigger dogs in order to get them to play.  This did not go over very well for poor little Marty. 

Clover is feeling much better these days and seems to have recovered nicely from her surgery earlier this summer.  She is still chatty and wants to be played with.

Erckle and Ryder just trotted along like good little boys. 

The afternoon group was big and rowdy (as usual!)  In a move I did not condone Auzzie and Wilbur decided that jumping all over Owen complete with barking and growling would be fun thing to do.  Luckily Owen is a gentle giant and just tried to out run them.  Later the little brats tried the same thing with Pina.  They both must be feeling the "little man" syndrome. 

When we got to the north end of the field the bigger dogs discoved a well-used dead mouse which they sniffed and then wisely decided to leave.  Wilbur, ever the piglet, saw it as an opportunity for an afternoon snack and jumped at the chance to pick it up and strut around with it.  Once he realized that no one else wanted it he was OK with dropping it so I could put it in a bag. 

Owen was sitting in the back seat of the truck on the way home.  I could hear that he was very busy back there but could not see what he was doing.  When I finally got him home I discovered that he had opened a rubbermaid container and extracted all the tennis balls and had skinned one.  He had also removed the towels and blankets that were protecting the seats. 

Cheetos, Dutch, Bella, and Wilson were the behaviour stars of the group!!  Thanks for being so good.