Cold, Rainy But Summer
Saturday, June 23, 2018 at 4:36PM 
Despite the off and on rain, Sparky managed to stay dry - hooray and not totally messy. :-0 He is now home. We miss him already.
Rocky arrived and I listened to his dad say he doesn't play with anyone. Rocky's not one of ours but he has been visiting us for quite sometime. They have an outdoor wedding to attend - poor them as they are certainly going to get wet and boy is it damp. Well, back to Rocky. Rocky has been playing nonstop. I didn't even get the best of his play sessions but he even plays with Stone. Sometimes I think we live in a magical bubble as the dogs always end up playing here even if they are nervous at first. I feel good that they have a good time. We cultivate it, introduce them to dogs we feel they will enjoy and do one on ones. It works.
Think about yourself. If you are on holidays and the holiday is going simply terrible, you most likely miss being home. But if you are having a great time, eventually there is no place like home but you had a great time and created great memories. You most likely will want to go back. If the dogs are not having fun - well I am not. So, we make sure they are.
I hear - does he sit at the door and worry - does he ever want to come back home?
There is no place like home but holidays are pretty darn fun and that's okay for you and for them.
Today it was wet off and on. We have gone in, gone out. Magic was sitting on the top of the cushions outside that I have piled up. I was sitting with a tv tray table out there with water, chips and my ipad. She jumped on my table to get down. She knocked over my glass of water and chips. Chips went flying. water and ice cubes everywhere. No broken glass as we have a wood deck but the dogs went yum chips. hahahahaha
Magic didn't miss a beat and didn't even react. it was as if she said - oh - what a mess - you should clean that up. So, we did and then came inside as it started to rain yet again.
Nathan is home and we are looking forward to tv time. He even brought egg rolls - best in Canada. Nathan and his dad spent real quality time together. It was worth the craziness I had to deal with here so he could have that time. I had expected him to stay longer but he thought the dogs missed him - yes, I am laughing. He probably thought I was working my magic with the puppies.
More rain tomorrow.
Reader Comments (5)
Hope Nathan's Dad is ok.
Did the dogs miss Nathan?
Glad that Nathan had good quality time with his dad. I was reading your blog and was remembering the very first time we took Cooper to your place for boarding. Oh, I was so worried that he would not want to come back to us, that he would forget about us. No way, and as you said, they need a vacation too. Nothing like home sweet home but time away is good too 🐶😍 and time away at Talemaker Camp is the absolute best!
The dogs always miss Nathan if gone. Inula was beside herself but she is his dog - TTs are like that - 1 owner dog.
Ann you are exactly right. I was thinking the same thing. The first few times we brought Rusty back from Talemaker camp (I like that) I was so worried because I thought he would miss the activity at Camp. But I see that Rusty is crazy happy when he sees Darlah and Nathan and when I pick him up I am happy to say that he is happy to come home. I KNOW YOU WORK HARD Darlah but somehow it is magical and seems natural for you and Nathan. I think you two are Dog Whisperers.
I AM HAPPY TO HEAR THAT Nathan spent quality time with his Dad. That is what you remember down the road, those good times. Still I am sure it is a hard time for all of you. This is when we especially treasure our dogs and get comfort from them.
Darlah, I do love to hear the stories about the dogs and puppies. I feel like I get to know their little personalities. They may all be different in their own ways, but they're ALL sweet.
Nathan, glad to hear you had some quality time w/ your Dad. My Dad just turned 96. It doesn't matter how old they are, we know we will still miss them.