the puppy cousins came to visit today.

they played and played and played…and then passed out:

they pretty much took over the whole couch for the rest of the day.
(l to r: abby, zoe, oscar, grendel)

this is zoe’s bed:

as you can see, zoe is not in her bed. abby and grendel completely took it over. the interesting thing is that abby and grendel both have beds of their own, pretty much exactly like this one…they never, ever use them.

looking at oscar makes me feel really sleepy.  i’m off to bed.  good night!

while in maryland, we took a boat ride on the patuxent river.

the pups got suited up in their life jackets, and we hopped on jessie and mark’s boat. once we got moving at a good speed abby realized that she loves being on a boat:

oscar really likes the boat, too:

grendel liked the boat:

that is, until the motor was on and it got a little loud. that was when grendel flattened himself against the boat floor between two seats. i guess he felt safe there:

clockwise from top left dog - abby, zoe, oscar, grendel:

time to get in the water and go for a swim:

time to head back and take a nap:

we went on a long-weekend road trip to visit tom’s sister, her husband and their dogs, zoe and oscar. fun was had by all.

jessie and mark let us all play in a field behind the house:

zoe shared her ball:

abby and mark stalked each other in the grass:

grendel was off-leash for a while, and was doing great until an unknown dog passed by. grendel decided to race off and invite the dog to play with us. the woman walking the new dog was not pleased and grendel then had to go back on his leash:

oscar doesn’t even get a chance to be off leash for a second, but he doesn’t care:

tomorrow - the boating adventure