If You Need a Construction Helper...

Minaki and Pudgie Pie are your girls!

They are experts in verifying you properly use saw horses.

Will check the safety of your power tool cords.

Ensure the area around your work space is clean.

Will guard your scrap pile.

 

Add manpower as necessary to ensure the protection of said scrap pile.

 

And will spend a nice night relaxing after all that hard work.

P.S. That last picture was actually the first night I let Pudge sleep with me (and the first night I have let Minaki sleep with me in several months).  I'm very happy to say they both did an excellent job!  The only negative is that they slept pretty much in the position shown all night, which meant I couldn't adjust myself as much as I'd like.  A small price to pay for 2 VERY happy dogs.  :-)

Summer Pictures!

I apologize in advance for the lack of Minaki pictures.  She is a little camera shy.

Pudgie Pie is a very curious girl.

One of her favorite activities is to look under the gaps in the fence.

She prefers a freshly mowed lawn to this jungle.

But she really doesn't complain.

As long as she can be outside, she's happy as a clam!

The one and only good shot of Minaki.  It was worth the wait though, right?  She is stunning.

Weekend Progress

Sorry no new pictures today...but I wanted to just give a quick update on my girls!

Three separate times this weekend, I left the girls (and Hardy) to free roam while I ran errands.  Now, It's not like I was gone hours at a time, my  longest trip was maybe 30 minutes, but I am still proud to announce that every trip was a success!  There were no "revenge accidents."  No torn up furniture or knick-knacks I left laying around.  Frankly, no evidence that I had left 3 dogs running loose at all.  I am so proud of Minaki and Pudgie Pie for this!  Not that I didn't think they could do it (I wouldn't have attempted it at all had I not trusted them), but for them to be so good on 3 different occasions was absolutely amazing!

Oh, and I almost forgot.  I attempted to get a fire going in my firepit on Saturday.  I thought it would be fun to bring one of the dogs out to check out a new landscape.  Pudge was the winner (she was hanging out outside while Mini was napping on the couch).  Of course, Mini happened to see us walk out the gate and had a maybe 5 minute freak out until she realized she could still see us.  I think she was jealous that I had chosen Pudge for a walk and not her (she's not the anxious type when I leave).  Anyway, Pudge did pretty well with me.  She wanted to smell all the new things (so many sticks/trees/rocks), and didn't appreciate that I wouldn't let her outside her 6' leash range.  When I managed to briefly get a little fire going, she was quite interested.  Don't worry, not interested enough to check it out.  Just interested enough at the popping to cock her head to one side and listen for a bit.  I really think she'd make a great companion for a family that likes to go camping!