I have been enjoying these sunny days with my friends and family. I've been to the beach, the lake and visiting the dog park a couple times a week, swimming at our secret water place and frolicking in Griffin's pupperpool at his house. And in exactly 14 days - Forever Human is out of school and all mine!!! No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers dirty looks!
Did you ever find a humans weakness? Yes, I'm sure you have!
Let me tell you about my Pack Leader. She doesn't know that I know her weakness. But it's all in my hazelnut eyes and my long white eye brow whiskers that twitch when she is speaking to me. So when she's barking at me because I nearly pulled her out of those pink Mizuno running shoes when we are walking on the trail and I decide it's time to pee....she isn't happy. I sit there and twitch my brows.
When it's time to "wait" at the front door for me to exit and I retrieve a full rose in bloom off of the rose bushes and she barks "leave it"......she isn't happy. I sit there and twitch my brows. we have plenty of pretty pink roses in vases.
When it's time to leave our secret swimming place but I pretend I can't hear my command, this is after she swims out and takes my tennis ball.....she isn't happy. I sit there and twitch my brows.
Oh, and I'm not happy because she took my tennis ball!
When Love Giver forgets I'm not permitted on the sofa.....she isn't happy. I sit there and twitch my brows. Love Giver rocks!!!!!!
Pack Leader thinks I'm not paying attention but I am. Sometimes she gives me this little tap with her foot for me to "snap out of it". She learned that years ago from a little man named Cesar Milan. I bet even Mr. Milan has a weakness! I think I'll chew up those dog training DVD's. BOL!
I've been proving to Pack Leader that I am paying attention, I am focused and I am her Warrior!
When we walk on the trail these days the Robins know I'm there. They quickly flutter away because those nasty birds as Pack Leader calls them know I must protect my Pack Leader. When the squirrels see me walking with my chest out and head held high....oh, wait.....squirrel!
When we are at the dog park and I'm retrieving the ball like a champ Pack Leader is proud. She has her head held high and barking at me "good girl Murphy!".
When we are walking around the nature preserve board walk and humans stop to say hello and pet me.....she is proud how I sit and wait to be greeted. She is in her glory! Golden Glory!
When I listen to Pack Leader talk about the dogs of her past......she smiles because I sit there and twitch my brows. And at times, I see her eyes leaking. Then she laughs because I nuzzle her with my nose and she can feel my long white whiskers tickle her cheeks.
We are a team. We will always be a team. She's my Pack Leader. And I am her Warrior.
I love going for walks along the Old Dominion/DC Trail. We watch the ducks fly past heading to the Potomac River. We meet friendly runners and hikers. Sometimes we walk with other humans and their dogs. After we say goodbye to the humans and their dogs we met along the way, we sit down on a bench. Pack Leader enjoys a refreshing iced tea and I enjoy fresh water. I look up at her....and I twitch my brows.
And she smiles. And sometimes I see her eyes leaking.
