Summer with Dogs & Deer

The summer so far has been glorious! LOTS of sunshine. Warm temperatures. The animals sleep most of the day then get rowdy in the evenings when temperatures cool down. I try to take one to two groups of dogs on a walk each morning. While everyone gets along for the most part, there are a lot of different personalities, and so I do put some thought into which dogs will play best together. Dogs like Yoshi, Faff, Tobin, and Bowser are social butterflies and can romp with anyone. Otis, Maple, and Beesly get along with most anyone, but they like to sprint back to the kennel at the top of the driveway. While they normally don’t get into mischief upon their return to the kennel, I prefer everyone to stick close and arrive as a group. Oryx can be hot-tempered with other females, but her recall is the best in the kennel, so as long as other sassy females aren’t in her face, she does well. Etta is probably one of the most challenging. She behaves like an angel on the walks, but if she gets back before me, there’s a 90% chance that she’ll just run back to her house and a 10% chance that she’ll skip her way over to Oryx’s house (seriously…if dogs can gleefully skip with a sinister air, that’s what she’s doing) and try to pick a fight. Most of the dogs run immediately back to their spots and patiently wait for me to clip them into their tethers. Faff, however, thinks this is the time for zoomies and likes to sprint around the platforms, play bowing with anyone who will engage in her antics. After a few laps she normally comes to her house to signal she’s ready to be clipped in. So many personalities!

I tried my best to upload a video, but I couldn’t get it to be embedded in the post. Here’s the Youtube link should you be interested!

https://youtube.com/shorts/yCDe4qvFcCY

We also took Sailor and Pilot on their first ever camp out! The reindeer were AMAZING. We did stop a lot for snacks along the way, but when the world is literally covered in delicious treats, how can you blame them?