Doggie Daycare

Now that my one mom is working part-time, I'm able to invite friends over to the house for play-dates. Of course, the only friend I've invited over is Monty because he lives right up the street and he is often left alone all day one his single-mom goes off to her work. AND, he is my best friend ever.

Our day usually begins with a long walk and sometimes a game of fetch. If the weather is nice, we go swimming in the lake, but lately the weather has been as wet as the lake and so we just end up walking. Yesterday, in fact, it rained so hard we were drenched by the time we got home.

Monty was going to go home after the walk, but I convinced mom to let him stay for the day. She was a bit hesitant at first since even after our long walk, Monty and I had some horsing around to do. Since it was too wet to go outside, we decided to chase each other throughout the house -- up the stairs, back down the stairs, into the living room and back into the kitchen. I guess we got out of hand because mom put me in a time out keeping me away from attacking Monty.

We settled down after that and she gave us a snack. Well, she gave Monty a snack and I got my breakfast. I eat a late breakfast most mornings, but to make Monty feel okay about my eating, she always gives him a little bit of food, too.

Once our bellies were full, we were ready for our nap. Usually, Monty sleeps on the bed in the living room and I sleep by my mom who writes at the computer, but yesterday I decided to curl up with my best friend. Monty's a big fellow, but luckily the bed is big enough to hold both of us. He slept on the bed part and I curled up behind him on the bolster around the bed.

It was so quiet, mom had no idea where we were so she got up from her desk and came to find us. When she saw how cute we were, she got her camera and tried to snap a picture. By that time, we'd picked up our heads to see what she was up to so we weren't as cute as we were when we were sleeping.

We're still cute, though, aren't we? Mom works this afternoon, but I think we get to spend the morning swimming with Monty. The rain has stopped and the sun is out. Life is good.