More puppy fun

Maggie LOVES to chase the tennis ball and Millie is learning to love it too. Here is one area that Millie actually needed a bit of instruction. I have now whipped her into shape and she is now returning with the ball, rather than running off with it, and I can even get her to drop it now most of the time. It's fun to watch those dogs run after it. Millie is built to run. Her lithe form is fast and agile. But Maggie gets to it first at least half the time just from sheer determination. (She loves that ball!) Okay, truth be told, I probably favor Maggie some of the time. I mean, she surely deserves a handicap against this lightning bolt. Not only is Millie fast as the dickens, she's smart. Not that Maggie isn't smart, but it's probably not the first thing I'd say about her. If I'm completely honest, I think she's the right amount of smart. I mean, how smart do you really want your dog to be? We took care of a golden doodle last summer and she figured out how to do things dogs shouldn't be doing. I half expected to come home and see her reading the paper. Love and loyalty: these are the best characteristics of dogs!

On a completely different note...Millie trotted up to me in the woods with a great find (or at least she thought so): a deer hoof. Still furry, and apparently very tasty. She was not happy to give it up, but she has been well-trained so she did, reluctantly...