Dog Days of Summer

August 2010


Courtney and Paul were lured down to Dallas to check out the new house. Our dogs promptly welcomed Bear by finding her bed and claiming it for their own. Jerks.

Our dogs promptly welcomed Bear by finding her bed and claiming it for their own. Jerks.

Honestly, there is not a whole lot to do in Texas when it's over 100 degrees, so......

Oh yeah. Apparently, on the last day of summer, one of the local pools opens up to dogs with all proceeds benefiting the local animal shelter before they drain the pool for winter. Our dogs are huge weenies, and Koa had never seen water outside a bathtub, but we figured at least Bear would have fun.

Also, this happened over a year ago, and I don't remember anything else. So, guess what.




Excited doggies!Humans getting ready for some pool time

We had a lot of fun. There were free floating dog toys and frisbees, and a whole bunch of over-excited dogs. We enjoyed watching enthusiatic labs launch themselves into the deep end, sometime directly on top of their swimming owners.

Our dogs were another story.

Thank goodness this particular pool as an extreme graded entry (like a beach) or else we would never get Koa in. Lily eventually got over it and started jumping in when we called her, but at the end of the day David and I both had huge raspberries where Koa, in a fit of terror, raked us with his claws. Someday I hope he is no longer a huge pansy. That day is nowhere in sight.

As we were leaving, and ice cream truck pulled up which completed the bucolic scene. Yes, please!

Thank goodness we have pictures, otherwise I would never have any idea what we visited grandmom.
I do know there was skip-bo involved, and I'm pretty sure Courtney beat everyone's butts. I'll have to try to find that picture, for future reference.

Yay Martins! I know it is a sucky drive, but we always love spending time with you.