Our Labor Day Picnic

Today is Labor Day. It's a holiday for working people. We're working dogs, so it's probably a holiday for us, too.

Mom and Dad had hot dogs and potato salad for lunch today. Mom let each of us have a little of hers. Then she told us we could have our very own picnic outside.

We waited forever.

Finally, Dad came out with our bowls.

We were jumping up trying to see what was in the bowls.

He wasn't telling us what to expect.

He just kept walking over to the tree.

This was so exciting!

What could be in those bowls? Could it be more potato salad?

I, Norma Jean, was trying to get a sneak peek at what we were having as a treat.


Here I was saying "please tell us, Dad", but he wouldn't say.

Everybody was getting really excited and we were jumping up and down.

Then he started handing out the bowls.

It was watermelon! One of our favorites.

Tess could hardly wait for her bowl.

This tastes great!


This was a good surprise.

Dad had some for Tsar even though he doesn't usually eat watermelon.

Dad asked Tsar to try it and Tsar said he would.

Dad gave him a little piece and Tsar ate it.

Look, Tsar is asking for more.

Dad kept feeding Tsar little pieces of watermelon.

I think he liked it.

Wow, Tsar says he likes it a lot.

We were all asking to help with the last few pieces.

Morgan and Noah always take their time and savor their food. The rest of us eat as fast as we can and go looking for more.

We cleaned out the last bowl and licked off Dad's hand. Then we were done. We all think Labor Day is a pretty good holiday.

Go over to Dogs-N-More and check out a great post by Laurie of Dog Foster Mom Blog. She writes about her experiences living and working with deaf dogs. It'll give us some good ideas whether we're living with an aging dog who's starting to lose it's hearing or if we're considering adopting a dog or puppy that has hearing issues.

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