Hey everybody, it’s me, Penny!

I’ve been hanging around our my house a lot. I’m sort of bored, so I bug mom and dad by poking them in the knee. If mom’s on her stupid phone I jump up next to her and knock it out of her hand. That’s her cue to take me to a park.

It usually works.

But this past week while we were at a park I asked mom if we could please do something more fun. Like with friends and stuff. Because, not to be rude, but walking around in the trees with my mom all the time gets sort of…well…repetitive.

And you know what she did? She took me with her to visit my dog mom, Vivian, and her bestie, Oliva!

And even better we got to play in their yard, all three of us together! At first I wasn’t sure about the rules and I hung back on the deck observing the craziness below.

But then I figured it out. The rules are that there ARE NO RULES! So game on!

It was a warm day so we didn’t run too long, but while we were running, we were running hard!

And let me tell you, three excited shelties chasing a ball on a beautiful late spring day sure make a lot of noise! Mom was hoping the neighbors were all at work.

We went back inside after a few races around the yard, to cool off and settle down.

Well…maybe just to cool off. Three shelties don’t settle down all at once you know.

Then after our cooling break we went out one more time to have some more fun. I was an active participant from the start, cause I knew just what this game was about.

I had so much fun running free without being tethered to one of my folks. Not that I don’t love my walks with them…but seriously, I doubt they’d be able to keep up.

We were just flying around that yard!

I got close to the ball a few times, but I never did get it away from Olivia. I figure that’s OK, it was her yard, her rules, you know?

I’m just glad I got to play in a big backyard with a tree where we could rest in the shade in between bouts of running.

But mostly we just played and played and played.

It was nonstop mayhem!

In the end I didn’t really need the ball, I was just loving the chase. Vivian and Olivia were real nice hosts and let me play with them until it got too warm and we all decided to go inside again.

And then it was time to say goodbye. I had a wonderful time, and I’m so glad I get to stay in contact with my dog mom, Vivian and her bestie Olivia and of course my Mama S.

I’m a lucky girl.

And I know it too.

Signing off, all these pictures of us running have tired me out. Time for a little nap.

Your exhausted girl, Lucky Penny.