Change Is Hard

…but change is certain.


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Another boyfriend?

Hi everybody! It’s me, Penny!

You know there are three boy dogs in my neighborhood that walk by my driveway almost every day. Personally I think they do that just to catch a glimpse of beautiful me.

These are a couple of my neighborhood boyfriends.

And I have had a couple playdates with Lance, a very handsome sheltie-boy who is about six months older than me. I think he likes me too.

I’m kinda sweet on my boyfriend, Lance, too.

And just this week mom arranged for me to meet Levi, a four year old sheltie who lives about an hour away from me.

This is my boyfriend Levi! Isn’t he a handsome boy?

Levi and I met at a fenced in dog playground in his neighborhood. The moms picked the coolest day of the week because, as you know, shelties are always wearing a heavy coat.

It’s so much fun to run free!

At first Levi and I weren’t sure about each other. He wasn’t sure he wanted me in his territory, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to be there either. He’s a lot bigger than me!

He can’t catch me! Well, he wasn’t really trying to catch me…

In fact mom said this is the first time I looked small!

Something smells good under here. Plus there’s shade.

But eventually, when mom broke out the frissbee we started to have some fun. Levi just loved my frissbee and I chased him while he chased it.

Levi has a beautiful coat!

After a little bit of running around we settled in a corner where there was some shade. Even at 68 degrees it was pretty hot. While the moms were talking I’d sort of peek around from behind mom’s legs and get Levi’s attention.

Time for some shade and a drink!

Then I’d race off and hide behind the slide and just dare him to chase me. Yep, I pretended I didn’t want to play and then I’d egg him on. I’m very skilled at being a tease.

Ha ha, got you to run Levi!

We didn’t run around too much, because of the heat, but we’re going to get together again when it’s cooler outside.

Running is just the best fun!

When we meet again we’ll be more comfortable, cause we’ll already know each other. Levi’s mom says he went home and took a nap. I went home and bugged my parents for the rest of the day.

Catch me if you can, Levi!

I guess I got a little wound up.

Thanks, Levi, for inviting me to play at your park!

Talk later, your most alluring sheltie-girl, ruler of all boy dogs…

Penny.


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Another version of lucky to play

Hey everybody, it’s me, Penny!

Nothing going on in my yard today. Sigh.

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.

Yep, here we are at another park.

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.

Can’t we do something different, mom?

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

Olivia has the ball and Vivian is just full of joy to be running!

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.

Olivia seems to be the owner of the ball.

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

Wait for me you guys!

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

The infamous two headed sheltie.

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.

Let me at that ball!

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

This is my mom, Vivian. Isn’t she beautiful?

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

This is Olivia, the keeper of the ball. She’s beautiful too.

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.

It’s all about that ball.

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.

I can fly!

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?

You’re a really good ball keeper, Olivia!

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.

We posed together like good girls…cause mom had treats!

But mostly we just played and played and played.

My hind end wanted to fly away a lot that afternoon.

It was nonstop mayhem!

Hey, maybe we can cut her off at the pass, Vivian!

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.

Hey mom, can you open this door for us?

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.

We need a goodbye treat, ok mom?

A girl can only run so far in one day.

I’m a lucky girl.

And I know it too.

There were a lot of sheltie smiles that afternoon!

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

Your exhausted girl, Lucky Penny.