Swimming Day

On the way to the local swimming hole, we met up with eldest Grandson and Mad Max

 The dogs took very little time getting into the water!

 Mad Max was the most enthusiastic, but then again, he's that way about everything.

 Brooklyn was not quite so exuberant.

 She did her share of retrieving

 and stick chewing.

 She was also not very good at picking her spots to shake. We  both got sprayed several times.

 Meanwhile back at the house, Boots was as laid back as was possible and still be breathing. He has three holes that he has dug in order to stay cool. It was too hot and he is too old to be keeping up with the puppies.

Dog and Snowshoes

We have a visitor for four days while my son and family are at a conference in Banff. Max, or Mad max as we call him is a very tall, long legged 2 year old Lab with a LOT of energy.

One solution was to take him snowshoeing, at the same time as packing a few trails for the resident deer population

 You will see that Brooklyn is missing. Even though she is built like a snow plow with a pointed front end and a wide butt, she has shorter legs than Max. Brooklyn decided that life was better sleeping in the hay shelter.

 The snow shoes handled the brush really well.

 After about an hour, Max's butt was dragging

 Come on, boss, let's go home.