Dog Days of Summer

So the weather was been hot and a few days ago we went to go enjoy the weather at my in-laws for dinner. Everyone was outside in the backyard playing bocce ball in the backyard, well almost everyone I was on the steps knitting my sock. I let Maylee wonder around the big yard, she was a very happy little dog doing so because it's a huge backyard compared to ours. Well a bocce ball was bounced not rolled and it hit the little brick pathway to the storage room. I was just finishing up the stitches on my needle then go pick up the ball to put it back on the grass and Miss May beat me to it. So you all know Maylee is my guide dog; May as a guide dog is not technically aloud to play with balls or Frisbees. All you canine fur babe owners may think this is mean, but she is a working dog and we try to avoid having the working dogs (especially of blind or vi handlers) play with toys that they would normally see other people playing with when they are on the job. Can you imagine a guide dog dragging it's handler across the street to go and play with a ball that some kids are throwing back and forth. What a disaster right? With that in mind, my dog picked up the bocce ball (man those balls are heavy) in her mouth and placed it with the other ones on the grass because I could say no and correct her. It was so funny because right after she walked away as if saying I was only trying to put it back and I've done my job! I was told by one of her trainers Maylee was like the queen in the kennel and she'd hop down from the supply box she hung out on to tell dogs that they aren't doing something the correctly and teach them the correct way then go back to her box to observe her kennel mates again. Lol, I love my dog's personality!

We went to the aquarium yesterday and it was loads of fun. I'll post about that later once I have the pictures ready to put up. Today is a horribly cold and cloudy day, it's a good day to snuggle with May, but first she gets her bath and Advantix.