The Canine Crew at the Cottage - Labor Day Weekend

In the spirit of Wordless Wednesday, here's the crew enjoying the lake (above, is our whole crew: left to right on bottom, Ridge, Elsie, Pinot, and Tuc; at top right with the white dummy in her mouth, is Kenya). Since it's been a while since I've posted I will identify who is in each photo. The following, then, is not technically "wordless" but I think you won't mind. Enjoy!


Ah...our Ridge -- a sheer delight to watch in the water:




Tuc, who after his puppy-intro-to-the-water-last-year, is a natural:



Baxter (visiting from Maine), the ever-smooth swimmer (gray muzzle and all):





Sweet Pinot, always the-rough-to-start thrasher, who eventually settles into her glide:





Pinot multi-tasking (she can drink and swim at the same time!):




Pinot spotting:




Kenya, the otter (the stealth swimmer):




Pinot, Tuc, Elsie, Kenya (l to r):




Elsie dreaming:




Pinot, in the lily pads:




Tuc and Kenya (Tuc, top) making Kenya look like a peanut head! Now that's a trick!):




Ridge (focused) and Baxter (excited):




Ridge (focused on DH) and the rest of the gang (front to back, Pinot, Tuc (r), Kenya (l), Baxter (middle), Elsie (behind Baxter):




Kenya focusing, too:





Elsie in action:





Kenya in action, leaping (Elsie on dock, Tuc, Ridge, and Pinot in water):




More Kenya jumping:




Elsie's you've-got-to-be-kidding look:





Oh, look, the gang is bringing a retrieving dummy back to DH (l to r: Kenya, Elsie, Tuc, Ridge):




Oh, look, DH threw another dummy (check out their eyes) (l to r: Kenya, Elsie, Tuc, Ridge):




Oh, look, the gang (in total) drops the dummy they were retrieving to head for the one just thrown (l to r: Kenya, Tuc, Elsie, Ridge):




My favorite picture of Ridge (in the weeds next to the dock, looking at DH at the top of the hill):



That's enough for now. There are boatloads more to come.

Hope you're all well.

'Til next time,
Joan