Bo and Smokey Bill and Snazzy

You can watch them in action! They all look like they are having fun in the photos and that they are all playing together. Watch the video and you will notice that Smokey Bill is clearly trying to play with Bo, but Snazzy is only playing with Smokey Bill.

Things Were Really Not Gelling Here at the Ranch

Snazzy wants to play with Smokey Bill and only Smokey Bill.
Smokey Bill has about had it with playing with puppy, Snazzy and really wants to play with Bo.
Bo only wants to play with Remy and, of course, Remy only wants to play with a tennis ball.

Everyone should be having a good time, but they aren't and I am getting very tired of throwing tennis balls. Correction: Remy is having a blast.

Snazzy has also found himself a wrestling partner just his size.

The New Kids Gets ALL the Attention

Poor Scooter, he has a fan club that will just not let up.

No Fighting On Mom

I established this very important rule when my dogs were just puppies. They can sit and play in my lap, but 'No Fighting On Mom' or you both get unceremoniously dumped onto the floor.

My dogs got this rule pretty quickly and I no longer had to invoke it. They also grew into a 60 and an 80 pound Labrador, so playing in my lap went away pretty quickly anyway.

I resurrected this rule after my second child was born. I was happy to have them pile on me for a book or two, but 'No Fighting On Mom' or you both get unceremoniously dumped onto the floor.

My kids also got this rule pretty quickly and like my puppies, they, too have out ground my lap and the chair as well.

This weekend, I had to pull out that dusty, unused rule again for Smokey Bill and Jack.



Yup, those are my knees and feet.

And the Puppy Teamed Up with Smokey Bill!

For chasing...
And Wrestling!



I taught biting Shane on his tail, but I couldn't get a photo of that.

We really had a Big and Boucey Weekend

Even with a couple of dogs that were kinda small.

I had Shane, a large and very boucey yellow lab. I had Jack, a small and boucey and nippy yellow lab puppy, that will some day grow up to be Shane.

Then there is Smokey Bill, a small and fast terrier. he turned out to be a prefect match for Jack.

And on Saturday, I got Scotty. Scotty lives in St. George, but his grandma lives here in Helper. Whenever Grandma get to go gambling, I get to watch Scotty. Scotty might have aged out of the puppy title, he certainly hasn't altered his behavior. Once again, a perfect match for Shane.

Now, I still have Max, but he is finally getting a break from Shane. So Max is having a good weekend, too.

And this is the match-up I thought would actually happen, Scotty and Jack. These two only got together for a 'meet & greet' and haven't played together at all.

It is Tough being the Newest of the New

Scotty was causing a dog pile-up wherever he went.