Sunday, June 16, 2013

Sunny the Dog – Quincy, CA

The kids have a wonderfully relaxed “floppy” dog named Sunny. He is a German short hair mixed dog, with great marking and a smaller head that is beagle colored. Little seems to faze him. Unlike Karma’s need to “police” all locations and errant animals (rabbits, cats, squirrels, and armadillos) with barks and chases, Sunny just works with each of them to develop a play pattern. Karma and Sunny get along well but have different interests. While Karma will chase the ball again and again, Sunny would rather get the first one and bury it for future play. So, we always start with 2 balls and then after Sunny’s first throw is finished, Karma continues.

We went to pick up the kids (Bodhi 8YO and Tara 4YO) for an afternoon of biking and movies at our RV. We were busy loading the bikes into the back of the truck and hooking up the booster seat for Tara. Then we were getting the kids into the truck and Boots got in the driver seat. She noticed that Sunny was laying down in the passengers’ foot space. He didn’t want to be left behind so he got the best seat he could find. Like Karma, he hates to be left home.

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