Mud Season

In just a few days, mud season has descended upon New Hampshire! How do I know this? Perhaps it is because when I went out with the puppies today to walk them around the yard (in a vein attempt to encourage potty training!) I squished and sunk into the lawn.

So my last venture out tonight with the two babies I wore my ugly, heavy duty, rubber boots! These boots are so big, and so ugly and weigh so much that I sank even deeper into the mire! But my feet were dry and the puppies slogged along with me until little Anneliese stopped. She sniffed. She moved around and then sniffed again! Then…..well, I will let you fill in the blank here, but let’s just say I was thrilled with her little gift!

I praised her, like a puppy has never been praised before! I broke out the cookies and presented her with one. What a good girl! We came back into the house and I undid their leashes, and then sat to remove my boots and put my slippers back on. I also have these wonderful fuzzy socks that I have been wearing and what does my little lovely do? She grabbed my nice fuzzy sock, and ran as quickly as she could under the sofa!

I finally got my sock back, played with the two of the puppies for a while before finally putting them to bed. Ah yes, I just love warm, dry feet and puppies who are working at becoming house broken!