Pooped Pup

Today Henry and I returned to Dana's house. Henry wanted another playdate with the big red dog, Arlo. I wanted to help Dana frame out a clubhouse for Otis. The house is going to be 5x4 and Arlo pretty much fills it up.

Henry was, of course,  excited to see Arlo again.  Arlo was tolerant. Henry was cautious. Maybe spending time with Arlo will make my boy less crazy during his Petsmart class. I doubt it though.

Tomorrow Henry and Arlo are having their third playdate. Dana and I will be trying to finish off the club house. I am getting a great erector set feeling.  Now we just need to fill in all the spaces....okay, maybe a bit more than that.  What you see to the right is as far as we got.  There will be a floor and roof (if you want a pre-cursor to see if we succeed).  The walls we may leave up to Otis.  Palm fronds - blankets, sheets.  Whatever a young mind can design.

Henry, of course, thinks it is great - in fact, we ended up having to tie the pup up during crucial development times.  He was just way too interested in being involved in the creating process.

Play Date

A play date is in the offing on Saturday -- we will see how that goes.  Dana has a lab who is perhaps as nutty as Henry. While Henry did get along with Kathy's big dog and Roger and Karrie's handsome old guy, Henry did need constant reassurances of his probable longevity.  He spent quite a bit of time hiding between my feet.  

On our walk today we met a labradoodle.  He was really big and very good looking and good natured - however, his boss was trying to train him to sit and not pull on the leash (who does that sound like?)  Thank goodness Henry is not that strong.  I'd never manage to control him.  She said that when she first started walking her dog they always ran, so now he always pulls at the leash and retraining him is really a challenge.

I must be more consistent or my future is set!