Charlie and Alice's new yard

We are the proud parents of two VERY happy puppies. After two looooooong years of apartment living, Charlie and Alice have found their oasis in Portland. The house we have sits on a quarter acre and is fenced all the way around, so they literally have run of the whole place. Charlie is busy with finding ways to sneak in games of fetch and has a new glimmer in his eye. Alice can be found guarding the yard from squirrels and unearthing small tiny objects that no other creature could ever find that you have to fish out of her giant mouth. They seem to be so much more settled and happy, which makes me just about the happiest puppy mom you could find.



This picture reminds me of one of those grainy Bigfoot pictures you see where no one really knows what it is, but "we are certain it's something." Alas you can see that Alice has learned to play fetch with a basketball. Charlie gets the tennis ball like a normal dog. The basketball seems to be the only thing one can through and she will return with- the rest of the items we have ever tried she grabs and then wants you to chase her which makes her get super excited and then she gets crazy eyes and runs furiously around the yard in circles like a child that has had one to many packets of Fun Dip.
Charlie just runs around practically smiling and always watching Matt. As long as Matt is in the yard, Charlie's tail doesn't stop wagging. Even if Matt is busy with a project, it doesn't matter, he watches Matt's every move in hopes that Matt with throw something for him to fetch, which inevitably happens every time. A little time in the yard each day with us playing with them and we are guarenteed two very tired puppies on the couch each night. Life is finally right and how it should be for happy dogs in our home these days.