Day 40: Saturday

This morning, we woke up around 10:30 and sort of took our time getting ready to take the puppers out and boy did we pay for it! He peed in the living room when we weren't looking. I made made Mark clean it up because I blamed him for taking his sweet-ass-time.

We went to the dog run and Charlie could not have been cuter. He was digging at the dirt for a few seconds then he'd jump up and turn around and plop down again and look at us. He was all frantic and playful about it. The sky was getting darker and darker until finally it broke and started pouring on us. We moved the bench under the huge tree but it only prolonged the inevitable soaking of our clothes. We decided to grin and bear it and walk home. It's about a 10 minute walk. Pouring rain the whole time, but it was still so hot outside that it was refreshing! I haven't been out in the rain like that in years. And it was also incredibly romantic :) We had to take a few kissing breaks. We took refuge under some scaffolding for a few minutes to see if the rain would let up, but it didn't.

We got home and took warm showers (and nice change up from the cool showers I've been taking lately because it's been so damn hot and humid!). Then Mark went to work. I played with Little Charles for a bit. Oh, he knows "paw"!!! It took him about a week and a half to learn it. Such a lil smartie!!

I cut a penny-sized hole in a tennis ball and put treats in it. I read on a doggie blog how to get your dog interested in toys that way. I started off putting treats in the hole so they are sticking out an he could grab it. Then some pieces fell in. But it actually works out for the best, because now it smells like treats, and every so often they fall out of the hole and he is rewarded! Who's the smartie now?!

He picks up his orange toy and his ball to play with!