This is new. Don’t get me wrong, these two hit it off nearly instantly and truly get along even better than I had imagined. But they don’t lay down together. Not next to each other, anyway. And I’m pretty sure it’s because Moxie has been afraid that Ginger will crush…

Rabbit, rabbit. We’ve all officially survived the first half of 2021. Cheers to an even better second half!

I considered still planting the bulbs at the cul-de-sac house. After all, we wouldn’t be in the black house until winter, and I thought it would be past the point of planting the bulbs. Then I decided – Nah, I’ll take my chances.

Daily evening walks. It’s an attempt to wear them out before bedtime. It’s failing. I think what we’re actually doing is conditioning them. They’re getting stronger. And Ginger is using the walk as her warm up to the main event. Nightly spaz hour. Who’s wearing who down, here?

But with one simple forward bend, I shattered all plans for the day. And a tiny piece of my pride. Because there’s nothing quite like hobbling around for a full day to make you feel your age.

She looks like a very well-behaved, best good girl, right? Yeah, no. Puppy classes start in a couple weeks, and Moxie couldn’t be more excited. Because it’s a LOT when 40 pounds of wild child is amped up. We’re hoping to tackle the jumping issue. So.Much.Jumping. And the ‘need to…