A Man and His Dogs

Mike has 2 dogs, Abby (short for Abacus--he is a math teacher remember) and Bailey. They are both "outside" dogs. I have never had an "outside" dog, only "inside" dogs. Charlie, my dog, is an "inside" dog (click on the link to see what life with Charlie is really all about). That means that Charlie doesn't normally like to be outside for any longer than he has too. He sleeps inside, eats inside and plays inside. Mike's dogs do all of that except...outside.

Living in a condo wasn't really the best place to have "outside" dogs so Mike's parents graciously offered to keep Abby and Bailey for us until we bought a house and could have them with us. Now that we are moved in and settled, last weekend we went to get them.

Let me tell you, Mike is a different man with his dogs by his side. They follow him everywhere and really just can't enough of him. And I think, even though he wouldn't admit it, he can't get enough of them either. Tonight when he was outside working on the yard, I snapped a couple of pictures. Bailey is the black lab and Abby is the yellow lab.

In the second picture, they were watching Mike and waiting for him to put down the weed eater so he could throw the ball. As soon as he did, they went running toward him!