Cali is a smallish, female Black Labrador who is a recovering ACL surgery recipient. She's a tennis ball fanatic who really likes to have one handy at all times in case a game of fetch breaks out. Sadly, fetch is only allowed while swimming because of the recent surgery and we've got no water today. Cali is your typical friendly Lab who likes to lead the pack on walks and oversees the household from her perch at the top of the stairs. She was the only dog in the house un-til...
...big Carson joined the family about a year ago. He's is a jumbo sized (120 pound) yellow Lab who is just a lovable, goofy giant. Sudha describes Carson as the "dog equivalent of (husband) Erik" and sure enough, Erik shows up wearing a yellow shirt for our photo session. Carson likes his tug-of-war ring better than the tennis ball but he also had ACL surgery so we don't get too rough today.
After a morning of exploring the big yard, the deck, and going for a short walk, it was time to check out the house. When you walk in the door, you are greeted by a HUGE moose head mounted on the wall. I really wanted to work him into some shots of the dogs (and later, cats) but I couldn't figure out a way to overcome the height difference. No matter, the dogs were gracious enough to be good hosts and pose in their normal hang outs for me.
A couple of cats (including "Moo" pictured above) share the house with C & C so I got a little cat photography practice in. Our summer morning together ended with each dog getting a delicious (I'm assuming) doggie ice cream. I wouldn't know what they taste like...I wasn't offered one. :)
Thanks to Sudha, Erik, Carson, Cali and miscellaneous cats for a very fun morning in the country!
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