Big Girl Stays Home

Today was Emmie's first day with extended time alone. The day started of great with a nice walk around the neighborhood with Steph and then some time to relax before breakfast. Emmie decided to be a little mischievous and tried to tempt Steph into playing with her instead of going to work.

With the house empty for the morning Emmie was placed in her crate, which Steph says she did very well and without hesitation. Emmie relaxed in her crate for a few several hours until she got a great surprise. Steph and Michelle came home on lunch to take her out for some play time. Once again our well behaved lady entered her crate without complaint when the girls reluctantly left her to return to work.

After about 3 hours Chris got home from work to find a very patient young lab lady. She sat up as Chris came in but did not park, whimper or get overly excited. She was patient while Chris changed out of his work clothes and got ready to take her out in the yard.

When Chris let her out she stretched a bit and sat before Chris opened the door and then she was patient while Chris attached her long lead. Emmie took care of some important business and then it was play time. Emmie and Chris had fun playing some ball in the yard, sniffing lots of good smells and even did some training. Emmie is a big fan of Pupcorn, BTW.

Emmie was very excited when Michelle came home from work and they played on the floor for a bit. Emmie kept trying to trick Michelle into playing tug, but that Michelle is a smart cookie and she didn't fall for it. After Steph came home from work Emmie even helped supervise some yard work in the back. She is not that good at raking leaves so it was decided that she should do something she was good at, so she went in and had some dinner.

Now Emmie is out for a walk with Steph and Michelle, while Chris is stuck inside doing homework.