Sanders meets Dungy!

I've got to see Sanders a lot lately... and I've taken him to the dog park a couple more times. We were there on Monday, and someone brought a 4-month old golden retriever puppy named Dungy. As you can imagine, I very much approved of his name. Dungy was an extremely cute puppy, and even at 4 months, he was almost double Sanders weight!! His owner told me he was 42 pounds, while Sanders was right about 22. You sure couldn't tell he was double the size, because Sanders fur makes him look quite a bit bigger than he is. Even so, those 2 got along GRRRRR...REAT!!! I had been almost ready to leave when Dungy got there, but I ended up staying for about another 45 minutes while they played the whole time. Here's a video showing their typical style of playing...Enjoy it while it lasts, Sanders, this dog will have it all over you in a couple months.



I also took him to the dog park the next day. There weren't as many dogs there that day. As a matter of fact, it was empty when we got there, so we tossed around some toys and he ran around. I finally got a good picture of him in a full-on run, too, since there weren't any other dogs for him to be distracted by. A little later a guy showed up with a husky. They tried to play a little, but the husky was much bigger and seemed to not want to be bothered for the most part. Oh well, it was still fun.


What with all that time at the dog park, Sanders' fur was a sticky, stinky, slobbery, debris-filled mess, so he got another bath that afternoon when we got home. He still doesn't like baths, but he's starting to accept them a little better. I bought a detachable shower head to make it easier giving him baths. It's much easier than trying to force him under the spigot on the tub. After the initial getting-out-of-the-tub rampiness (Sanders is always wound up for a few minutes after we finish with a bath, I'm not sure why that is or if that's a common reaction...), everything caught up to him and he was pretty much out for the rest of the night.


















One more thing... Jen and I re-upped for the Bacon of the Month Club and received our re-welcoming package in the mail. It included a fake pig nose that somehow found its way onto Sanders. One-eyed pig-dog. What a creature.