FurBabies by Nancy Beiman for November 23, 2024

That water is cold. Hopefully little, innocent Syrius won’t get a cold. My first dog would often get wet and we always had to dry him, specially his big, fluffy ears: he was an English Sprocker Spaniel (Sports Springer dad and Sports Honey mom) and yes his big floppy ears required extra drying but carefully, they were delicate. He was a Sports rather than a show who loved chasing birds and playing catch, but still was fuzzy about his ears and tail. He was a black and white velcro dog with sad “puppy eyes”. Current dog hates getting wet, and baths, he is a lab mix rescue who was found abandoned as a days old puppy and had to be fed with a bottle. Grew up to be a beautiful yellow lab and mystery mix with airplane ears. Syrius reminds of him when he was still a puppy. He is also a velcro dog but instead of being attached to one person he is attached to everybody in the family. He does not have puppy eyes but his gaze reminds you of Jimmy Steward for some reason, if he was human, he would be able to play the main character in a remake of Mr. Smith goes to Washington.

So wait, no pie?

Not that it wasn’t already but bathtime will now follow Sirius’s bath…

Sirius just bathed himself.

Get ready for a shower, Kate, when Sirius comes out of the water and starts shaking the water off.

That’s what my dog Roscoe would do…it’s his treasure

The ominous shade of a perfectly executed Puppy Flop dive. How much water can Kate’s socks soak in?

Sirius, come back!

Couldn’t resist chasing a stick!

Oh, Kate! How could you disrespect the treasure like that?

So the dog is part golden retriever.

Treasure? Abso-loot-ley!

Sirius doesn’t look like a retriever, but he acts like one.

Saw that happening a mile away.

The huge wave in the last frame looks like a scary monster-dog!

Will the SPLISH be followed by a SPLASH ?

It’s always nice to see a dog fetch the stick.