Howdy, Magnum!

Last Sunday we visited Magnum at his Guardian Family.

One very big yard, eight dogs, five kids, two grown-ups… it was controlled mayhem and a load of fun!

 

We brought Amore, Zip, Lyra & Cassi. They had Magnum, Robbie & Piper. The neighbour’s Lab, Dodge, joined in the fun.

Robbie wanted to play chase – Amore obliged.

Piper (who is the oldest at 11) wasn’t sure all the action was such a good idea.

The kids – aged 5, 5, 7, 8, and 11 – put puppies in wagons, playhouses, arms, and more.

Lyra likes to tussle – everyone was a target! (Even Grandma MoMo at one point.)

Magnum couldn’t decide whom to play with first – he followed Zip, Lyra, Amore, Robbie… whoever got in the way. But Lyra really caught his fancy – hey, she is a spunky gal with lots of vim & verve.

Zip got lots of snuggles from Magnum’s Mom.

At one point, after the kids had abandoned the little kiddie play structure, Lyra discovered it... It has a slide, a little tunnel at one end, and a door giving access to the inside where one end of the tunnel is. Lyra started racing around in quick circles, into the structure through the tunnel, around & back again, with Cassi & Magnum in hot pursuit. Robbie stood by the outside end of the tunnel whining - he was too big to get through - while Zip & Mo looked on... We were all cracking 

By snapping about 150 pictures, I managed to get a good dozen or so of Magnum, some of which are featured here. (Amazingly, not too many of the 150 pictures feature dog parts – tails, legs, butts, etc – from dogs who got out of the camera window before I caught up!)