Skipper – “What! Can I help you?!”

As I was thinking about summer and all the outdoor activities we have planned I decided to share a post and a few pictures about one of the girls best friends and playmates….Skipper.We are thankful for our sweet black lab puppy.  Well….I guess she is really not considered a puppy anymore since she is over a year old now.  We got her when she was a puppy, the first weekend we had her it rained all weekend and she had a blast splashing from puddle to puddle thus her name, Puddle Skipper Hayes.  She is always ready to play and there to greet you when you come home or outside.  The girls love playing outside with her and even though she is a fairly big dog she is really gentle with the kids.  I know she’ll be excited to have the girls home more often when school is out for summer break.

Skipper, our sweet black lab

Skipper can be found running around the yard, chasing squirrels (or any other animal that comes into our yard), and swimming in the creek.  Winter or summer….rain or snow……she will be swimming in the creek.   She is willing to do almost any outdoor activity from popping bubbles that the girls blow, to walking with me down to the compost, playing fetch, or taking a nap in the jungle gym.  Skipper is the only dog that we have had that will literally climb the ladder to play with the kids in the jungle gym, she’ll even sleep in the jungle gym sometimes.

On guard and watching for any squirrels or other wildlife

When she is not swimming, playing, or chasing the animals in the yard she’s chewing on something, one of her favorite chew toys is my garden hose (not sure how many patches it has in it at this point).   She’s a great watch dog too (although she’d lick you before biting you) but she has deterred several “sales” people from coming into the yard!  It is amazing how quickly pets, like Skipper, become such a wonderful part of the family.