Update from Camp Barkalot

So far, Wylie and Riley are getting along great. Best of all, neither of them has got his head wet again — which is not to say there haven’t been a few close calls.
Walking two dogs at once continues to be an adventure. A couple years ago, Wylie and I encountered a woman who was walking two black labs. They saw Wylie across the street and she nearly fell as she tried to keep them from dragging her across the street. Fortunately, these two aren’t that coordinated in their efforts. So far, they haven’t even managed to walk on opposite sides of the same tree! (Back in April, they did that once.) Amazingly, I’ve also only had one or two incidents where they both dug in at the same time to sniff a tree. (Fortunately, I know dogjitsu and was able to overcome their inertia.)
Probably the best dog-walking story was Tuesday evening. Riley combined a side-step with an unexpected stop-and-sniff with the result that his leash came up against his back legs. Feeling his legs being pushed, he promptly sat down, thus pulling his own leash even tighter. The poor fellow couldn’t figure out how to stand up again until I extricated the leash.
Tomorrow, Terry is planning to teach the dogs how to make lanyards as an arts and crafts project. It’ll be interesting to see how that compares to today’s fingerpainting.