Doggie Friday: Only Because Gordon Is Doing It

Briggs is Gordon’s shadow. He follows him around, waits by the front door when he leaves, waits by the bathroom door when he’s showering, runs back and forth from the front door to the kitchen door checking to see if he can catch a glimpse of him leaving or coming home. He can’t get enough of him.

We took the dogs to Bear Lake with us this past week. We were a bit skeptical about taking them, mostly because of all the other dogs up there, but they did surprisingly well. We wondered if they would want to swim in the lake. I told Gordon that they would for sure want to play in the water because when we took them to the Uintahs they gravitated toward the river. I was wrong. Abbi was anti-water. She ventured in once, only to test the water. I think it was too cold for her. Ok wait, she did go back in one other time because she was chasing a seagull, but when she realized she was all wet and swimming, she turned around and looked at us like “save me!” Briggs, on the other hand, was a bit more adventurous than Abbi (surprising I know). The only reason for this sudden spurt of adventure was because he was following Gordon, and he followed him right to the water and to the wave runner. He too had a look like “save me” when he realized how far he had swam out. Both of them didn’t mind the water if they could touch the ground while in it. Knowing this, Gordon still tried to get them both to come in the water daily. Briggs, of course, would do it without a second thought.

Although Gordon won’t admit it, he loves Briggs almost as much as Briggs loves him. Before he left today to go backpacking, he gave Briggs a bit of an explanation of where he’d be and that he would see him in a week. It was cute.

Abbi always had her eye out for the seagulls

Briggs is oh so relaxed.

Abbi sunbathed

and Briggs took a dip in the water (notice Gordon is in the water too)