Splish Splash

We have wonderful neighbors. They share a private street with us and our back yard and their side yard are side by side. We get together several times a year for dinner and they went out with us on our 25th anniversary. At the beginning of the month they put their house up for sale. It was one of the things that contributed to my depression. Not only would I miss them, but I was worried about who might move in. What if they didn't like dogs? These days people who dislike dogs can make a lot of trouble for dog owners and though we try to keep our pack quiet, they are dogs and they do bark. Then there are our group howls.

Their house sold in two weeks and it wasn't till yesterday that I learned that a couple with a dog bought it. So maybe it won't be so bad.

Anyway, that was a long way of telling you about the fountain. The neighbors bought the fountain at a garage sale a couple years ago. It lived on their back deck and during a wind storm a few months ago, it fell over and parts were broken. Still I asked for it instead of them throwing it out. It was chipped and dirty, but we found some new parts and gave it a couple coats of paint and now it lives on our deck.

We finally filled it yesterday and got it running.

What would the dogs think? I've always wanted a fountain in the front hallway, but with water dogs we felt it might not work. They might think it was an indoor swimming pool.

Here they come.

 Look at the new drinking bowl.

Noah likes to have the water splash into his mouth.

Morgan stands under it and gets a shower.

Bailey and Norma Jean were the most enthusiastic drinkers.

As expected, Norma Jean got the wettest.

This should be fun this summer.