WATER DOGS

Duke's folks are out of town this week, so Mike agreed to see he got out for some exercise. Today we took both dogs -- Duke and our Nellie -- and went down to that place near Swallows' Nest on the Snake River where people can run their dogs. The day is chilly but Duke asked Mike to throw a stick in the water for him to fetch, and both dogs enjoyed that game for a while. Then there was some dispute between the two of them as to who should fetch the stick back to Mike. That ended that. [The photo to the left is Nellie. On the right, a wet Duke is poised for the next toss of the stick.] KW