What Brother?....I've Never Seen That Dood Before.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Today the boys went to Daycare for the first time in weeks.  I haven't been sending them because they've been getting plenty of exercise this Summer, but today DH and I had plans  so we decided it would be a good day for them to go.  We stayed for a while after dropping them off and watched on camera.  It was really pretty interesting.  They got there mid morning, so most of the other dogs were already there.  They all seem to know when there's a new dog coming in....I suppose they hear the bell that rings when the front door opens.  Anyway they all run to the door that enters into the play area and wait.  So, in come Guinness and Murph to a welcoming committee of about 30 dogs.  Guinness is thrilled to death....he's kind of bouncing around with his tail wagging a mile a minute.  Murph is not sure about this whole thing, so he decides the best thing to do is to stay right near his brother.  Do you think he thought Guinness was going to protect him...goofball!  Picture Guinness running, jumping and greeting all his friends with his big brother stuck like glue.  For about the first five minutes Guinness was okay with this whole "clingy thing", but then he just had enough of it.  He wanted to play with his own buddies and he wanted to ditch Murph.  It was just hysterical to watch this unfold.  Every time Murphy came near him he ran away and started playing with other dogs.  Finally, poor Murph got the point.  He walked away looking pretty miserable.  He did find a few of his own friends after a while.  I was thinking about how my two daughters acted very much like this.  When nobody else was around they were the best of friends, but when my older DD was with her friends, she wanted no part of her younger sister tagging along.  Clearly today, Guinness wanted no part of his "baby brother".

There must have been a big party at The Clubhouse after we left because my Doods are exhausted.  I had to coax Murph to even eat part of his dinner...he didn't even want to move.  Now it looks like they have both tucked themselves in for the night.

[Camilla and Darwin]

Aw, poor Murph. LOL

[F, Calla & Luca]

My goodness older brothers can be mean. Murphy needs to get his revenge. Since success is the sweetest revenge he needs to find more friends than Guinness.