What made you smile today?

[SwampDonkey]

Empty fields and Rory

 

[Stacia]

@SwampDonkey, Rory is such a handsome boy, looks as if you both had a good walk, great to get out, clears my head, hope it gives the same feeling.

 

[JES72]

This morning I took Homer to the field to play ball. There was a family, Dad with two boys playing football in the goals and a mum with their little dog. The boys were having such a great time diving to save to ball and covered in mud. When they finished playing Homer went up to the Dad and dropped his ball for him to throw so we played some more and chatted. On our way out of the field there's a huge very muddle puddle which Homer flopped down and walled in. "Ugh!" said the youngest. I said "have you seen yourself?" The mum and dad laughed and laughed.

 

[Atemas]

Baby grandson was cooing and oohing at the dogs. He loves them and they love him . Makes us all smile

 

[Hollysdad]

Holly made me smile today. As we got closer to the dog dip she was desperate to run ahead into the water. She kept turning and looking, as if to ask for permission. I just said 'go on' and she cantered off to the pond and stood in the water waiting for me to throw a ball.

 

[Lab_adore]

Two things made me smile yesterday. First Maxx was SO good! He had an initial mad bounce around when everyone arrived but then was calm and didn't jump up. Second my great-niece had her first ever swim in our pool and loved it! Our side of the family are all water babies so she has been given that gene

 

[kateincornwall]

Reuben and Nelly made me smile this morning . I had got up early to shove the monstrous turkey in the oven , then Paul said I should go back to bed for an hour or two . I opened the bedroom door and as one, they leapt onto the bed and snuggled down , one at one side, t`other one at t`other , and there they stayed, snoring away for an hour and a half xx

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

I was giving a tour of my German town and told my visitors to visit the cathedral while I sat outside on a bench with Carbon. We have a thing that I pat my lap, he puts his paws up and I give him a hug.

Today however, he put his paws on my shoulders instead of on my lap and then climbed on up and just sort of perched there. I'm of course used to this routine in a different setting (see 'what makes me happy' from last week about him sitting on my lap in the bathroom) but to the many tourists outside the cathedral, Carbon's antics spread a lot of post-Christmas cheer as we must have looked very, very silly.

And ok, made me laugh too. How DOES he get his whole body onto my lap?

 

[Lab_adore]

If 43 kilosMaxx tried that the whole bench would collapse under us! That sounds so very cute @Emily_Babbelhund

 

[SwampDonkey]

This always makes me smile, Rory's football weird face

 

[Emily]

A bit of family car racing

 

[Candy]

Went to have some bloods done at the GP today (nothing serious) My appointment was at 9.40 at which time Joy and I are usually well into our morning walk. I'd taken her out for 15 minutes to do the necessary, then dropped her back home, telling her I wouldn't be long (as you do!) I was seen promptly, the lady who took my blood was very pleasant and efficient and it was all done in next to no time.I thanked her and said 'Now I can take the dog out properly' She asked what sort of a dog I had and when I told her a Labrador she got that look in her eyes, you know the one we've all had at some stage, and I don't mean the 'I'm really proud of my dog' look. No. The other one. She has a 7 month old male yellow Lab and basically she just wanted to know when things were going to get easier. Once again, we've all been there. Some of us are still there. I gave her the best advice I could think of, which was to come and join us all here. She said she would when she got home this evening. She seemed lovely and said that although they were struggling they were very committed to their dog. What made me smile, apart from being able to recommend MLF unreservedly, was my instant recognition of that HELP! I'VE GOT A LABMONSTER! WHAT HAVE I DONE?! WHEN WILL IT END? sort of look. So please watch out for her, everyone and let's give her a good warm MLF welcome.

 

[kateincornwall]

@Candy so pleased that you offered the best advice ever, come and join us !
I smiled this afternoon , on our lovely sunny but perishing cold walk . Reuben had been wired this morning , wired to create mayhem and I did have one of those fleeting " Oh good grief , what have I done " moments , I have them every so often but they don't last long ! So , off we went , to the forest , Nelly just doing her thing and the monster running free ! I don't bother with any form of training on the outward walk, unless I need to, but do lots of short exercises on the way homewards . I looked at him , all eager and quivering with excitement , focussed on me ( or maybe the treat ! ) and he just made me beam x

 

[Atemas]

This photo of Red taken on Christmas Day made me smile. I don’t know why she’s looking so worried but she often sits at my feet and puts her paw on me

 

[SwampDonkey]

 

[snowbunny]

We found a small patch of snow on our evening walk. Squidge promptly fell into uncontrollable zoomies, round and round and round and round. Priceless

 

[Stacia]

@SwampDonkey, what a lovely smile Rory has.

 

[Lab_adore]

We had a labathon walk yesterday. Four in the park, four on the way to the river then another two at the river! Maxx's mate Rudy the ridgeback was the odd-dog out

 

[Stacia]

We had a labathon walk yesterday. Four in the park, four on the way to the river then another two at the river! Maxx's mate Rudy the ridgeback was the odd-dog out

We go walking with a Greyhound who now thinks he is a Labrador, even goes swimming, often when the Labs don't!

 

[Naya]

It was my step nans funeral this morning which was really sad, and my step dad was understandably upset. I took Harley up to see mum and step dad this afternoon and the kisses my step dad got from Harley made him smile so much that it made me smile. She adores my step dad