Hillbillies

We have a heck of a time getting Lucy tired. Even after the longest walks or an hour at the dog park, she's barely fazed. While it's nice to have a pet that keeps us active, we started wondering if all of our hours at the cabin would be spent containing Lucy's relentless energy.

That is, until Chad took a few cues from his football-playing days and suggested we start throwing her balls and sticks down the steep hills. She'd bound down and run right back up, which seemed to do the trick! While she got exercise, she also got clean because it turns out she loved to fetch from the river, too. (Lucy's Polar Bear Plunge was not nearly as traumatic as mine!)

The bonus in all of this is that when we were all ready to relax at night with a movie or dinner or a game, Lucy was tired too. On Monday, this is what she looked like...at 3:30 in the afternoon!