All my Poms and I are enjoying the cooler weather and getting outdoors.  The wind has really been blowing but the dogs really prefer being outside since things cooled off.  It has given me a chance to get all the dog beds in to the wash without having several unhappy faces staring up at me while they are in the washer and then dryer.  It is a major thing to the Poms when their beds are not available for napping and heaven forbid I move them to a new location.  So I got one chore done easily.

So I was brave and began picking up toys in the yard...now I have everyone's attention and they are racing to pick up toys before I get to them.  I want to wash the toys too as most of the them are plastic squeak toys or stuffed animals.  I try to coax Yoyo into giving up her Monkey but it becomes play with us having a "tug of war" , they all get happy and start barking because they think I am outside to play.  I take the toys I have and go wash them. 

Now the beds are clean and dry and I put them back where I got them but none of my Poms want to get in a clean bed and look at me with accusing eyes.  Their eyes tell me they would have been much happier if I had just left the beds alone.  While they are upset about their beds, I go ourside and try to pick up the rest of the toys.  I almost succeed in getting all the toys but Petey and Dreamer have again beat me to their toys and I gve up and go wash the rest of the toys I have.

 I get the treats and try to distract them because they are sitting by the sink waiting for their toys back.  They take their treat and go back to the sink to wait.  Oh well, I hurry up and wash the toys and give them back .  They immediately take them outside and leave them and come back to stare at their strange clean beds.