Bonnie's Helper

It's been great having Luther home this week. Jimmy's been away building a house 5 hours away and Luther has been a great companion. Thanks to Lauren for teaching Luther not to invade the Kitchen. He says on the outside of the island and observes. That allowed me to bake 5 pies yesterday morning for our Thanksgiving dinner at Scott and Lou's in Charlottesville. Even putting the pies on the porch to cool was no problem with Luther. He didn't DARE get near them. What a good boy!

My Favorite Kind of Day

Wednesday we went and watched Jim Elam train Luther. It was a perfect Autumn day. The leaves are in full color this late in the year and the temperature was around 70 with little breeze. I could sit and watch the dogs run everyday and never tire of it. Luther was in great form and Jim set up one tricky retrieve on a diagonal having to enter the water 3 times to get to the other side where the bird was. I'm not crazy about the above layout--it just doesn't click but it will do for the moment. I'll redo it as maybe a double or completely change the layout later.