Two dog house (night)

Yesterday afternoon Jeff and I drove across to Tinley Park, IL, to pick up Bailey. She is my cousin Kellie and Dustin's dog. Bailey is also a beagle, but she and Kayla look very different. I have pictures at home I'll post of the two of them this morning. Anyway, we are dog-sitting for Bailey while her people house-hunt in Texas. We took Kayla with us to Tinley since she typically does better meeting other dogs on their turf instead of hers. The initial meeting went pretty well, and we got to have a nice visit with Kellie and Dustin. We both also got some good hold time with 7-month-old Maisie. So big! But I digress.

So we got the two of them home, pretty much both of them worn out in the back seat. After leaving for part of youth group, I attempted what I thought was the impossible while Jeff finished up youth group: taking the two dogs outside at the same time. Really, it went pretty well. I thought with all the pulling and switching directions that Kayla does that either they or I would be tangled in the leashes, but not so! I think we'll both be on "duty duty" at the same time for the week, though.

Bed time last night was interesting. Pretty much, Kayla usually sleeps curled against me, between Jeff and I, but Bailey thought she wanted to be there. So there was a little time for establishing who was curling up where. It ended up that I had a dog on either side of me, and I pretty much didn't move the whole night, for fear of shifting the balance of the universe. (Really, it wasn't that bad.)

Although Kayla has been around other dogs before, this is her first experience with a younger dog. It's fun to watch. Kayla plays with Bailey the same way we play with Kayla when she wants to play and we don't: taking a couple lunging steps toward her, watching her run off expecting to be followed, returning to what you were already doing, and repeating when the dog comes back. Not a great description, it would be better in video but we don't have one.

It's been fun, and we're glad to help out family!