Sandy had quite a few visitors this past month, as the humans went down the cape for 2 long weekends, meaning Gabby then Addie each had this fur monster for awhile. All reports were that she was very good, though some of her “perks”, like not finishing her food and needing to smell all the smells and lay down in the middle of road on walks, are not unique to just us.

The Maxon clan stayed at a fantastic place at 127 Standish Way in West Yarmouth. The two weeks went by way too fast. It was great seeing friends and family, playing lots of golf, tennis, and swimming. Even caught a beautiful nearly-full, red moon at dawn. It almost looked more fake then if it were black and white.

Sandy’s Canadian blood is really showing, with her distaste for the hot weather showing earlier this month. The one plus side she sees in the heat is the abundant use of the garden hose nozzle! She can’t stop drinking from it.

Sandy has really blossomed as a puppy teenager over the past month. She’s swimming further and further every day in the Town Forest. All the dogs she played with before aren’t quite as towering over her the first time around. And she’s really getting the hang of catching a frisbee in the air!

This past month has flown by, with Sandy experiencing so many new adventures. Haley has her on a swimming program, frequently bringing her to the town forrest to fetch sticks. Every time she’s gotten more and confidence and waded out further and further. Today she finally got all 4 paws stroking in the water! On top of loving swimming in the river, she has gotten over her fear of the bathtub (probably from lots of stick mats full of cream cheese). She’s now perfectly content to come…

Since she is now fully vaccinated, Sandy got to venture out to Breakheart Reservation. She tried the water again, this time without waves, but still isn’t quite keen on it yet. She’ll come around eventually. Just walking the trails and smelling all the smells made her day. She even found a goldendoodle towards the end that she couldn’t help but play with.

This past weekend we celebrated Haley’s birthday outside with the fantastic weather. Sandy’s still struggling to respect her elders, knocking over poor Aunt Bella while trying to get her to play. Sandy’s lost a couple teeth already, so she’s happiest with a salmon no-hide stick to chomp away at.

Sandy met her cousins Arlo and Finn last weekend. It may have been in the 60’s, but that didn’t stop Sandy from finding the last remaining snow pile and wrestling in it. She and Arlo really hit it off, as both puppies played for the better part of 2 hours.

The past week was nice weather, and Sandy took advantage of it, playing for hours outside. Most of us may not look forward to the changing of the clocks, but Sandy sure enjoyded he extra hour of sunlight. Her lunch time walks have frequently involved running into Daisy, an 8 year old dog from the neighborhood.

Last weekend, Sandy thoroughly enjoyed the great outdoors, going for a long walk with family around Fawn Lake and playing in Somerville with Addie and friends. She also started sitting in the backseat of the car all by herself! Another big upgrade - girl got a queen size bed! She took to it immediately, including turning it over to scratch the hell out of it. She may be getting bigger by the day, but that doesn’t stop her from trying to hang out in her favorite cubby. Won’t be long…