The Vermin Control Officers of Lake Big Fish

Murphy & Molly

Murphy

Murphy, aka Destructo Dog, is the boss of the pack. He's a Labrador Retriever/Weimereiner mix. His eyes are golden and there is a lot of pink around them and around his nose. That's the Weimereiner (some day I will learn to spell this word) in him. Murphy is a yellow dog (that's the official term for his coloring .. labs only come in black, chocolate and yellow). He has endless energy, boundless enthusiasm, and an "I'll try anything once" attitude.

Murphy is a water dog. He likes splashing in his pool and trying to catch the water droplets. He also chases raindrops and tries to catch hailstones. Well, I never said Murphy was a brilliant dog! Murphy likes water and things in the water so much that I had to fence off the pond when Murphy was a puppy so that he didn't destroy the water lilies and eat all the snails.

Of course, being a puppy (at least in attitude if not actual age), Murphy's second-favorite pasttime is chewing things. The list of items he's chomped to pieces is rather long.

• about a gazillion cardboard boxes of varying sizes
• an old comforter
• a dog bed (actually the pillow for a dog bed)
• a sheepskin rat (this was a cat toy that Murphy appropriated)
• armloads of cattails from the pond
• one plastic dog bowl
• innumerable plastic pots
• 2 rugs
• half of my stack of firewood
• a scratching post (the cats didn't care, they never used it)
• two giant sisal rope mice
• one of my feather fans (bad dog!)
• a yellow water lily (really bad dog!)

The snow in Plano was nothing like the snow in Maryland. They had 58 inches of snow for winter 1995-96! My sister Virginia sent me a picture of Seawolf, her 98 pound yellow Labrador Retriever. He loves the snow, too.

Molly

Molly showed up at Heritage Hill (where Stormy and Peanut live) one summer day in 2001. She was a gangly chocolate lab puppy who just wanted to play. And she was quite willing to come home with me and play with Murphy.

Molly is a very athletic dog. She can leap to the top of a round hay bale in a single bound. She loves to swim. No body of water is safe if Molly is around!

For Dogs on the Go

Since Murphy & Molly spend a lot of time away from home (travel, hiking, etc.), they both have a little added protection just in case they get lost ... microchips! Murphy & Molly are registered with the AKC Companion Animal Recovery System. Collars and tags may be lost, but a microchip, because it is inserted under the skin, will always be there. (The cats are 'chipped, too. And so is Stormy the horse, but for a slighly different reason.)

Lest we forget ...

Nikki, First Dog of Lake Big Fish

Puppy Pals

K9 Search and Rescue

Dogs with a mission

Betty

Pay particular attention to Betty's Top 10 Vacations Tips for Traveling Canines.

Keno's Little Place on the Web

Keno is simply one of the cutest Labs I've ever seen.

WOOFS

A not-for-profit organization dedicated to finding homes for our furry friends.

Michele's Bark-n-Purr Toy Store

Handcrafted dog (and cat) toys

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