Skye Always Wins

Luky has been exercising his social skills of late. For one thing, he's been doing sleepovers as if he were simply the coolest Wolf in town with his own monogrammed duffel - actually, his bag is identified by only a few paw marks and is pretty much limited to hauling a few day's worth of biscuits, but he still thinks it's cool!

But his sleepovers have not been strictly Avondale Estates and the Lake House of mom-Kiki and Prince Gabe. He's become an explorer of the vast suburban wilderness.

First, like all the pictures in his blog, the one at the top of this post is included per Luky's specific request. Skye - formally known as "Skye Ayres" - is a seven year old Border Collie and resident of Marietta . . . like I say, Luky is now the suburban sophisticate, hanging with friends in metro-land WAY outside the city limits.

It turns out that Skye's mommy, Beverly, is a quasi-tennis-pro, graphic genius who happens to also be a best friend of Luky's mom-Kiki! And thus, when Luky decided to eat a tennis ball of his own - then necessitating its removal via the super scalpelling of Dr. Will (see Luky's Wednesday, September 6 post, regarding the Village Vets - http://www.thevillagevets.com/), it was only natural that a portion of his recovery might include a sleepover with Skye and Beverly . . . I'm sure it was "please, keep the racquets down" all night!

Well, joke as we might, there were a few days there when the rest of the pack was away . . . hunting, of course. Luky has his favorite kennels, for sure, but in this instance we all agreed he might require a bit more oversight. So, Bev and Skye came to the rescue.

Yes, I said "Border Collie." Well, Skye was very generous with her home and yard, but the real reason she wants Luky to come back is because she likes to win . . . and while Luky does a great job of lying around watching The Science Channel and reading Wittgenstein, when it comes to running, playing, and anything close to breathing hard - let alone chasing things like tennis balls and Frisbees - he's one hundred and twenty pounds of "is it okay if I just sit here and watch?" Skye won every game!

Skye says, "You have an open invitation, Luky. And don't worry about equipment - I've got everything we'll need for you to watch!"