The Umbrella Thief!

We are pretty well accustomed to Asher absconding with socks and occasional underwear when he wants to get our attention. He takes it in his mouth and dangles it in front of us and then runs off. Most of the time it is very cute (and the clothing is clean!)

He's learned that Grandpa keeps the best toy of all in a briefcase, and loves to take the umbrella that resides there. Yesterday he took it and Alan was chasing him around the house trying to get it back!

He sat in the backyard this afternoon for a couple of hours, all by himself (the front area was sprayed for poison ivy again today, and while it isn't supposed to be a problem once it is dry, caution seems prudent.) He barked and we went to bring him in - he'd been really good about being out there. We did about 2 minutes of training, where he got one of his favorite treats, and then he found the umbrella. He's so cute.

We glued together the plastic covering his door and taped over it with duct tape - hopefully it will hold through Saturday morning, when we can go to PlasticWorks and get him a new plastic board! I wanted all of the edges covered so he wouldn't get hurt on it, especially since there was some dried blood on one of the broken edges!