Henry and Murphy

This weekend I'm dog-sitting my friend Kate's lab/hound mix so Henry and I spent the weekend at her apartment hanging out with him. So far they've spent the weekend hiking, running, going to doggy-daycamp, getting treats, and taking LOTS of naps. Both of them are absolutely exhausted from the non-stop playtime! The funniest thing that happened was when I went out to dinner and left them alone for a few hours. I didn't think they would get into anything but I wasn't 100% sure so I double checked to make sure all food items were put away, important stuff was picked up, and everything was off the counter. I thought I was safe by putting all of Henry's food in plastic bags, in his dog duffle bag, on the counter where he can't reach. I returned a few hours later to find the dogs sitting on the couch looking INCREDIBLY guilty (hanging heads, droopy ears, low tails). Immediately I became suspicious. Then at the same time they both looked to the side of the table outside of eye-shot. Then I saw the duffle bag on the floor in the kitchen and unzipped - uh-oh.
I walked around the table and found a single zip-lock bag, still full of food, with little teeth marks in it. Sweet relief! Both dogs sulked for at least ten minutes - they felt so guilty.
If the worst they did was knock over a bag and steal but not even eat a cup of dog food, I'd say it's been a good weekend.
Friday we went for a run and a walk, Saturday I went skiing so I dropped them both off at the local doggy day care where Henry reviewed "3 barks" (A+) on his report card and apparently had a "howling good time" playing with the dogs, running around outside, play fetch and tug-o-war, and sniffing around,  and today we all went to the dog park and for a hike. Both dogs are currently completely passed out.
Murphy has been a really great influence on Henry this weekend. He's really calm, he never gets too excited or barks...he's just a huge, laid-back, gentle giant. Spending the weekend with him has been awesome and Henry really loved having a friend to play with the whole time. Usually if I leave the apartment Henry barks for a bit but when he was with Murphy he didn't let out a peep. And he's usually pretty antsy/nervous in the car but when Murphy immediately laid down and fell asleep in the backseat, Henry really calmed down. I was also really pleasantly surprised that neither of the dogs were territorial about food, toys, or sleeping. The only time I heard Henry growl was when he was laying on the couch and Murphy came over and sat on top of him - which was hilarious. I'm so glad Henry found such a great dog to be his friend and that they get along so well!