Mother Nature made quite a mess of our yard with her recent storm. Therefore I gave Mom the morning off so she could attend to cleaning it up. After all on the off-chance I miss catching it, fetch is much easier without the leaves hiding the ball. While Mom rakes, join me for a stroll down memory lane to the time I convinced Asa to do the fall cleanup all by himself, one leaf at a time. For some reason Mom quickly put an end to Asa’s first job rather quickly. I bet she wishes he was out there helping her today!

Fall Cleanup (November 20, 2015)

Well after weeks of dealing with the leaves cluttering my yard, it has become painfully apparent that Mom and Dad are in no hurry to clean them up.  So I’ve decided to take matters into my own paws…and make Asa do it!  As the saying goes, “a little hard work never hurt anyone,” and I feel as part of his home schooling it is about time Asa learns the value of doing chores.

Convincing Asa to take on this monumental task is actually easier than it sounds.  Ever since he was a little puppy, he had a fascination with leaves.  Last winter, he fancied himself a “search and rescue dog” and would happily dig through the snow to save them from their icy tomb…only to make a snack out of them.  This obsession with leaves has continued his whole life.  Let’s face it, Asa has never met a leaf he didn’t want to eat.  So all I needed to do was give him a pep talk, and off he went determined to eat all the leaves in the yard.  Ok, so my pep talk consisted of “I bet you can’t eat all those leaves.”  Poor little guy, just can’t refuse a challenge.  So please excuse me while I bask in the precious autumnal sunshine, while Asa goes about his work.