Teamwork

While either girl could have brought the stick to shore, it took team work...or that competitive lab spirit...

I remember on time at Hood RIver, Oregon.  Murph was getting older, but there were some Golden Retrievers diving into the Columbia after tennis balls.  Murph could not stand it, and she figured out how to angle toward the ball, creating a shorter distance, beating out the much younger Goldens.

Or the time at Sun Valley, when she was maybe 9  or 10.  A ton of boy dogs were chasing balls into the Wood River.  Murphy dove in, got the ball first, then taunted them on shore.

But these two, Sage and Annie, seem to figure out the teamwork strategy.  Annie is quite the athlete, already showing amazing signs of Murphy, but Sage, Sage is up the job, ready to show the pup all the ropes.  It take teamwork!

Murphy's day.