Happy Tuesday,

I went for a walk yesterday with Rebecca and Tony, and the dogs of course—Toby, Waylon, and Owen—to the Mad River behind the Small Dog warehouse in Waitsfield. We’re so fortunate to have this wonderful way to spend a few mid-afternoon minutes with the dogs and nature. While we got a little bit of rain last night, the river is as low as I can remember.

There’s one swimming hole with a great deep pool upstream from a deep fast-moving channel. I was amazed to see so little water and so much rocky beach, but the dogs didn’t seem to mind. One of Owen’s favorite past times is swimming underwater to fetch rocks from the bottom, but in water so shallow he’s able to just stand half-immersed and pile the rocks up on the shore. Soon the leaves will be gone and snow will blanket the valley, but as long as the river is flowing and open, Owen will be in there finding rocks.

We’re in the middle of our famous Garage Sale, and I’m listing a few goodies especially for Tech Tails readers. Check out the article below, or just hit up smalldog.com for all the deals.

Thanks for reading, and keep in touch.

Matt
matt@smalldog.com