We never intended to get two. But when we saw Marley in that cardboard box with those big brown cow eyes, there was no way we were leaving without her. We became a two dog family. Dune the yellow alpha, instigator lab, and Marley her chocolate happy-go-lucky sidekick. 

My favorite Marley and Dune story is the one about the slip and slide. I had installed the perfect lawn. I dug up the old yard, leveled it like a pool table, wheelbarrowed a mountain of loom in from the driveway, installed a sprinkler system with measured spray heads for even coverage, and rolled out perfect sod on my hands and knees. It was the kind of green shag carpet grass you take your shoes off to walk on.

My wife and I were away at work. The dogs had the run of the place: side yard, garage, and house. It was just another perfect sunny day until the phone rang. It was Jeffrey.

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