i've talked about the different

personalities of our dogs lots of times.  Maggie is the leader and she's stubborn.  Archer is the helper and possible voice of reason.  (At least that's what I'll assume is happening when she's up to no good and he's standing back while barking at her.  Or, when they busted out the fence and Maggie stuck around to visit with the police while Archer bolted and ran back into the yard.)  When we go outside, Maggie enjoys our company unless she's doing her own thing.  Archer, on the other hand, will drop what he's doing to see if we need his help.  Sometimes Maggie won't even pay attention to us in the backyard while Archer is more like our shadow.

We've been having to lock them up because of the fence.  I found somebody on Varage Sale to come replace pickets.  They came on Saturday and for now, our fence doesn't have any gaps in it. (Knock on wood.)  He put the old pickets with the fence sections we already have collecting out there.  We let the dogs out when he was finished.  I looked out the window a little bit after that and Maggie was snooping around the old pickets.  Then she decided she wanted one.

Maggie picked out the one she wanted and then started to haul it to different spot to chill.  Archer was by her side watching.  I can't tell in the picture if he was joining in and got hit in the face or if he decided to put his mouth on it to help.  Based on his legs, it looks like he was trying to catch up and is getting hit in the face.

She got it where she wants it and now it's probably in a million shreds.  So while Archer is a great helper, Maggie really is a hard worker... as long as it's something she wants to do.  I wonder if she'd want to haul the wood to the street for trash pickup.