Miles has a new favorite toy!

The laser pointer! Watching him play with it is actually better than tv.

Plus, it provides rainy day stimulation and fun, which is important because we don't walk when it's raining.

In other news, we left Miles home alone for longer than 3 or 4 hours for the first time today. We kept him crated because we're still concerned that he'll rip the house apart, but overall, it was wildly successful.

We're also working on the barking, which is helping. We were at the beach yesterday, with TONS of stimulation, and he hardly barked at all, and only when he wanted to play because a ball got too close to him or someone walked by too quickly. So, we're working on the patience aspect of it from my end and it's definitely working.

Have I also mentioned that Miles is so good at self-entertainment that it's awesome? When we don't want to play and he does, he goes to his bucket-o-toys, and picks one out and throws it around, probably pretending it's one of us throwing it. Then he throws and chases. And throws and chases. It's hilarious to watch.

I heart my dog.

He's such a good boy.