Rufus says goodbye (for now)

Saturday was the big day. Rufus was returned to his rightful owner, who has already whisked him away to Martha's Vineyard. Rufus wasn't too happy about our leaving him, but I'm sure he's adjusting. He was a good companion over the last 10 months. The house here in DC seems very quite and we're not quite sure what to do with our time without the food/medicine regimen, walks, and his demands to be petted.

Rufus sleeps in

Rufus is spending just a few more day with us before he goes on his annual summer vacation to Martha's Vineyard. (Lucky dog! We wish we could go with him, but we'll visit later this summer.) We've started renovations on our house, so Rufus has finally been allowed upstairs to keep him out of the way of the work and workers.

He's probably gotten a little spoiled.


But he does like snuggling into the down comforter sooo much.

Rufus celebrates Independence Day

Despite his time in London, Rufus is definitely an American dog.

Rufus surfs the Internet

Rufus surfs the interwebs with Seth every night. He likes to shop online for Kobe and Wagyu beef. He checks his frequent flier miles on Virgin Atlantic. And he checks nephew Zachary's blog for updates on Zachary, Oscar and Daisy.

Rufus is cute

Duh. Why else would we have a blog about him? We've been a little lax about the postings recently, so to make up for it, here are some gratuitous cute photos of Rufus for your viewing pleasure.

Rufus takes it all the way to the Supreme Court

Rufus wouldn't settle, so he took our walk all the way to the Supreme Court (and by all the way, we mean 8 blocks). Justice Breyer complimented Rufus on his judicial temperament. Well, he would have if he were there.

Rufus has a familiar visitor

Allan came for a 12-hour visit. Rufus gave him a double sniff because he was so surprised. Before dinner, Rufus made sure Allan felt at home.