(With the Banks jumping series below, I finally had to come to terms with the fact that I see the world at about a 10 degree slant.)

Something else I realized on this shoot – labs have very strong jaws.  Take a look at the squish on this ball:

If you go back to the previous series, in the last image, the ball is 100% in his mouth.

Banks is one lucky dog.  He has 2 adult humans, 2 kids, and a dog brother to keep him company.  Top that off with a large fenced yard and a pond just outside the yard that he sometimes gets to play in.

When the ball gets waterlogged and sinks – no worries, Banks can get it:

With all of the fun activity outside, we went in to wind down – here is Banks looking at his human outside:

Remember what I said about Banks being a lucky dog?  Check out his dog bed!

My assistant actually took this photo!  Great job, Ann!