Hayden and Hunter

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Doggo brothers from another mother living our best lives in Minnesota. Hayden (8): British #chocolatelab; He/Him. Hunter (8): English Cream #goldenretriever; He/Him.

Hayden lying under the kitchen island stools; one of his favorite protection spots.
Hayden, Hunter, and Ava relaxing without pestering each other.
Little Ava and Hunter have a morning game of bitey face while Hayden is outside.
Little Ava lying on the front porch.
Little Ava in the big bedroom with Hunter on one side and Hayden on the other.
Little Ava plays bitey face with Hunter while Hayden barks in the background.
Hunter getting a leg rub from mom. He had ACL surgery back at the May and is recovering well.
Hayden and Hunter celebrate Hayden’s ninth birthday with pup cups.
Hunter lying in the grass while a deer approaches from the woods.
Hayden the British chocolate lab, Hunter the English cream golden retriever, and Ghibli the Bernese mountain dog enjoying the shade on a warm summer day.
Hunter and Hayden sitting patiently at the kitchen island hoping that mom spills something edible while she makes her breakfast.
Hayden sitting nicely next to the little human as she eats lunch. Dividends are likely when the little human eats.
Hunter and Hayden lying nose to tail on the floor with Hunter’s head resting on Hayden’s behind.
Hunter and Hayden sitting side by side in the lobby at the vet’s office.
Hunter and Hayden lying on the floor at Grandma’s with Hunter’s back right foot and Hayden’s back left foot barely touching.
Kipling Black and Hayden in the parking lot of the off leash dog park.
Kipling Black and Hayden out for a walk together our old neighborhood in the city. Kipling is an American black lab and Hayden is a British chocolate lab.
Hunter out for a 10 minute walk. Hid ACL surgery was 9 days ago. Longer walks are allowed as time passes, but no running, jumping, or stairs for 8 weeks.
Hayden lying on the floor with his tongue out after an evening walk.
Hunter resting after knee surgery.
Hunter snuggling with the vet man after surgery,
Hayden chewing on a burrito bowl container and enjoying the remaining dividends.
Hayden lying on the big bed looking concerned and a little lonely.
Hunter lying in the big bed, not ready to attack the day.
Tessa the elderly golden retriever resting on the patio.
Hunter lying on the floor resting his sore knee.
Little Ava the black lab at only a few weeks old.
Hunter and Hayden slowly making their way from dogtown through the pine trees to the driveway.
Hayden and Hunter with their tongues out. Hayden is dying in the foreground with Hunter standing behind him. In the background Mom is picking up Hunter’s poop and the little human is in her stroller.
Hayden and Hunter on the winter pool cover. In the middle of the pool their weight causes the cover to sink down into the water allowing them to cool their nether regions on warm days before the pool reopens for the season.
Hayden resting after being rescued by dad.
Hunter celebrating his 8th birthday with a frozen custard pup cup.
Hayden getting his morning dose of medications for end-stage arthritis and allergies (chicken, grass, and trees, so basically the world). The pills are hidden in a spoonful of peanut butter which he quickly consumes and then licks the spoon clean.
Hayden knows where it all happens. He waits unprompted where the peanut butter, spoon, and meds are assembled into a tasty treat.
Hunter lying on the rug watching breakfast being made.
Hunter and Hayden lying on the floor like two train cars - nose to tail with Hunter’s nose immediately next to the base of Hayden’s tail.
Hayden and Hunter lying side-by-side with Hayden’s head resting on Hunter’s midsection.
Hayden and Hunter lying side by side in similar poses.
Hayden lying on the floor at the office. Near the end of the monthly emergency siren test he joins in to assist.
Hayden lying on the floor with an impressive display of tongue.
Hayden the British chocolate lab lying in the grass, intently focused on something in the distance.
A Far Side cartoon with a dog in a car leaning out the open window talking to another dog in the neighboring yard saying, “ha ha ha Biff. Guess what! After we go to the drugstore and the post office, I’m going to the vet to get tutored.”
Khaki/blue baseball cap with an embroidered golden retriever representing Gilbert on the front.
Little Ava the 10-month old black lab, lying in the grass with a retrieving dummy in her mouth.
Hayden rolling in the last remaining snowbank in the neighborhood.
Hayden the 8-year old British chocolate lab.
Little Ava the 10-month old black lab retrieves several practice objects in succession. She runs to the dummy, picks it up, returns to heel, sits, and releases the dummy when prompted. Then starts the process again.
Hayden lying in the perennial bed with a large stuffie and Hunter standing behind dad’s car watching mom back out of the garage to go to work.
Little Ava the 10-month old black lab sits on a hunting stand, a two-foot high platform that is a dry and comfy place for her to sit when she’s out hunting in the cold/wet.
Closeup of Hunter’s handsome face. He is a 7 year old English cream golden retriever and is a gentle Velcro boy.
Little Ava, the 10-month old black lab sits with her attention firmly focused on a training dummy. She has a small blade of dead grass on her snout near her left eye after rolling in the grass.
Little Ava the 10-month old black lab looking out the window, ensuring that nothing is amiss in the neighborhood. She has a red and black rope toy in her mouth.
Numerous wild turkeys scratching for food near our backyard birdfeeders as the snow falls.
Hayden and Hunter curled up on the floor nose to tail taking a nap.
Little Ava sitting nicely on the floor of the garage at her new house.
Hunter guarding the entrance of the room while Hayden naps in the background.
Hayden in the background on the rug by the front door. In the foreground is a teaspoon with a decent sized blob of peanut butter in which are stuck 8 pills that are his post-breakfast medications.
Hunter standing in the rug in the mudroom with Hayden sitting alongside. Both have a dusting of new fallen snow on their backs, but it is visible only on Hayden.