Stay in the yard!

The weather is hot and beautiful now, well sometimes, so we try and get Mother out and about as much as possible not only because it is good for her health but so we can show her that the "people" are not out and that everything is ok. We were out in the yard doing different chores and landscaping so Mother was out helping us. She was in charge of picking up the branches and putting them into a pile and also entertaining Max when he got bored and started barking. She did alright except for sometimes she would get focused on breaking the branches down with her arms and her thigh but they were too big for her and she just strained to break them. We pointed her back over to the pile where she then would place them and reminded her she didnt have to break them down. She loves helping. She came over and asked if I needed help in the garden, too. She did wonder off toward the end of the yard and started walking away so we had to gently remind her to stay close to us. She kept looking in the barn and walking away from the branch pile with the branches. After about an hour of doing about 10 minutes of work Mother was exhausted. We had to put her inside, drinking water, and cooling off. Like a good little watchful eye she is she sat in the kitchen and starred out the window at us while we finished up the yard work.