Juniper Friday! Ball Good

Juniper, a dog, relaxes in the grass with a tennis ball clutched in a toothy grin.

Juniper, a dog, pants happily in the Florida heat.

In keeping with her habit of treating toys as objects of affection and comfort, Juniper will often take her ball with her from place to place. She’ll do this whether or not people are home, almost as if she’s giving the ball a tour as she patrols. She’s no stranger to fetch, of course, and will sometimes signal her desire to Give Chase, but in this instance, she was simply discovered to have posted up with ball in a grassy expanse, doing so before any humans in the house had even thought to look for her outside.