fallen asleep while the five people were cleaning up their mess. Dash looked out of the window behind the couch. It looked really warm out there and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Dash sprung off the couch and nudged Travis and Coco awake. He pusshed Bandit off the couch to wake him up.

"Hey, what's all the pushin' for?" bandit yawned as he got up and shook his fur.

"It's a great day outside, wanna go out there?" Dash asked.

"But it's early!" Coco moaned, collpsing back in the basket.

"Too bad, I was gonna take the old tennis ball out and do some fetching," Dash tempted. Coco never turned down a game of fetch.

"Aw, fine," Coco muttered, getting up again and stretching. The gang was just heading to the door when suddenly Leon stepped in front of them.

"Are you forgetting something?" Leon asked. Bandit and the others exchanged glances, not knowing what the heck Leon was talking about."The mess you made yesterday," Leon answered for them. Dash walked up to Leon and did the whole puppy eyes routine, which made Leon click. "Oh, fine," Leon said rolling his eyes. He bent down and patted each of the four dogs on the head in turn. "Go outside then," Dash jumped up and licked Leons face, which made Bandit roll his eyes and mutter 'housedogs' under his breath. Travis must have heard.

"But we come in the house, too bandit. Wouldn't that make us housedogs. Bandit chuckled and said:

"Not full time, Shortstack," Bandit walked off behind Coco and Dash, while Travis brought up the rear. They walked to the parkand lay down in the shade of a tree.

                                                                                                ***

"Woooohoooo!" Bobo the black labrador puppy cheered as he ran through the park. And older female labrador ran after him.

"Bobo, get back here!" The female, Lola, called. Bobo didn't listen. He started climbing up a tree and sat on a branch. Lola caught up to him. "Get down from there," She panted.

"No way!" Bobo giggled.

"I'm going to get Dash to puppysit you, so we shouldn't be late," Lola told him.

"I'm too old to be puppysat," Bobo groaned.

"I don't care. You're coming with me," Lola climbed up the tree and grabbed Bobo by his scruff. She suddenly noticed Dash and the others under the tree and went over to them. Dash's ears pricked up as they approached. he looked in their direction and he smiled when he saw them.

"Hey there," he greeted, leaping to his paws.

"Hey, Lolapop!" Coco greeted.

"Hey, Coconut," Lola said. Coco blushed bright red. "Could you do me a big favour and puppysit Bobo while I go away for a few hours?" Lola asked.

"No problem," Dash said. Bobo groaned at the thought of being puppysat. Lola started walking away before turning back again.

"One thing, make sure he doesn't go into the woods," She called, then she left through the park gates.

"Okay, guys. wait here while I get some snacks," Dash said, runniong off through the park.

"Well, what should we do while we wait?" Travis asked.

"How about we go and roll in that big mud puddle by the woods over there,"Bobo tilted his head in the direction of the wood.

"But Lola said we shouldn't let Bobo go in the woods," Coco nudged Bandit. Bandit paused for a while.

"Well, the puddle isn't exactly in the woods," Bandit pointed out. So I guess we could," He said. Coco slightly nodded in agreement.

"C'mon then, li'l nipper," Coco said bounding ahead with the young labrador. Bandit and Travis followed. Bobo dived into the puddle and rolled around. Coco joined in along with Bandit and Travis. The rolled for a while before they heard a gasp. They all looked up and saw Dash staring at them all.

"What?" Bandit asked.

"Lola's gonna flip if she sees you like that, Bobo," Dash said. Bobo put his head between his paws and whimpered. "Aw, snap! i forgot the snacks. Just go and wash off in the pond," Dash said. He glared at Bandit, Travis and Coco. "All of you," He growled.

"Hey, no need to treat us like pups," Bandit chuckled as he ran towards the pond and dived into it. Coco jumped on the bridge railing and jumped. He flipped in mid-air and fell head first into the pond. Travs climbed onto the railing.

"I can do better than that," He said, determined.

"I seriously doubt it," Coco whispered to Bandit, who chuckled.

"Here goes," Travis said He bent his knees and jumped, but as he jumped, he slipped on the railing and did several rapid flips as he tumbled down...right on top of Coco. The twins went underwater and stayed there for a few seconds before resurfacing, gasping for breath. Coco spat out a mouthful of water and glared at Travis.

"I-uh...told you I better, Travis gulped. Coco bonked Travis on his head with on of his front paws and his brother sunk underwater. Bandit burst out laughing. Bobo jumped into the pond and started swimming round and round. After a few minutes, they were all clean again and climbed out of the pond. Bandit shook his fur and water sprayed everywhere. "OW! MY EYE!" Travis winced as water shot into his eye. Bobo fell to the ground giggling.

"Hey, let's go in the woods," Bobo pleaded.

"You're not allowed in the woods," Coco reminded him.

"Just a little way in, so Dash can see us. That's okay, isn't it?" Bobo cocked his head and made a sad face.

"Aww, man. I fall for that trick every time," Coco sighed. "Okay, yes. Let's go in the woods," Bobo sprung up in joy and raced towards the woods. Once they all made it into the woods, Bobo spoke. "Let's play fetch," he yipped.

"But we don't have a ball," Bandit pointed out.

"Well let's use a stick instead," Coco planned. He picked up a short stubby sitck and threw it to Bobo. Bobo leapt into the air and caught the stick in his jaws.

"Now, throw it to Travis," Coco told Bobo. The young labrador did as he was told and threw the stick to the small brown schnauzer. Travis wasn't paying attention and the stick hit him in the side of his his head. Travis yelped and glared at Bobo who, in respone, giggled wildly. "Try it again," told Bobo throwing him another stick. Bobo threw the stick to Travis but thsi time it hit Travis in his chest. He yelped again.

"Use your mouth, Travis, not your chest," The doberman joked. Travis growled silently at Bandit. "Hey, Bobo, throw a stick to me," Bandit challenged. Bobo grabbed the nearest stick and threw it towards Bandit. Bandit leapt up to catch the stick but instead it landed square between his eyes.

"You guys are useless! Bobo throw one to me," Coco said. Bobo picked up another stick and threw it high into the sir. but it went too high and landed  on a high tree branch.

"I'll get it," Bobo offered, without waiting for a reply, the labrador puppy was clambering up the tree to get the stick. The three other dogs started to panic. At that moment Dash rushed onto the scene with three bones in his jaws. He dropped the bones to speak.

"Where's Bobo?" He asked, frantically looking around.

"Up there!" Bandit gulped. Dash looked up and his mouth fell wide open.

"I'll get him, down," Dash gasped. He started climbing up the tree. By thsi time, Bobo had reache dthe sitck and he threw it down onto the ground. Dash clibed towards Bobo. "Bobo, hop on my back and i'll carry you down," Dash said. Bobo got onto Dashes back and they got down from the tree. Bobo got off Dashes back and picked up his stick. "Bobo, if Lola saw you do that she'd bite my paws off!" Dash scolded. Bobo hung his head.

"Sorry, Dash," He sniffled.

"There has to be something safe we can do," Dash shrugged.

"How about a game of hide and seek?" Bobo suggested.

"Okay. Let's go back to my house and get started," Dash said, leading the way.

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"I'll hide," Bobo said once the five dogs had gathered in the living room of Dashes house.

"I'll hide, too," Coco added.

"Okay then. Just don't  go outside," Dash reminded them. Coco and Bobo nodded in agreement. Bandit, Travis and Dash faced the wall and began to count to ten.

"1...2"

"Quick, over here," Coco and Bobo hid behind the sofa.

"3...4"

"No, this is too obvious," Bobo pointed out.

"How about over there," Coco and Bobo jumped onto the windowsill and covered themselves with the