It seems like I spend about 40 hours a day keeping her highness fed, watered, amused etc. But it only seems that way. My job is cut back to 3 days a week right now and the other days I spend a lot of time outside working in my flower beds and yard and Sadie is my constant companion. She has toys and sticks and the occasional critter to amuse her. We have over an acre she can roam in and there are vineyards on one side and behind our house and she's allowed to wander in them for a ways, so she amuses herself fairly well. And she makes sure I get plenty of opportunity to throw her balls for her. If we're just sitting outdoors she is out there with us too of course. And she goes on 90% of our gator rides through the fields too. She has her rug for the back and her water jug and dish, so she's quite the 4 wheeler. All in all we spend quite a bit of time with her. Good grief - I wish some nice family like us would adopt me. Her life sounds pretty carefree and wonderful.