Ben and His Buddy Oola

Ben has the most wonderful dog walker, Paul, through PawPaw Pet Care -- fabulous service in Brooklyn run by Melissa and Adam, two animal-loving artists. (See more about PawPaw: http://zoomnyc.org/2009/11/10/business_dogs/.)

Paul comes to pick up Ben in the afternoons for a romp at the park. Usually Oola is his walking buddy. Oola is the sweetest, sleekest, blackest, just-out-of-puppyhood lab mix. She and Ben play like fiends.

Here they are fooling around in my apartment.