We just received these photos of Barley who lives in New York but was photographed vacationing in North Carolina’s Outer Banks:

An excerpt from the note we received about Barley:

“We cannot even comprehend how sweet this boy is. It is unfathomable.
Such a joy, it cannot be put into words.  A terrific amount of work,
absolutely inexhaustible, requires tons of running out of the house,
but what he really wants, all he really needs, is absolute and
constant attention in the house.  Lately, really just over the past
two weeks, he has become very chatty, making all kinds of noises at us
as we go about doing the busy-ness of housework. He is has always been
growly, but it seems he now has a whole new language at his disposal.
It’s hilarious.”

His reference to a “talking” Griff certainly resonated with Biff and me.  Finley has always talked to us and Xupe does, too.  It’s a vocalizing that can only be described as talking, and we suspect that others from this litter do the same.