Thursday, November 20, 2008

HOW TO ENTERTAIN THE FAMILY DOG





If you're not in the mood to go out in the backyard and throw a ball or stick for the Family Fido, rest assured, there's another way to keep man's best friend busy. My friend and I were sitting in my dining room just the other day doing our important work (read: doing crossword puzzles and reading magazines) waiting for the kids to come home from school. Now this particular friend of mine has a sort of "animal magnetism", because Scooter just can't seem to leave her alone whenever she visits. Or maybe it's that he knows he can ALWAYS sucker her in to throwing the ball for him. Or maybe it's the tasty lotion that she wears and he licks off her legs...ANYWAY, she decided to trick him by hiding the ball he'd just dropped in her lap in our basket of shoes (it runneth over) by the front door. Jack Russell's are notorious for being diggers, so he was in heaven playing his new game of hide and seek! We laughed and watched the shoes fly out of the basket, and Scooter run back and forth and jump in and out of the basket like a dog on diet pills. It was a real hoot and a half, I tell you. The pictures speak for themselves, especially the blurry ones! I guess I should've put my camera on Sports Mode!

6 comments:

Mary said...

Cute! Our Diego would have just scooted the basket all over the house with his nose. Forget about the ball. Puppy brain damage...

Knit Purl Gurl said...

So cute.. dogs are great for entertainment! 'Love your hall table! Happy SITS day!!

Suzann said...

This is hysterical! Happy SITS day.

Lesley said...

That is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time...and I am so jealous you are in AZ where you can have your legs licked by dogs in November...I miss it....terribly....

Mammatalk said...

Now, that's a fun game.

{oc cottage} said...

This is sooooooo hilarious!!!!!!!

M ^..^