New Sport
Our little sleetstorm of a couple of days ago coupled with bitter cold has created a frozen crust as hard as a cinder block across our neighborhood. Last night I finally managed to chisel one of the cars out of the solidified slush. Pappy's working on eating his way through it all.
The other night as I was headed out to walk Pappy, I pocketed a rubber ball thinking we might play a little fetch in the snow. The big field near our house was surfaced with a perfect sheet of ice. I tossed the ball once to see if Pappy had problems with the footing...and he loved it. Chasing the ball, he'd whack it with his nose and it would roll along for hundreds of feet with him skittering along behind. Finally the ball would end up in a row of shrubs, and he'd race back with it to start again. Presto, dog curling! If we set Pappy loose with a ball on the shrubless expanse of a glacier, we might never see him again.
7 comments:
Maybe you should look for a "kiddie" hockey puck and see what happens. Pappy might have a future in the NHL. He'd look great in a jersey
Is he a canadien perhaps?
Bussie Kissies
Buster
Gus,
I think you are right that he's got the rough-and-tumble persona of a Gretzky. But wouldn't be worth investing in special gear-- here all the ice melts in a day... normally anyway. Weird February.
Buster,
Pappy was born and bred in the Old Line State. But he knows hosers when he sees 'em.
Hey Pappy,
You have been nominated for "Awesome Blog Award" over at the DWB BoneZone, head on over and cast your vote :-)
Love
Opy
Opy,
Ay-yi-yi-- Ao4, Fufu, and Boo competing against me? I hain't got a chance.
Wow! That sounds like fun for you! Don't slide to fast into the bushes...OUCH!
Woofs,
Finnegan
Pfinnegan,
Pappy may not be the smartest, or the fastest, or the most obedient-- but he is probably in the 90th percentile for nimbleness. He does really well on the ice, except when he is sleepy. This morning he looked like he was sliding sideways across the yard when he went out to pee.
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