Our dog Zina has a penchant for big things. She cannot be contented with any less than the most obstacle-inducing objects: sticks, ropes, my sledgehammer...
During spring break I decided to undertake clearing out our backyard flowerbeds of about 3+ years of weed growth. Zina took my hacking and shoveling as silent permission and proceeded to join. And while I found solace with water and my hammock, Zina decided to take up residence in her newly-dug 2-feet-deep dirt pit.
After Zina and I thoroughly excavated the dig-site, I began to stack piles of sticks and branches to tie up and put out to the curb. I selected among them a few modestly-sized sticks that I though Zina might enjoy. Zina feigned thanks but proceeded to shop around for her own “keep” pile. She produced out of the piles these two rather large sticks about twice her own length and pranced around the yard with her spoils.
After Kim caught our girl playing tug of war with my 30 foot tow rope, I knew I would have to find a hefty rope toy. I found some herculean rope toys at Pet’s Mart, but didn’t feel comfortable spending $15-20 on a toy I wasn’t certain she’d enjoy. A few days later I found what amounts to a rope kettle bell for $10. So after the cardio -- fetch and soccer -- we finish with a good kettle bell session.
She's so cute.
ReplyDeleteBut the fact that you played with her like this with the computer on the floor so close to where she was playing, it made me nervous. You're gonna get that computer broken if you're not careful! I thought the rope was gonna fly out of her mouth and smack that computer!