Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Treasure Island

Puppies are always pulling some garbage out of the grass that make you think 1) how did that get there? 2) how did this puppy find it? 3) how am I going to get that off him? and 4) where am I going to put it so he doesn't pick it up again(and Leeloo doesn't either) because sure as the day is long I'm not carrying it on our entire walk.
Puppies are always so damned proud of contraband. He didn't stop to tear it up or chew on it - he just carried it like he knew he wasn't supposed to have it but was manfully suppressing how proud he was with his illicit find. Eagle eye Leeloo was on him in a microsecond.
He carried it for a few feet with Leelo in hot pursuit. You know he knows she's there and she knows he knows she's there. I guess the trash must not have been that interesting because a moment later he just dropped it and didn't look back. Puppy attention spans are minuscule at best, that or Leeloo's eyeballs boring into the back of his head are very persuasive.
The second the bag hit the ground Leeloo stopped to investigate in case it was edible. It's not. She sniffed it for a few moments and pushed it around but a plastic bag full of sunflower seeds isn't particularly enthralling to a dog.
Archer had quickly forgotten the bag and after one last poke Leeloo put it right out of her mind as well. Dogs must prioritize getting covered in smelly muck over chewing up bags of sunflower seeds. Hooray.

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