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We went for a walk through Forests for the World this afternoon and ran into a black lab. We're hoping that Toby was taking notes on how to jump from the dock to fetch his stick. I didn't get the name of the dog, but her owner was more than happy to get her to jump for the camera.
Barney came to our family with a few bits and pieces from his previous life, including a toy - a wubba (not this one). I took the wubba out on our 1st walk, thinking we could play fetch. It wasn't a major success - clearly, after giving him his toy, no-one had showed Barney how to actually play with it. He looked interested when I squeaked it at him and even more so when I threw it - he watched with a "ooh, it flies!!!!" face and chased it... Then it landed and stopped and he stared at it blankly for a second... and ran off to chase a passing jogger.
He'd grown up in a house full of teenage lads, who ran around a lot and had play fights and apparently allowed the dog to join in, without making any rules! I think Barney came to the conclusion that the teenagers were his "toys", excellent to chase and herd and catch. He was partly given up because as well as snapping at strangers, during play, Barn was regularly biting the people he liked - on their hands, arms and noses. He doesn't break skin but I speak from experience when I say it hurts!
It took a while before I convinced him that toys like balls etc were cool and fetching is fun. To this day, he's not 100% convinced that after the stalking/ anticipating bit and the chasing and catching part are done, retrieving the toy is also a "game". He'll do it a few times, then I get the "well you've clearly mastered the use of opposable thumbs and I can obviously overpower the toy with my general awesomeness.. so what next?" look. I'm sure he'd prefer it if I found a teenage boy to play fetch with (they're just as squeaky as a wubba but less predictable - better fun to chase).
Sadly for Barn, I find teenagers quite heavy and cumbersome to pick up and chuck - and besides, most seem somewhat... reluctant to be caught and dragged back in Barney's mouth! So, to keep him interested in playing fetch with proper dog toys for more than a few minutes, I try to introduce extra elements to the game. I break fetching up with "herding" games, I ask him to do tricks, or basic "obedience" (like making him wait for the toy to land before fetching it), and add physical challenges. The other day, I set up a makeshift jump and had him playing fetch back and forth over it. Clearly, it's no substitute for fun times to be had by terrorising teenagers but apparently fetching the wubba is much more enjoyable when you have to bounce over a something each way!
This photo makes me a little sick feeling, but I still like it.
We took Lou to the creek to swim and strapped the GoPro on him, this is what we got. I thought it looked kinda cool and a bit like the twilight zone.
I feel like this is what swimming must look like to Louie because he loves it so much - everything must be tunnel vision; my stick and my parents that's all I need to focus on. :)
A Burst Of Shots Recording A Dog As it Leaps into The Water To ' Fetch ' A Thrown Stick !
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He was too cute to ignore - so I snapped his portrait as I was walking around the docks...View On Black
No, don't worry, Ouzo hasn't developed a new obsession about planes in the sky - though some Border Collies have been known to do this... He's simply trying to calculate the trajectory of the ball I bounced in between us - this kind of ballsy move got me knocked in the head a couple of times with dirty projectiles :) But it's all good - all in the name of rock'n'roll, right? :))
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This shot of a dog was captured from next to the field wall in the previous 'warm-up' photograph. It and another dog had just finished walking around the field with their owner, when it decided to pose for me.
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Luna likes nothing more than to play games - fetch is her favourite. She loves playing with sticks, indoors or outdoors. She like most Tonks will play until your arm drops off....
This was a feather stick, she seems to prefer them when she has destroyed them of all their feathery fluffiness...funny little angel.