There's a price to be paid

[lizblackdog]

Gah. We're in the Woodland Walk, I'm throwing the ball for Spike, and I have Squish on a longish leash so he can poke through bushes and smell things and bounce around. Every few minutes I recall him for bits of sausage. He's getting better at this.

Spike goes to check out a scent that Squish finds interesting and drops his ball in the shrubbery somewhere. This happens pretty much every day, and what I do is ask him where it is and he retraces his steps till he finds it. It can take a while. Spike has a short attention span and isn't a finding-things dog by nature, but I got sick of buying him new balls (he can't have tennis balls, and his special soft rubber balls need a trip to Pets At Home, two bus rides away) so now I keep him at it till he damn well finds it.

Only this time Squish, on-leash, found it first. And he was so pleased with himself. Until the Wrath Of Spike came down on his poor lil' head like a Reaver on speed. AAAAARGH.

No one's bleeding, but the whole thing just kills me. Squish just wants to play ball too.

Also, the cats knocked over the water bowl while I was out, and my knee really fucking hurts.

Comments

[pgh-anarchist.livejournal.com]

I just love reading about your adventures with the dogs. And what the cats get into - twice in one week mine knocked down things made out of glass - needless to say both shattered. :(

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I R SMRT and don't own anything made of glass! I drink out of plastic bottles and have no ornaments. I'm glad I got this flat bare and unfurnished and don't live with other humans, the entire place is arranged around the animals.

[pgh-anarchist.livejournal.com]

*Normally* my cats don't knock things over. However the culprits in question are 8/9 months old and inquisitive. Where one is, the other two are nearbye. And I want to keep them? Am I insane? (well yeah, I am, purely rhetorically question.)

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

My oldest cat is only just one, so they all have insane zoomies and knock shit over all the time. Naamah in particular sometimes does it on purpose, the little sod.

[kiss-kass.livejournal.com]

Our Happy dog, a black lab, used to always know the location of every dog toy in the house and would get them on cue. It was very cute.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

Smart dog! Spike can do the fetching things on cue but he's too distractable to remember where he left things.

[kiss-kass.livejournal.com]

I think it has a lot to do with being a retriever. I used to as "Where's your girl?" and Happy would go find my daughter.

I miss her. A lot. She's the only dog I've had that I miss like I do her.

[james-the-evil1.livejournal.com]

ah the joys of parenthood!

[arisingprophet.livejournal.com]

Aww, sad thing is, this is EXACTLY like my Daedra and Vivec. Vivec carries the ball everywhere, then he'll drop it and get excited, therefore usually forget where it is. So I make him find it, and sometimes, Dae gets it first.

Vivec sees this, and basically body-slams Daedra, making Dae drop the ball and Viv can now get it.

Crazy dogs. x.o

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

I feel you, believe me.

At least no one was hurt, and Squishy is getting better at recall!

[entorien.livejournal.com]

:-/ The Evil Bugger strikes again.... I love those dogs, but Spike rally can be a git at times. Poor Squishy...