Football Dog
This past Saturday we took Luna and Red to our favorite hiking spot in Long Island. Before you enter the trail, there’s a fenced in dog park. Normally, because Luna’s so incredibly aggressive with other animals, we never even attempt to enter these. On Saturday, though, we were so lucky to find the place completely empty. Mostly because few people are crazy enough to go outside for long periods of time when it’s THAT COLD OUT.
So, with one of standing guard at the gate and her muzzle in tact just in case another dog and owner were to creep up without us realizing, we let them loose. And Luna hasn’t had that much fun in a long time. She was obsessed with the football and carried it with her. Sean and I took turns kicking it to the other end of the dog run. And when she brought it back to us, she would rest one paw on the top of the ball as if holding it for me, the punter.
And after a few times, we managed to teach her the command, “Laces Out!” Upon hearing these words, she’d do this:
And while she’s not nearly at a point yet where she could play for the Giants…she may be able to manage a spot on the Jets.
January 5th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
I like Luna’s new trick. Derby has a similar habit of putting his paw on top of things. Maybe I can teach him “laces out” also. It does look cold out there. I’m glad Luna had the chance to run around the park for a while.
January 15th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
My goodness. As all of those other cruel commenters have said, it is clear that you hate your dog. She gets no love and lives every day in danger for her life. The fact that her entire way of viewing the world is tempered by having survived Katrina? That makes no difference–every piece of her wild behavior is entirely due to the way you raise her.
Seriously though–looks like tons of fun. I wish I could take my dog on a hike to Long Island and teach her “laces out!”.