yesterday, we were fortunate enough to have numie and noodle over for a visit. they are always STARVING TO DEATH, plus full of energy, so i decided to try giving each of them an orange ball. we have two because we bought one for them, but one of them, maybe numie or it could have been noodle, couldn’t figure out how to get the treats out so they tried to gnaw through it instead of rolling it around. but when they’ve been here lately and a ball has been lying around and one of them has found it, they’ve mostly just been rolling it around. of course, then, the ball would have been empty so it was very frustrating for the poor little puppies.
numie got ahold of the ball first thing and carried it over to mollie’s bed. i grabbed the camera because it was going to be a great shot of them lying there together, but of course that was NOT GONNA HAPPEN. mollie was all GET ME THE HELL OUTTA HERE I CAN’T STAND THIS CRAZY DOG.
this is my favorite picture today because of the poor hedgehog lying there on its back next to numie. to the right of the hedgehog is the decimated bunny slipper, which is the only thing numie is allowed to chew on, hence its ragged appearance. numie grabbed the hedgehog first thing, though, and started to rip into him, but then he got distracted by the orange ball. italian greyhounds don’t have a particularly long attention span, FYI. they’re the hummingbird of dogs.
doesn’t numie look so plaintive, gazing over at me? “why does he always hog my stuff?” he’s asking me. i like it that numie still has a paw on the ball, as if that would stop noodle from swooping in and doing whatever the hell he wants.
now they’re both fascinated, and i decided it was time to fill both balls with cheerios and let them have a little slice of doggie heaven.
here’s the video of them in action. they’re both pretty good at rolling the ball around; noodle is really aggressive about it, forcefully spinning it this way and that. sometimes numie gets frustrated because he doesn’t push it hard enough to get anything to come out, so instead he picks it up and carries is around.
this morning, kevin went out to feed the birds. mollie went with him, and she came trotting back in with this…great big deer antler. i assume the deer shed the antler and mollie didn’t actually hunt it down. she thoroughly enjoyed gnawing on it for a while.
ok then,
mrs. friday morning hughes.