Furbaby antics

Little Dog Ollie is stepping into Rocco's very big foot prints. Heaven forbid if you walk into our yard and don't tell Ollie who you are. He'll stand at the kitchen door giving whomever hell. How does he know anyone is out there. Periodically he walks to the kitchen door, sticks his nose in the crack and inhales. REALLY INHALES, I couldn't be surprised to find small critters flat up against the door from the incredible Shi Tsu vacuum nose. He goes and sniffs and if all is well he comes back to the couch only to repeat it all in about half an hour. Rocco used to keep vigil on a desk under the front window where he could watch the world and let Ollie know what was going on. So Ollie has found his own way.

Ollie loves squeaky toys. Rocco used to destroy them by pulling out the squeaky so Ollie began hiding them. He'd take his squeaky outside, to return squeakyless and with a filthy face.

Since Michael has been mowing the lawn, he's been finding Ollie's hidden treasures and brings them to the house and gives them to Ollie. Ollie give him a look and then with a huge little dog sigh, picks up the squeaky and goes outside to bury it again. Only to have Michale find them and return them again. What's a little dog to do? There are six squeakies in Josh's bed, one in my purse and a little thing that has no squeak that I got as a gift from one of my china ebay things and gave to Ollie who is thrilled with it, in my shoe. Yes the one squeaky is still in my purse but the chinese thing had to come out of my shoe. I may wear mismatched socks at time but draw the line of something else inhabiting my shoe with my foot.

Ollie didn't have the language that Rocco had but he has language of his own. Bentiful came out with a veggie like treat for dogs. I bought a pack on a whim and Ollie DOES NOT LIKE THEM! BUt he does have a use for them. If he wants a treat and we are being dense, he drops the pea colored and shaped treat at our feet and looks up at us as if to say, "What, you want written instructions?". I realise now that maybe Ollie has been the smart one all along and just got Rocco to do his dirty work while they would both benefit.

Lunch calls. More later.