We were so early the other pups weren't at the field, and since neither of us had eaten yet, we didn't wait around for them. Mom mixed up something fantastic with gravy and crumbled up chicken, and some other flavors, and, well, just YUM! Trust me, I slurped that bowl clean before she turned around! Thanks mom!
Back to catching up though - yesterday our former neighbors came to see us! That is, Neighbor Joe brought his daughters. Neighbor Sue was having coffee with another friend. Those two little girls were really something! They know from dogs, they do. I got some good scratches around my ears, and on my neck, and the littlest one followed me around for a bit. She said the water in my pool was icy cold! Can you imagine? What good is a pool if it doesn't cool you off? Anyway, it was very nice to see them again. Even though they didn't remember me from when they lived here, they're old enough to remember me now - and they promised to read mom's books about me!
Oh, back to today. Mom spent a lot of time standing at a tall, skinny table with her clothes this morning. She said something to me about 'becoming a billboard for Moxie T', and held up a shirt with some stuff on it. I didn't know what that was all about, but whatever it was, it worked! When she came home she said it caught the eye of a human who, get this, actually knows McGruff!! You know McGruff - the big, strong, crime-fighting dog? Oh man, I would LOVE to meet HIM one of these days. Mom said that this human might visit my blog. If he does, and he reads this, maybe, just maybe, he'll say something to McGruff, and then maybe they'll call mom, and, well, you know, maybe I WILL get to meet him!
Mom and I spent some nice quiet time in the yard and on the porch, just enjoying each other, the weather, and our neighborhood this weekend. We really like it here. It's quiet, and then all of a sudden some kids will ride by on their bikes, or some moms and dads with kids on trikes and scooters come by a little slower. Mom says a neighborhood isn't really a neighborhood without kids. Considering how much they like me, and how much fun it is to bark at them when they come by, I guess she's right.
I hope you have kids in your neighborhoods too. And I hope you had as nice a weekend as we did. Happy dreams.....
Moxie is a very articulate pooch! And very much in touch with her "dogged-ness," or -- possibly a better word -- her "Moxie-ness."
ReplyDeleteA while back, I read somewhere that a dog's sense of smell is 50,000 times more sensitive (or more acute) than a human's. That's actually sort of meaningless; maybe they meant that a dog has 50,000 times as many olfactory nerve endings as a human.
Whatever. The point is ... can you imagine what it must be like for Moxie, when she's out for a walk? Just a continual rush of ... what ... data, information, sensations ... something that us mere humans cannot even begin to understand.
I've always believed in God. And (IMHO) the common dog ("canis familiaris") is God's finest creation. Forget the Grand Canyon, creatures of the ocean depths, etc.
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I totally agree! Dogs are just marvels of life. I learned recently that while their sense of smell is extraordinary, they actually have relatively few taste buds. That is, they smell an amazing variety of scents (identifying gender, age, and recent meals of those they're smelling) but fairly unsophisticated taste options. Perhaps that's why trainers say to use smelly treats versus what humans view as 'tasty'.
ReplyDeleteI'm not familiar with IMHO. Would you elaborate please? BJ (Moxie's mom)
IMHO = In My Humble Opinion
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