After I shot the photos from yesterday’s post, I sat in the sun myself. Suddenly, Lilly came to my defense from what appears to her as bugs crawling on my back. Turns out, they were shadows from spots on the glass door. (TMI, perhaps, on my window cleaning efforts.)
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In our continuing efforts to notice dog language based on what we learned from Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide by Brenda Aloff, I shot these two photos of the dogs sitting inside one of our sliding doors in the sun. Both looked at me, then looked away in unison. I love these pics of my golden-eyed pair, sharing a dog bed in the sun.
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I need your help! I’m doing research on good pet care partnerships. I know it’s different for everyone, but I should be able to distill some key characteristics from your comments and stories. To prime the idea pump, consider these questions:
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Squeak, squeak, squeak. Whine, whine, whine. That’s all I’ve been hearing for several weeks now. Lilly has a new attention-getting ploy. She goes and cries to Ginko, which frustrates him, so then he barks. Ginko never bothers me unless he really needs something, so at first, I’d go running to see what was up. VOILA! Lesson learned. Lilly figured out that fussing to Ginko garners attention (from both of us). STINKER! …
If you have anyone in your house who is at all sensitive allergy-wise, DO NOT switch laundry detergent willy-nilly. I bought some Gain recently because it was on sale, and I practically poisoned Tom. He was sick for three solid days (over last weekend). He couldn’t breath. His eyes were bright red. He sneezed and sneezed and sneezed. Unfortunately, I’d done a whole day’s laundry while he was gone on Saturday. It wasn’t until Sunday morning we figured out the cause. …
Earlier this week, Lilly’s friend the Boer goat spent a lot of time in the pasture behind our house. We’ll go a whole week without seeing her, then she’ll be back, grazing with the horses. Tom and I each left the dogs inside and went to smooch on her at the fence. (We think its a her.) And, she loved the attention. Do you think a raised paw means the same thing in Goat-Speak as it does with dogs? …
We had a pretty mellow training week for a number of reasons, but Lilly did have two play dates with her pal Katie. And, in our ongoing study of canine body language, I noticed a few funny things. …
Keeping with yoga poses named for things our dogs do, here is Ginko showing the classic Half Dog (with toy). …
So, I went through Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide by Brenda Aloff a second time. Much of the info I already knew, but here are a handful of things that struck me while thinking about Lilly and Ginko’s use of their bodies to communicate. …
As a kid, I watched football with my family. As an adult, however, I found and married one of very few American men who doesn’t give a rat’s behind about sports. He doesn’t watch them. He doesn’t care. He dives for the remote when sports reports come on TV news. All that is fine by me. So, these days, about the only things I enjoy about football are the famous Super Bowl commercials. So, in honor of this weekend’s big game, here’s a quick plug for our Border Collie friend
