Walking On Egg Shells

I got tickled at Rowdy the other day.  We have been having heavy rain for several days and there is water standing in the yard.  Rowdy"s spoiled and doesn't like the wet outside, so I had to force him to go out to do his business.  Reluctantly, he slowly proceeded out in the yard, so carefully taking each step that he looked like he was walking on egg shells, or maybe even navigating a mine field!

Woof, woof, woof, woof!

This evening I was watching the show about previous Superbowl commercials and they showed a commercial of barking dogs, that were barking the theme to StarWars.  It immediately got Rowdy's attention and with his ears perked up, he watched and listened intently.  I thought I'd get him excited by saying "Get-um Rowdy, Get-um!"  And half expected him to get up an bark or howl or something, but he just lay there and watched until it was over.  Maybe he already had enough excitement for the day!

The dog's OUT!

Last Wednesday, I took Rowdy with me to an Auction.  He of course had a good time jumping up an anybody who would give him attention.  For a while, I had picked him up and held him under one arm, while they were selling a couple of items that I was interested in.  Someone hollered out "It's the dog's bid!"  With that, the auctioneer announced, "NO, the dog's out.  I've got the bid over here!"  as he pointed to another guy and everybody laughed.

You Stink! No, YOU Stink!

Something I neglected to post, a while back!

A few months ago we were on our way down to Sarah's house and on the way down, an extremely foul order filled the car.  Rowdy was lying curled up on the seat and as I looked down at him, he simultaneously lifted his head up on the center console and looked up at me.  I said, "Pew!  Did you do that?"  The look in Rowdy's eyes said to me, 'Did YOU do that?'  I started laughing so hard at him because every time I looked down at him looking up at me, his expression seemed to change his story.  It was like he was saying everything from 'You stink!' to 'I'm sorry, I didn't mean to!'

Darn-it, I Broke A Nail!

I had to haul some stuff out to the farm today and took Rowdy with me.  While I was unloading the trailer, I let him run around off the leash.  I wasn't worried because this was his home before I got him, so he was in familiar territory and I wasn't concerned that he would run off. 

When it was time to leave, I noticed he was limping and thought it was on his hind leg.  After he got in the car I noticed why he was limping, he had broken one of his claws on his left front foot and it was hanging sideways.  When we got home I clipped it back a little, but he put up a fuss and yelped a lot so I will have to wait until it grows out some more before I can clip the bad part completely off.

Our First Christmas

Well' I've had Rowdy for almost a year now, as I initially got him on January 1st., so this is the first Christmas we actually spent together, even though I'd seen him and petted him last Xmas.  Boy did he have a good time.  We first celebrated at Sarah's home, so he got to play and play and play with his buddies Wrigley and Niely.  He got some nice gifts in his Xmas stocking that Sarah's daughter Katrina make for him.  He got some chew bone treats, some pup-peroni treats, a couple of rope toys, a tennis ball and some other treats.  Then Sarah and I took him and Wrigley to my folks home where they played some more and got to greet a lot of my family.  By days end they were a couple of pooped pups!

Here he is with his Xmas stash!  I had a hard time getting him to pose for this picture.  He wanted to get down and play with Wrigley and Niely.

Little Houdini

I took Rowdy to an auction with me the other day.  He did fine greeting the other bidders and enjoyed walking around the grounds.  I usually just use his collar and a leash when I take him out to do his business, but when I take him someplace where he is on his leash for a while, I will use his harness so he doesn't pull hard and choke himself.  Well today I had his harness on and I was leading him around while looking at the merchandise to be auctioned.

I came across a few used chain saws that I was interested in.  One of them in particular looked like it might be good and I wanted to see if it would run, so I put the leash down on the ground and stood on it so Rowdy wouldn't take off when I attempted to start the saw.  I got it running to check it out and then shut it off, then somebody hollered at me, "Your dog took off!"  I looked down and found the harness empty and Rowdy gone.  He was about fifty feet away, sitting over by a building where he must of thought it was safe.  I don't know how the LS got out of his harness as I didn't even feel him tugging on the leash under my foot, so he must be a reincarnation of Houdini!