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It's 4:58am, I don't care let me tell you about my friend's dog
My friends dog is 2 things, one obsessed with me for reasons I cannot discern [usually dogs dont like me] and two is very dumb and very smart At The Same Time.
and by this I will give an example, she does and does not understand the concept of fetch.
she wants you to throw the toy, she wants to retrieve it and wants this process to repeat
HOwever: will not give you the toy but will instead run around you holding it in her mouth and "mooing"
->thing she does when she's happy and wants to play it sounds like those canned mooing things
once you have the toy one of two things will happen
she will forget what she's doing and walk away and back several times still mooing. You must shake the toy to get her attention again
or she will run before you've thrown it.
once she's has retrieved said toy she will walk back and forth with it mooing and wanting it to be thrown again, but will not relinquish it without you putting your hand on the toy to take from her mouth.
I'll be clear, when she does this the way I know she wants it thrown again is the second you put your hand on it and give the babiest pull she let's go. There is no struggle no pulling cause she just wants to walk around w it, no she wants it thrown again. But seems to want your participation and consent to throw it again.
She sees it more like playing catch I think? which is cool I think cause she has observed my friend and I playing catch
the only issue is...the ball she has chosen is sonetimes so small it would be impossible to retrieve without actually putting your hand INSIDE her mouth. Like your hand inside the Slobbery golden retriever maw to grasp a slime, hair covered ball.
I'm not too concerned with that so much-> I'll just wash my hand,
but this is still a living creature that is unpredictable. So putting your hand IN its mouth, not the most advisable.
not to mention it's hard to initially tell she has something her mouth to say "I have ball, let's play"
she just looks like she's mooing with her mouth s l i g h t l y agape.
I have taught her to respond to a whistle command and also hand signals tho so that's cool.
Anyhow the sun is nearly up so I'll be in my crypt.->scratch that, tis
So I best be off
Also my concussion is mostly healed, still have a bump and my vision is a bit odd but that can happen and it will reverse itself eventually so I may post some proper art soon? until then, off I go to the land of the unconscious.
We took the screen outta one of the basement windows so that Sox and Mittens can go outside. There is, however, a grate on top so that they can't get out into the backyard.
That's important context to this story.
I just got to watch a small bird give my cats the run around for ten minutes by hiding on top of my dad's Star Destroyer. It then proceeded to give my mom the run around until I got both cats in my room. At which point I threw my jacket on top of the basket it landed in (one of Mittens' favorite sleeping spots) and took it upstairs to let it out outside. I think it might try to get back inside, though...it was staring very intently at me