Live Action Arrow

It can be difficult to relax when you live with a hyperactive dog.

My owner mom caught Arrow being extremely aggravating at the doggie park today. He doesn't like being ignored when he wants to play.

Other Doggie's Stuff

Why does somebody else’s bone always look better? When Arrow is sitting around chewing away at something, I want it. It could be something that was laying around all day. As soon as he gets it, I want it. The chew is always tastier when it’s in Arrow’s mouth. He does soften the rawhides up nicely.



Arrow finds something he likes and takes off with it. He goes to the corner of the living room between some furniture. Maybe upstairs in bed. Or on his favorite couch pillow. Somewhere away from me. But I can’t help myself. He’s got it. I've got to have it. Dog nature, I guess.

Now that I've got it, I'm not sure I want it....

Busted!

It’s been a long week of walks on the leash. We got busted. I was chasing Arrow around on the grass at Cheesman Park very early in the morning, when the doggie police swooped down on us. My owner mom got suspicious of a white van and put us on leashes, but it was too late. She should have tried to run. We’re fast. The doggie policeman came over and asked about where we live. He checked our tags. Stupid Arrow rolled over and let the man rub his belly. I kept my mouth shut and gave him a mean look. My mom has to pay $80.


We don’t run loose in Cheesman anymore. Arrow thinks he's there to run and drags us around. We pass many dignified dogs, but we don’t care. We like to take time and smell the tree trunks. All the them on both sides of the path at once. I sometimes growl at big dogs and Arrow says hi to everyone, two legs or four legs. We stay on the paths, tied to our owner. When I jump on Arrow or he bites my tail it’s: No playing on the leash.

Sophia

I had a date today. Sophia and her brothers and sister and her mom went to the dog park with us. She took very good care of me. When I was too growly, she walked with me on my leash.




Sophia gave me lots of treats. She even cried until they let me ride in her car.


Then she fed me and Arrow some of her ice cream. I think I’m in love

Does He Bark?!

Arrow is still a work in progress. They are trying to get him not to pee on the rugs so there are doggie diapers all over the place. He actually hit one this morning. He is confused about inside and outside. After peeing 347 times outside, he comes in and finishes the job in between chewing things. Some of his favorites: shoes, a watch band (watch attached), those plastic covers on library books, nail files, knitting and yarn, and even his leash.

Yesterday Arrow made such a big mess that my owner mom took me for a ride and left him home. He chewed up plastic bags. He chewed up a plastic CD case and it felt like pieces of glass were on the rug. He found some corn husks and spread them out on the bed. The he got a part of a toilet brush and played chase with mom. She needed a time out from Arrow.

We looked at ski stuff (yawn yawn BORING). Then we went to a place I used to go. I ran around by the lake. After we met a lady and looked at an apartment.

My owner mom introduced me to the lady. “Does he bark?” “No,” my mom said. He’s very quiet.” I save my barks for important things. Besides, I can just give Arrow The Look. But you-know-who barks constantly. When he wants to play. When he wants people to look at him. When he’s in his cage. When he’s happy. When he’s sad.

He’s very quiet, my owner mom said. She never told the lady about Arrow. She even paid extra in case I pee on the floor (which I never do). In the winter, we all go away to the snowy places every Friday. Where will Arrow go? Maybe they can put him on a snowboard.

House Work

Arrow has been showing me how to do stuff around the house. First we make the bed.

Play a little game of hide the bone.

Then it’s off to the bathroom to empty the trash.

That thing he chewed up is a diaper for the rug. It's supposed to smell good to pee on but Arrow thinks it's tasty.

Seconds

Tonight my owner mom came home and picked up our food dishes. Arrow and I were VERY excited. Then she mixed in our food. We got rice and hamburger (yum!) and kibble (why?). When I hear the mixing sounds, I like to sit looking up at the counter and smelling everything. But Arrow can’t sit. He runs around and around the island.




She put our food down and told the bearded one she fed us. He said we ate already. He fed us. Double food. What a nice surprise. We were VERY full.

The Spa

I went to the spa. First a grueling workout. I ran. I chased. I splashed and I growled.

Then a relaxing message.

Arf-robics on the lap. Another dip in the pool—really the muddy pond. Delightfully muddy but safe for swimming. Swimming and jumping with the instructor frog.

Followed by rolling on a refreshing mud pack.
I left feeling like a new dog—except for a few burrs I picked up on the jogging trail.