Rawhide Rowdy Boy Odin, better known as Odie in this neck of the woods is 9, going on 70 years old and showing signs of "Old Timers'", or Doggie Dementia!
He can often be found late at night or early, early in the morning out at the end of the driveway barking at things only he can see. Maybe there are snow rabbits or deer somewhere out there in the fields that spread out everywhere around us, but they would have all taken cover at the first sound of him high tailing it out the dog doors at the darkest hour of the night. He has a deep, loud bark that a neighbor over a mile away has reported hearing at 3 a.m.
Tennis balls are his passion! Give him a brand new tennis ball and he will have it torn to shreds in 10 minutes flat! Either that or he immediately takes them outside and drops them out in the yard after carrying them around in his mouth while he barks at invisible rabbits.
His other obsession is digging. He loves to go out in the field and dig for mice and after he has completely dug out the burrow he will come happily into the house with mud and weeds covering his nose, feet and belly. Sometimes he brings the half dead mouse in as a gift.
Friday he decided something was in the snow in our front yard so he spent the day pursuing whatever he thought was at the bottom of the dig. All day long he dug and soon grass and mud where being flung behind him and all we could see was his stubby tailed butt sticking up in the air while his front was deep into the crater now in the middle of our front lawn.
Occasionally he would come up for air, twice he came in to beg for a snack or have a drink of pure toilet water and then out he would go again in search of the treasure.
Finally around 8 or 9 p.m. came in, drug himself over to his dog bed and collapsed and slept straight through until 8 the next morning. No barking that night.
What did he find? Maybe it was the chewed up bone I found on the living room carpet that day...I don't know, but he's back to barking again now!
Maybe I will have sweet hubby go bury some tasty treat in the snow in the back yard for Odie to dig for tomorrow!
6 comments:
Aren't they a load of love and entertainment! Gotta luv em!
One time we laughed at Pepper diggin in the yard and every time the dirt would fly back and hit his rear he'd turn around in circles trying to figure out what just hit his butt!
Good old guy, isn't he? They are just a most precious family member. Thanks for the most welcomed chuckle!!!!! Like Peggy said, "You DO gotta love em"! And we DO!
Hillarious!I sometimes wonder why we love them so much! I mean, really, they are such a pain sometimes, but we just can't help it can we? life just wouldn't be the same without dogs? Love you!
Funny ole boy...gotta love Odie!
LOL That's funny!
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