Just two of the little maniacs though. Ray was starting to get a bit frustrated and annoyed by these hyperactive 4 month old furballs. Yeah, how could he?? But sweet little Smokey(above) and her new favourite game of "Beat-the-crap-outta-my-siblings" was starting to test Ray's patience. So before he turfed her over the fence, I suggested they come for a visit with their favourite other human. Or, pretty much the *only* other human they know.
And in the deal, I got to also take my favourite pup-goofball, CHUCK!! Man, they're getting big! For starting off as the lazy, mellow runt of the litter, he's now the lazy, mellow behemoth of the litter.
He's the only one who can handle Smokey-the-tyrant. Only because he weighs twice as much as her and his strategy to control her involves merely sitting on her.
But, most of the time, they got along and had a blast.
Introducing them to the tennis ball game. They caught on fast!
Smokey is a speedy thing compared to the bulk of chuck. But then again, even a 80-yr old sea turtle could beat Chuck to the ball if it really wanted to. I hear sea turtles like tennis.
Once Smokey had the ball, there was no stopping her.
Chuck adapted fast though and when Smokey relaxed momentarily, that was Chuck's cue to pounce and use his brawn to *yoink* the ball out of her mouth. Like this:
(closest possible view of a dogs mouth)
Run Chuck, run!!!
Go Chuck-ster!
A rare moment when he is actually in front of Smokey.
They loved tripping through the wood pile. And I loved watching them flail through it!
Oh, HOURS of entertainment...
They'd trip and wipe-out, yet that wouldn't stop them from going BACK to the woodpile again and again...
Chuck is so oblivious at times - he ran right into me while I was kneeling down and smacked his shoulder right into my knee as he zoomed - well, walked slightly faster than normal - by me. He let out a yelp and limped for a bit. But *whew* - by the time Ray picked them up, he was no longer hobbling. Yay! Uninjured puppies!! It's a good day when they don't maim themselves.
Smokey kept herself quite entertained with the ball.
"Hey! 'Git back here!"
"My ball. NOT Chuck's ball. My ball..."
9 comments:
Holy batdog those are big looking puppies. That's at 4 months?!
How much do they weigh? How big will they get when full grown?
Are they alaskans or some other breed?
sean
Ya gotta love puppies, especially when someone else is coming to take them home eventually! They are both adorable.
Tamara
turboyoshi - they're actually not *that* big. I should have put a "regular" dog beside them for scale. I also forgot to weigh them! Chuck is probably 30lbs?
Their parents are different - the father is a big, strong Alaskan Husky and looks identical to Chuck. The mother is tiny, and has a bit of hound in her. Smokey takes after her. Chuck will probably be a 60lb'er, easy. Whereas the females will be 40-50 probably.
Tamara - yeah, they're fun, but it's also nice and quiet when they're gone!!
Oh they are SO cute! And they look like holy terrors :) Doesn't 14 adults seem SO easy compared to 2 puppies? :)
Okay, where's the snow??? It says, "Life with Dogs in the Yukon," not "Life with Dogs in some Tropical Place Without Snow."
Okay, so it's been 40 here. We still have snow.
Sue - yeah, according to Ray -they ARE holy terrors!! 14 of those and I'd have to jump off my roof.
John - snow!?? It's summer!!! Ok, spring. We actually did have a huge dump of snow (see Tamara's blog for pics) a few days ago - which has already melted at my place.
Ah, why bother explaining, I gave up on snow looong ago this winter!! Bring on the leaves!!
What is the temperature measured in dog poop units now?
Ha! It was great up until our recent snowfall. But it's drying out again pretty good now. I'm in the raking stage - the poop isn't too mushy so you can rake it up good. Real goooood!
Sigh. Stacie, any chance you want to trade lives... maybe just for a week?
All of your pics of your dogs and the Yukon make me green with envy.
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