ParNone
06-07-2004, 11:14 AM
That Gully is such a character. He's just always got me laughing about something. I wish I was quicker with the camera, but I never seem to have it at the ready, at the right time. All of y'all that get such cute spontaneous pics, I give major kudos. Anyway, the other day I opened the door to let him inside and there he was sitting in my flowerpot. Guess he needed a higher advantage point to see over the Gardenia bushes into the rest of the yard.
He's still bouncing everywhere. He really needs sound effect accompaniment. Boing... Boing... Boing... Currently I've got his crate sitting up on top of Oz's and I have to be paying attention when I open the door to it, because as soon as it opens, he leaps from the crate into my arms. We've started working on "Wait", because I'm not so sure my back can handle catching a 70lb Collie launching himself at me. He was playing with Oz the other day and got under the computer desk. As Oz went by, Gully hurdled the PC tower to grab Oz's tail. I've been feeding him in Oz's crate and before I can put the bowl down, Gully comes flying past me and leaps my arm to land inside the crate. Apparently I need to work on my food bowl release speed.
I took him to Petsmart yesterday and one of the workers came up to pet him. He turned to me and sat, waiting for a treat. The Petsmart worker was lil' perplexed, but as soon as he got his treat, he turned and leaped into her lap and gave her some Collie kisses. I think he had her won over after that. Then a lady with a Lab puppy came walking by and again Gully came and sat in front of me waiting for a treat. The Petsmart worker was really impressed now. I think she thought he was figuring all of this out for himself. She didn't realize I was putting my hand in my pocket before each one of these situations and he was keying off of pocket=treat. Ah well, I just left her thinking he was a Genius Collie. :)
Oz and Gully playing. They're so entertaining to watch. Oz'll put Gully's whole head in his mouth. I feel like I'm watching a Lion act at the circus sometimes. Complete with sound effects. I really need to try and get that on video. Gully seems to like it though. Go figure...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p2f79553a49266d9b14a55a9fb2308919/f85dc7e2.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p6b4a16eb4e78f2f52271bc1fd3a0e51b/f85dc866.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p80048bd7d694398f99c9fc0d7b0f8768/f85dc848.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p5c2b257a3f3de0b62dac823c91681268/f85dc81b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p2df79a40bd7a533615b070d0f1f2c470/f85dc8a6.jpg
More a coming...
He's still bouncing everywhere. He really needs sound effect accompaniment. Boing... Boing... Boing... Currently I've got his crate sitting up on top of Oz's and I have to be paying attention when I open the door to it, because as soon as it opens, he leaps from the crate into my arms. We've started working on "Wait", because I'm not so sure my back can handle catching a 70lb Collie launching himself at me. He was playing with Oz the other day and got under the computer desk. As Oz went by, Gully hurdled the PC tower to grab Oz's tail. I've been feeding him in Oz's crate and before I can put the bowl down, Gully comes flying past me and leaps my arm to land inside the crate. Apparently I need to work on my food bowl release speed.
I took him to Petsmart yesterday and one of the workers came up to pet him. He turned to me and sat, waiting for a treat. The Petsmart worker was lil' perplexed, but as soon as he got his treat, he turned and leaped into her lap and gave her some Collie kisses. I think he had her won over after that. Then a lady with a Lab puppy came walking by and again Gully came and sat in front of me waiting for a treat. The Petsmart worker was really impressed now. I think she thought he was figuring all of this out for himself. She didn't realize I was putting my hand in my pocket before each one of these situations and he was keying off of pocket=treat. Ah well, I just left her thinking he was a Genius Collie. :)
Oz and Gully playing. They're so entertaining to watch. Oz'll put Gully's whole head in his mouth. I feel like I'm watching a Lion act at the circus sometimes. Complete with sound effects. I really need to try and get that on video. Gully seems to like it though. Go figure...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p2f79553a49266d9b14a55a9fb2308919/f85dc7e2.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p6b4a16eb4e78f2f52271bc1fd3a0e51b/f85dc866.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p80048bd7d694398f99c9fc0d7b0f8768/f85dc848.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p5c2b257a3f3de0b62dac823c91681268/f85dc81b.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid120/p2df79a40bd7a533615b070d0f1f2c470/f85dc8a6.jpg
More a coming...