When she was quite young, Glynis adapted to catching Frisbees like a fish does to water. This was quite a thrill for me. Olivia was never a Frisbee dog. I'd toss it and she would look at me in a manner that told me she was above chasing down things for her Master.
Glynis, on the other hand, would chase Frisbees until she couldn't move. Which is saying something for a whippet.
This past weekend was the perfect temperature. Mid-50s on Saturday and mid-60s on Sunday. So we went twice. Glynis couldn't wait. Pont was excited simply because Glynis was excited.
Glynis, of course, did spectacular leaps into the air. Twirling and dancing to grab the disc out of the sky. Pont started to get it but was content to simply chase a Frisbee rolling along the ground and carry one in his mouth. I can only hope the light-bulb goes off in his head later on.
Pont also developed a nasty habit of running alongside Glynis and bumping into her, shoulder to shoulder like some kind of Roller Derby King. Vision's of DQ's in lure coursing danced in my head. I sighed.
The excursions also gave me a chance to use the new camera in high speed situations. Here are some of the results:
Did I mention Glynis will be 9 in May?
An anxious Pont bites the hand that feeds him
What do you and your dog enjoy to do for outside exercise? Frisbee? Tennis ball? Water games? Leave a Comment below and then get outside with your dog!
Misc.
And if you didn't hear about my April Fools Joke that I pulled on Vikings fan you best read about it. I duped hundreds and hundreds of Vikings fans this past Thursday.
Posted by maasx003 at April 3, 2005 07:51 PM | TrackBackI think my Al would LOVE to do the frisbee. The problem is, I cannot throw it!!! We use the Chuck It and I finally can get that to go straight for them! I am the one that needs the frisbee training;)
Posted by: Annie at April 3, 2005 10:52 PMAnnie: I've seen these sling type devices to shoot tennis balls a great distance as well. I'm tempted to get one of those. I figure that would be great exercise as well.
Posted by: Brian Maas at April 4, 2005 07:47 AMVERY COOL PHOTOS!!
Posted by: Carol Just at April 5, 2005 12:24 AMWell, our whippet as a pup would fetch after frisbees. But, then we did a bad thing- introduced him to balls. He has not touched a frisbee since, he is addicted to chasing anything ball like. His favorite is rubber kong balls outside, and plush soft balls inside the house, or any smallish sized furry thing we will throw for him. He gets attached to one toy inside, and nothing else will do until it is completely destroyed.
He also loves toys where he has to pull something out of the middle.
Brian helped me to decide that a Whippet was the right kind of dog for us!!
Rob "Philly-Vike" Blake
Posted by: Rob Blake at April 28, 2005 12:42 PMhow did you dupe vikes fans?
i saw nothing on that link
