It’s hard work being my muse, but Coco tries. Here she is perusing the newspaper in search of interesting tidbits for me to blog about.
But eventually, Coco tires of this, and she can become awfully annoyed at the endless (to her, very boring) tappy-tappy game I seem to be playing with the keyboard. When this happens she asks me — no, I’m afraid she tells me — to let her go outside to play with her toys — her latest being a Cheng Shin model 53-559 mountain bike tire, which someone so helpfully discarded in a local park.
I could almost swear she suspects it’s a giant snake which managed to get itself twisted into a stubborn infinity position, and that only she can shake it loose.
Considering that the tire was free, it’s not only cheaper than her poor bedraggled Otis and Claude Bettie fetch throwing toy, but it’s easier for me, because I only have to throw it once or twice, and Coco does the rest.
It’s perfect for a psychotic game of tug-of-war too, but the shrieks and growls Coco makes when I pull and she won’t let go sound a bit blood-curdling, and I have to think of the neighbors.
All work and no play makes Coco a dull girl!
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5 responses to “All work and no play makes Coco a dull girl!”
I will suggest to my husband that we get one of these immediately. In fact, I think we may have one or two similar ones on hand.
As I’ve previously noted, we didn’t get a pit bull as I wanted… but I think the Great Pyrenees and the mutant, er… I mean, mixed breed will love a tire like that.
I love Coco… and if I’m ever in your vicinity will request permission to come express that love in person.
Not that I don’t think you’re a swell guy too… but.
Cheng Shin tires last forever. They also have the highest rolling resistance ever invented.
Flickr show of my Vicki’s first encounter with a tire, last August.
My previous Doberman Annie was much more of a tire destroyer, as she got each of the remnants of my bike commuting to work on.
Wow, thank you both!
And of course Maverick, Jack and Vickie!
Wonderful photos.
She won’t “let go”, you say?
That’s the beauty of a top-notch companion, is it not?
Perhaps you and Coco need new neighbors(?), or at least neighbors who understand that a shriek and a howl might be a VERY good thing.