Ah ok cool thanks, I had something like that when Safi was smaller and it was the most successful for sure. She outgrew it quite quickly though
Car watching
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My first boy was a car chaser, well, anything that moved chaser, be it mechanical or biological, ok, even dead leaves blowing across the ground would catch his attention for at least a moment. Current guy doesn't really care about cars too much (unless they need muffler work). I live near an Airforce base so we have low flying planes going over all the time, he doesn't care. I also live near a highway. Last week I heard what I thought was just one of the trucks going by on the highway but the noise (thump,thump,thump) just kept going. Finally, I decided to go out front (Arleigh was out back) to try to find out what this noise was. It was coming from the neighborhood side not the highway, so I have to walk around back to see that it is a helicopter hovering about 500 ft. above the houses about a block away. What's Arleigh doing…looking up into the hickory tree into which a squirrel has run. Couldn't care less about this extremely loud hovering thing. Don't know why it was there, had no markings other than the tail numbers, and it flew directly over the back yard a couple of times only to hover again in the same spot. No reaction from Arleigh except his normal "Well you're out here, let's play!" Silly dog, the humans were all coming out of their houses to try to see what was going on and he was being....well... a Basenji.:)
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Haha! Cute story - and yes, the dead leaves….:)
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Yep, dead leaves, seaweed, bits of fluff, bunnies….. lol.
He also does a meerkat pose if the grass is too long for him to see over. He'll stand stock still on his back legs just looking into the fields
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Otis loves looking out the window..especially at squirrels..and cars, bicyclists are not even funny, they all go nuts..and birds..and the neighborhood dogs and on and on..My favorite part, he doesn't bark like the two other dogs, thank god….!!
Here is Otis, Gus and Luna.
Otis and Gus.
cute cute! Yes, it is nice to have a couple that don't bark.
Do y'all have hummingbirds? My B's run themselves ragged on the front porch chasing the hummingbirds from feeder to feeder. The hummingbirds dive bomb the dogs all the time and it is hilarious to watch.
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No hummingbirds here (bit cold and too far north!) but he does have a thing for pouncing on spiders and trying to catch bluebottles and bumble bees!
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I would love to have humming birds, if it moves mine will chase it!
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@caz:
Yep, dead leaves, seaweed, bits of fluff, bunnies….. lol.
He also does a meerkat pose if the grass is too long for him to see over. He'll stand stock still on his back legs just looking into the fields
The meerkat pose…cool! Never seen mine do that.
At Rocco's first show at Windsor, I had just got him stacked on the table for the judge to examine, when a low flying jumbo jet went directly overhead. He just stood there, motionless, apart from watching this plane. Everybody laughed, including the judge, and me!I've had to kit the kitchen windowsil out with vetbed, so they can wildlife watch/sunbathe in comfort. And you know all about Dora's love of car chasing!
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I also have a showstory to share…
Ochre is particularly interested in the birds too. What I had started to do was say, 'Is that the birds/birdies ???', to her, and she would stop whatever, to watch them fly around... Thats fine, until, I was at a show, just placed her on a table, she looked up, and stoopid me, says to her, "Is that the birdies", not thinking what I was saying, or more to the point, where I was... WELL, she freezes, up goes the head, and I CANNOT get her to do anything... I patiently wait, with the judge standing next to me, till the damn bird goes out of sight, stack her up, and the judge looks at me and says "I thought these were hounds not bird dogs !!!" I apologize to him, blushing madly, hes laughing, and Ochre goes on to win BOB
o:oLater I tell him what that was all about, still very red faced I might add...
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Cody just likes watching whatever is outside: cars, people, animals, grass, wind, whatever. He doesn't even notice planes or helicopters anymore unless they are flying extremely low, but we live near Camp Lejeune, where they are a common occurrence.
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And all this time I thought my Abbey was the only dog in the world that spotted helicopters and airplanes!! She sits down and watches till they're out of sight.
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crystalncody nice pictures of Cody very handsome guy. I call that window studying.
Rita Jean
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I forgot to mention that Gossy will chase not only birds but also their shadows
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Otis will chase seagulls when we are at the beach, not in the air though, he chases their shadows..silly dog.
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Jaycee chases shadows of all kinds it must be because they do not chase her.
Rita Jean
