Went down to Aptos yesterday to do a little Lure coursing. Our new favorite thing. Well, maybe Bella’s new favorite thing. My good little brown one that does no wrong becomes a complete crack head when she hears the lure machine. She becomes Primitive Bella. Wild Beast. Huntress of the recycled grocery bag.
See, I don’t let me dogs chase stuff as a general rule. No crittering. No harassing wildlife. I think it’s dangerous to encourage a dog to, for example, chase squirrels. As most of you know, generally their ears stop working when they get that heavily into prey mode. Then you end up with dogs that get into trouble, say, with a moving vehicle, because they decide that going after a small fuzzy thing is way more important than listening to you bellow COME!
I think Bella’s years of “don’t even think about it” are catching up. She’s like the kid that was raised to be all responsible and a good citizen and for god’s sake eat your vegetables who goes all ape shit when they get to college and spends four year getting drunk and eating nothing but Snickers bars and pizza.
She really thinks this is the best thing evah!
She could seriously do this all day
Kate thinks it’s pretty much Da Bomb, too, but more in a chasing Bella kinda way. Kate is much faster than Belly. If Kate is behind, she’s on Bell, not the lure
It takes her a few go-arounds to figure out what they are doing. The first couple of runs are spent yelling in Bella’s ear.
What are we running for?!?!!!
Seriously, where are we going???!!!
She does eventually realize that there is a purpose
She at least shuts up then
She’s still giving Bella a break, though. Trying to not one-up her big sis. She could totally get around the track in half the time it takes Bella
Maybe Kate just sees it as more of a family activity than her self centered sis?
See, I don’t let me dogs chase stuff as a general rule. No crittering. No harassing wildlife. I think it’s dangerous to encourage a dog to, for example, chase squirrels. As most of you know, generally their ears stop working when they get that heavily into prey mode. Then you end up with dogs that get into trouble, say, with a moving vehicle, because they decide that going after a small fuzzy thing is way more important than listening to you bellow COME!
I think Bella’s years of “don’t even think about it” are catching up. She’s like the kid that was raised to be all responsible and a good citizen and for god’s sake eat your vegetables who goes all ape shit when they get to college and spends four year getting drunk and eating nothing but Snickers bars and pizza.
She really thinks this is the best thing evah!
She could seriously do this all day
Kate thinks it’s pretty much Da Bomb, too, but more in a chasing Bella kinda way. Kate is much faster than Belly. If Kate is behind, she’s on Bell, not the lure
It takes her a few go-arounds to figure out what they are doing. The first couple of runs are spent yelling in Bella’s ear.
What are we running for?!?!!!
Seriously, where are we going???!!!
She does eventually realize that there is a purpose
She at least shuts up then
She’s still giving Bella a break, though. Trying to not one-up her big sis. She could totally get around the track in half the time it takes Bella
Maybe Kate just sees it as more of a family activity than her self centered sis?
Lure coursing looks like so much damn fun! Great pics!
ReplyDeletePretty sure there is some kind of law that says the older a dog gets, the more they decide that the rules don't actually apply to them. Seems to be something my old ladies are adhering to anyway!
ReplyDeleteLooks like so much fun, go Bella!
That looks like such a blast! Even more cracker-y than flyball.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fun to me, I want to try it, it's got to be better than chasing squirells
ReplyDeleteDoes look like fun to me too!
ReplyDeleteLooks like so much fun - I wish there was somewhere we could do that!
ReplyDeleteWe probably missed each other, we were there really early and left as it became crowded.
ReplyDeleteNext time we'll hang out and say hello.
You guys always look like you are having tons of fun
ReplyDeleteBenny & Lily
Your photos are beautiful! Thank you for giving the world such a unique view of your PUPPY.
ReplyDeletei'm loving that...how does the bag get pulled? fishing rod?
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