Silly, big pup

Stella went to the vet the other day – she’s fine, but probably allergic to everything outside.  Oh, and she is 10lbs heavier than I thought – she’s ~85lbs.  BIG dog, huh?  But a sweetheart.

And – she is so funny, when she’s not being a pain, that is.  She likes to play in the house.  Her favorite game is keep away.  She will have a toy in her mouth, and stare you down to chase her.  She thinks she’s taunting you to take her toy – especially if it’s a squeaky, she will bite it to make a squeak, sometimes squeaking in a pattern, to taunt you even more to take it.  As soon as you get up and head towards her, she takes off.  Then you get close to her, and she turns in circles so you can’t get near the toy in her mouth.  If you start leaving her, she will chase you down to take her toy.  And then you chase her back to get her toy.  So it’s keep away and chase.  And she has so much fun.

Tonight, she grabbed her cow.  I wasn’t in the mood to chase her everywhere, so I grabbed her octopus.  She then wanted the octopus.  So what does she do?  She leaps towards me, with all her being, to get the octopus.  As I mentioned, she’s now close to 90 pounds.  So I step back a couple of steps, to make sure I don’t topple over backwards in the event she rams into me.  She then gets the octopus.  So I get cow – and squeak it.  Guess what – she now wants cow.  We do this a few times, and then she’s done playing, happy, and tired.  So she lays down, spread out like a frog, with her head up, mouth open, panting, and smiling.  And we know she’s happy!  Silly dog…