I got an incredible deal on a giant bag of “happy cow” beef liver dog treats from Prather Ranch (they have great standards for humane farm animal care and they make delicious jerky).
As you can see I am not the only one who's excited about this purchase.
Ada can't wait to dig in!
I’ve mentioned Ada’s destructo-tendencies once or twice before. It’s probably a bit harsh to compare her to a serial killer*, but a serial toy destroyer she certainly is!
Here we find a common scene:
What was once a favorite toy lays now abandoned, dismembered and gutted.
Ada appears remorseful of her destructive actions.
Maybe not. "Nommy toy guts... Mmmmmm."
* To my knowledge, the only living thing she ever killed was a tiny spider. And I’m not even sure if it was really dead or just playing dead.
I never would have recognized this as the best dog toy ever before I had a dog.
And it's only $5! Woo!
It may look silly, but this here is the best toy because it is all Ada’s favorite toys in one. It is a tug rope, a tennis ball, and a rattle*. She plays tug with it; she plays fetch with it; and she plays shake-the-living-daylights-out-of-it.
* Technically ours doesn’t have a rattle anymore because Ada tore open the head and ripped it out (earning her the nickname Zombie Dog). But it’s a much quieter toy now so we’re not really upset about it.
The other night we were all lounging on the couch, probably watching TV or playing a game. When I noticed Ada in this pose, I quickly snapped a crappy photo on my iphone before cracking up (and causing her to rearrange).
Ada imitates the Venus of Urbino.
Our pup has no idea how renaissance-sexy she is.
Ada has been hiking with us before. And while she has got pretty messy in the past–rolling around in leaves and what-not–I don’t think either of us fully anticipated her reaction to walking in the forests of Northern Washington.
It was quite damp in the forest and raining intermittently. This meant that Ada quickly became rather bedraggled. For some reason, unbeknownst to us, she would stop every 100m or so and either lie down or roll her face in the floor. This in turn caused her hair to become full of sticks and leaves, which would make her roll around more as she tried to get them off her. Not the smartest of pups, it would seem.
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1. Lie down or roll.
2. Pick out the big bits.
3. Keep on picking.
4. Try again.
Needless to say, we cut the walk short. But by the end of it we managed to keep her walking straight by giving her with treats every 30-seconds or so.
Ada hates toilet paper.
Or maybe she loves it.
She certainly loves to destroy it.
We bought a carrier for Ada so that we can bring her on BART as part of the morning commute to work. We also use it in the car because it’s much safer than holding her on a lap. Usually she settles down quickly and happily in the bag. But today she really wanted to get out, furiously digging and scratching and biting at all the corners of the bag.
The bag features a little Pet Connect zipper that is just big enough for us to reach in a pet her “without the threat of escape”. But to our Ada that is just a challenge!
Once she discovered this potential exit...
...she tried to squeeze her whole body out!
Luckily we were able to put her back inside and zip up the “escape hatch” so we could all have a safe ride home.
Ada seemed to think it would be increadibly fun to roll around face first in the dirt.
