Ya, notice how close the toy is to the box, to make it so easy for you! And you still didn’t get it! Hah!

I was lazy and wanted Mummy to put it in the box for me. But Mumsy ignored my laziness, so I had no choice. I got yummy treats for doing it though! And Mumsy could throw the toy further away towards the end of the video!

I think Mother started by holding the box directly below your mouth when you were holding the toy right? Until you got the idea that the goal was to put the toy in the box.

Yup and I learnt it fast!

Juliet with her devil eyes and mischievous face, up to no good. But what exactly is she doing?

Gouging out the eyes of a reindeer! Poor Mr Rudolph!

I LOVE BALLS!

You may not want to proclaim that so loudly, Juliet.

Mumsy makes ball chasing fun! She fills the ball with treats and when I catch it and bring it back, I GETS ‘EM.

Yes. Mother, in her bid to distract me and get us to be more toy oriented, has been dissecting little tennis balls and putting food in the hole.

Then she draws eyes above the opening so it looks like a smiley face! So cute! I love balls! WHEEEEE!

These are the balls Mother is using. They are small and cost her less than S$10 for a pack of 3! (There is one missing from the picture, yes. How observant.)

Mother wants to put this picture in her hand-modelling portfolio

Poke scissor into ball and make a small cut

Tadah! Looks like a mouth right? You can draw two eyes above it!

Put food in the opening! Use small treats that are fairly firm. Squishy ones (including those that turn squishy with saliva) can be hard to get out.

Haha! You missed the ball that last time Juliet!

And again! HAHA!

You were distracting me! Well at least I caught it in the end! Hmpf!

Here are two old videos Mother made of me playing with the Dog Casino and Dog Brick. Pfffft. Easy peasy!

I can just about hear your mums going “What great invention is this and where can I get it?!?” It’s called the Dog Pyramid because it is sort of triangular with a wider base which is weighted, making it much much harder to get the treats out than those other toys which you just roll and everything comes out. It was created by Nina Ottoson. I have a love-hate relationship with that woman. She makes great toys that always involve treats but I have to really use my brain! When she makes out that just dispense treats every second she will top my list of favourite people. 

Mother: *AHEM*

Er.. after Mother of course.

The downside to this brilliant invention is that it is made of plastic. And is heavy by dog toy standards. These 2 combined with the force of my muzzle smacking it across the room can break things. Like glass cabinets. And Mother’s toe. Ok I didn’t break her toe but she’s yelped in pain several times when that slowpoke didn’t manage to get out of the way in time. I slam it against walls, doors, etc. It can get quite noisy if played on wooden floors but should be much quieter on carpet.

Mother got it from Haute Hound but here’s a listing of other places you can find it online.

Here’s me on a night Mother had something else to do than to pander to my every need.

Mother said they visited a lovely couple with FOUR SHELTIES! Hmpf. I feel betrayed. Mother gushed about this handsome male called Quito and how Bouba’s so focussed and how Lizzie has got a herding streak and how Luna’s so sweet. HMPF. I think she didn’t miss me at all! She spent some hours with the Fleurdemai shelties playing with them and patting them, while I sit pining away, waiting for them, jumping up and running out at every little sound outside. HMPF. I’ll show her! I’ll ignore her today!

Mother said also that they drove around the countryside alot. This might explain why all the toys she brought back were livestock. She got me a rubber pig that oinks, a lamb fleece pull toy and a squawking fowl (Mother says alot of this end up as road kill) amongst others. She said she thought pets kingdom at Harrod’s rocked! And that there were soooo many things there! She wanted to buy more stuff but Father said there was no more space in the luggage. Bah. Bring bigger bags, people!

When Mother came home and I was chewing and licking her hands, I almost cracked my teeth on a rock. She’s now got this sparkly bling thing on her hand. Mother very excited told me that Father “proposed”. I don’t know what he “proposed” tho’, coz she didn’t say anything after that. Weird. *shrugs*

So one of Mother’s favourite past times is getting me riled up and then getting me to do the opposite of what I really want to do. It’s VERY ANNOYING! She started with randomly asking me to sit or lie down or drop things I’m holding or not to touch things she throws at me, when I wasn’t very excited. She said if she did it when I’m “past my threshold” she’ll just get a super hyper dog running around not caring if he ran into a wall (which is kind of true). Apparently to get this to self-control thing to work it’s important to know your threshold level – that is, at what point can you be excited but still listen to your mum?

Mother’s trying to get me to do a fast drop while doing my zoomies (running around the house, jumping on furniture, going slightly mental) but she’s not been very successful. Well, duh! Clearly by that point I’m like WAAAY in the orbit of ultra excitement and not even thinking. Try again next time Mother! 

Here’s a video of Mother torturing me with this self control stuff. She actually does something like this every morning before she goes to work, that cruel cruel woman! She’ll get a toy that can hold treats (like the turtle that you can stuff with squeaker eggs, or the bag with a rope and a ball attached to it at the end) and will stuff a small piece of pig’s ear or tendon in it. Then she’ll make me sit, and will toss the toy with the treat so tantalizingly close to me and will tell me to leave it!! *screams* Then she walks further away and calls me to her, making me walk right past the toy with the yum yums!! THEN she’ll wait until I sit and look at her before she says I can take the toy!! ARGH!!!

I asked Mother where she buys stuff from me and she gave me a little list:

1. Trixie + Peanut
2. The Puppy Shop
3. Amazon
4. Coastal Pet Supplies on Amazon.com
5. KV Vet Supply on Amazon.com
6. SitStay – This one only accepts US credit cards but Mother did a wire money transfer through the bank.
7. Haute Hound
8. 2 Hounds Design
9. Clean Run – Alot of agility related stuff
10. Ralph Lauren (Pets) – Mother bought me polo tees so I will look like Father. Sigh.

I think Mother plans on adding more to the list. Stay tuned??