November 24, 2013

Monday Mischief: Does the Gardener Taste Like Chicken?

Rita hates our gardener. Probably most dogs do. I mean, how often do strangers just wander into your yard, armed with sharp objects and loud machines?

I try to keep her calm, by closing her up in our bedroom and drawing the blinds. Unfortunately, we have these vertical blinds where all she has to do is shove them aside to see the intruders. Our usually fairly calm girl turns into the Tasmanian Devil: (sorry about the picture quality, but it was dark and I was just using my phone. And she was a moving target!)
"Hey you!"

"Yeah! You!"
"Come here so I can rip your head off!"
"Chicken!! I bet that's what you taste like!"
The girl can jump! So, the mischief part is... can I count this as "Other high intensity" activity on PetsMove? :) It's pretty intense! (If you don't know about our new obsession with counting Rita's earned "paws" and counting our own steps, check here.)

Thanks to Snoopy’s Dog Blog, Alfie’s Blog, and My Brown Newfies for hosting Monday Mischief!


25 comments:

  1. Hmmmm....Kessie thinks that maybe other dogs (outside) taste like chicken!!
    -Terry from MatildasJourney.com

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  2. Bol! Look at her going to town! Shiner also hates intruders and she has kind of a scary bark.

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  3. Woof! Jeffie is mighty impressed. He feels exactly the same way about strangers. Jeffie is absolutely sure the FedEx man tastes like chicken ;-)

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  4. Thats the same with all the dogs :P they dont like new people in their home

    Welcome to join my blog
    Yourspecialdog

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  5. That looks like good aerobic exercise to me!

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  6. I think you absolutely count it as aerobic activity! Isee she made it to #9 on the Leaderboard for last week. Well Done!

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  7. She can really got some air! I think this definitely qualifies as a workout!

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  8. Holy cow, sign that girl up for the jumping contest. She has some serious air there.

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  9. My dogs love our gardener. That would be me. but they are convinced that the garbage men are stealing our stuff.

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  10. PAWSOME JUMPING!! Rita should enter a jumping contest. Just make sure your gardener is one of the judges.

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  11. OMD! Rita can jump!!
    hugs
    Mr Bailey, Hazel & Greta

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  12. The photos are great with your captions! Love it.
    Meghan from 2catsandacattledog.com

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  13. Are you sure she doesn't just want to join in the gardener's fun?

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  14. LOL a good way to work in a workout!

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  15. Ha ha ha! Oh, that would totally be Morgan, too! Maybe next time you should just shoot video! lol

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  16. Beamer has never cared for our gardeners. But at least Rita got a leg workout for the day from all the jumping!

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  17. Jumping doggies, Rita can really get some air under her! BOL I hate the gardner too.

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  18. haha I thought it was a cat from the first picture! She can jump really high!! Our dogs and gardeners get along so well, half the time if the gardener leaves the gate open accidentally, the dogs will still stay inside the fence! LOL! (thank goodness)

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  19. I see SlimDoggy gave you the go ahead on that! That totally looks like high intensity aerobics to me....wow, she can really jump high! How long does she keep it up for?
    Our dogs bark at the neighbors when they are out in their OWN yard!!

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  20. We don't like it when humans trespass on our lawn either!

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  21. Hey Rita

    You must need a big nap after they've been! I also go nuts when the gardeners come, and we have those same kinda blinds - I totally wrecked the blinds at the front of the house (twice) due to gardeners inciting me with those machines!

    Now Mum makes me go into the closet with her for 10 minutes and gets me to chill with her and the music and stop barking and I get petted, she's looking for a better solution, I say let me at 'em! :)

    I hope you're having a fun day,

    Your pal Snoopy :)

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  22. Holy crap she can jump, guess she really doesn't like the gardener.

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  23. Oh my goodness! You'd think Rita was on a trampoline! I'm surprised your blinds have survived. Wrigs has grown pretty mellow towards strangers over the years. Oddly, he mostly barks at people and dogs who are walking down the street above our yard, but not that much at people who come into the yard. He's selective. He likes FedEX, but UPS not so much.

    Susan and Wrigs

    P.S. Love that you were in Oklahoma! :-)

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  24. That definitely counts! That girl can jump. Four paws off, yeah that counts. I bet he does taste like chicken too.

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  25. Holy WOW can she jump! I think you met the requirements for both blog hops with those antics. :-)

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