I knew this was going to happen when I saw the glove lying on the ground.
This was on our morning walk on Tuesday, shortened because I had a dentist appointment. Sam isn’t quite as likely now as he used to be to pick up any stray object and carry it around, but there are certain items that he just can’t resist. They have to be a certain weight, not too light and not too heavy. They have to have a certain flexibility, not too flexible and not too stiff. A glove is perfect. It flaps around and makes a satisfying sound when he shakes it.
Dog owners may be familiar with this behavior. It’s not just play. This is how dogs kill their normally-sized prey, like squirrels and rabbits. They shake it vigorously and snap its spine or neck.
Sam kept at it for a while but eventually dropped the glove to dive in and bite Zeke’s hind leg. That’s also hunting behavior. Wild canines that hunt in packs grab large prey by the rear legs to cripple them so they can kill them. Nice.
But since no animals were harmed in the making of this movie, we can just laugh at it.
That really is quite an informative video. It captures canine behavior so well. It looks like Zeke can’t believe how wound up Sam is. If he could talk, he’d say, “What a goofball.” Three leashes looks like a lot of work!
What do I have to do to play this format in Windows 10? Nothing seems to work.
Robin — I think Zeke does consider Sam a goofball, but I also think he likes goofballs. And yes, three leashes can be a lot of work. Sometimes it seems like they’re trying to braid the leashes.
Karen — I have been trying to convert the movie to a .wmv format, but it ends up too big for me to upload. It was saved as an mp4. Can the Windows media viewer display that kind of file? I think I’ve had this problem before but I can’t remember how I solved it, or even if I did.
Apparently I have to use my video downloader and then play it in Media viewer. A couple of extra steps, but it works. I must say, Zeke looks like he’s about had it with the being bumped into. 🙂