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Horses at blue water Lake state park

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Twinkletoes

In my experience with Power, Fleur, Val, Pattie, etc., I have never seen but one "twinkletoes" greyhound!  By that term, I mean that instead of getting down to "business" the greyhound in question gets into a mentality in which he or she goes first one direction in a tight circle, then the other direction, then back in the first direction, and back and forth for a minimum of 4 cycles, while thinking about what direction is the best, and "do i or don't I?".  If the dog is at the end of a leash then the motions he or she goes through are even more pronounced, due to the short length of the leash.




The picture above is of Fleur and her friend.  The "twinkle toes" in this blog is not Fleur, but I could not get a photo of Power in all his twinkle toes glory!
He can try my patience if the sun is too hot, or the temp too cold, or if it's raining,  if my back is hurting, and walking is painful.  HOWEVER he is such an adorable personality that his "twinkle toes" activity is just a happy trait that adds to my life.


Playtime

Last night he could not decide that "business" was a necessity.  I walked him around in the area  near my RV.  He thoroughly enjoyed looking at the stars, checking out the rocks in the desert soil, searching for rabbits to lunge at, and just generally being happy to prolong the walk.  But after peeing a gallon or two he never got his mind on "business".  After a really long time of letting him carry his toy teddy bear around in his mouth, I finally decided that enough was enough, and we went back inside.  Fleur had been standing inside the door being very curious about WHY  Power is still outside.  She actually looked like she was sending him signals to say "what the heck?" Power of course just ignored her.

We all know what happens when our dogs won't get down to "business!  It means that at some ungodly hour, the dogs will need to go outside, and that involves us having to get out of bed and go through the routine with him so he can do his twinkle toes madness and let the stars be his witness that the 3:30 am urgent outside trip was a necissity! 

8 comments:

  1. Twinkle Toes is my bowling name :) I have been known to just leave the back door open if they won't do their business before bed, so they have access to the doggie door when duty calls them in the middle of the night, and I don't have to get up.

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    1. I'm curious about your back door...do you not have any wildlife that might enter, or weather that might make a mess?

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  2. Had to laugh at 'twinkle toes':) When walking Polly she will sniff and squat or sometimes cock her leg. When I take her just outside for a toilet break, sometimes she will wander up and down and invariably come back to where she started and then have a pee.

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    1. Neither of my greyhounds cocks a leg to pee, and I think that's a good thing. Polly sounds like a true greyhound of the "twinkletoes" subspecies!

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  3. Mouse is a twinkle toes!! and she will often assume the position then decide against it at the last minute :P lucky for us we have a backyard so it's not really so much of an issue

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    1. I sometimes have a fenced yard, too, just not right now!

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  4. I'm laughing because we have been there. Do you have an ex-pen or something that you could set up outside your door for late night excursions? I guess the stars are just really exceptional some nights!

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    1. I do have an ex-pen much of the year, but not at the moment, so that is why I'm noticing the "twinkletoes" recessive gene!

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