Bird watching

Somebody lied.  They said that Picards were in the Herding group.  Now I don't know if the FG is going to like all things herd-able- like sheep or cows.  But one thing I do know, he is a BIRD dog.  I swear he has some Sporting dog in him somewhere.  He is absolutely fascinated with birds.  He watches them in the bushes.  He looks overhead in the sky.  He likes little birds like chickadees and bigger birds like doves and crows.  And you SHOULD have seen his face when he spotted some Canada geese on the golf course the other night.  His brain exploded.  He was suspended.  And completely mesmerized.  You want him to behave?  Release a flock of birds and you can be sure you've got his attention.

I must say, he IS pretty comical.  My human decided to do some little obedience exercises with us as a trio the other night.  You know - the standard sit, down, stand, spin, twist, back up stuff.  The FG has the sit.  But once he goes into the down, that's it.  He just lies there and listens to the commands and watches Einstein and I acting all frenzied and doing everything like little robots.  And just TRY to get him to sit up again once he has gone down.  It got to the point my human would say "Frodo stand."  And he would do it and get his treat.  "Viktor stand" and ditto for my performance.  And then she gave up giving the FG instructions and just said "Elroy down" because he basically wasn't going to do anything else anyway.  So he would look at her and he got a treat for that.  Which in MY opinion is a bit of a rip off.  Don't kid yourself - it's not that he isn't smart.  I mean just think about it - he got rewarded for doing nothing.  Who's the smart one after all?  The moral of the story - he is better working on obedience when he does his work solo.  I'll blame it on the fact that he is in awe of our performance and just can't even move.  It's like watching birds to him.  

Well it's Wednesday and just ONE more day of work for my human after today.  And then a four day weekend - AND we get to go on an Easter Egg Hunt.  My human's mother is also coming to hang out with us - so you know what THAT means - EXTRA bananas!  Especially for her favorite grand-dog.

Have a good one!