That’s not a ball, it’s an orange!

August 1, 2011

My neighbor’s orange tree overhangs my yard and while I’ll pick some every once in a while for juice, I otherwise ignore them. (I don’t like oranges, or any other citrus fruit for that matter.)

The other day I noticed an orange had just fallen to the ground so I picked it up, bounced it in my hand a couple of times, and once I got the dogs’ attention, I threw it the length of the yard. Sisko was the first one to the ‘ball’ and grabbed it.  He then spit it out, sneezed, picked it up again with just his front teeth, carried it a few steps, dropped it again, and gave me the strangest look. I couldn’t help it, I had a good laugh over his confusion.

So I encouraged him to get it, praised him when he did, and the watched as he disemboweled it and then interestingly enough, ate it. Good puppy!

Of course that may not have been the wisest thing to do, he’s already eaten all the ripe blueberries off all three bushes and any tomatoes he could reach.

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