Dogs and pacifiers

Here is an innocent looking photo of our 10 month old sleeping on the couch. Sound asleep. Quiet as a mouse. Dreaming peacefully away. Nothing too unusual. "So what?" you might ask.

Look closer and this is what you'll find. A little green goodie tucked tightly in her mouth.

How does she do that and sleep at the same time?

It reminds me of when my children were little and sucked on pacifiers all day long, pausing only to sniff them, or pull them out to talk. They never wanted to part with them.

That slobbery dirty green ball is our little dog's favorite thing in the world. She begs and whines several times a day for someone to take her outside and throw the ball. So several times a day we take her outside and throw the ball.

Throw the ball.

Throw the ball.

And throw the ball.

Until we can't stand it anymore.

Then, she brings it in the house and plays "pounce" with it under the chairs for the next few hours.

We thought it only fitting to give her a special "eyeball" this Halloween!