Piggy Back Ride

As you may know, us canines in the Toes N Tails gang love treats.  No matter the time nor the place, we are very, very, very interested in earning treats for various tasks or exercises performed.  Yesterday, one of our owners spent a few minutes working with us and during that time, we were rewarded with treats.

During the end of our training session, we have an embarrassing story to tell you.  As one of our owners decided to give us one more treat, he asked us to 'speak' for us, which we did.  However, as our owner tossed us our treat (a piece of ham), Rocky fumbled the exchange as the treat hit his nose instead of his mouth and bounced over Rocky's head.  Where did the treat land?  On Rocky's back (hence, the 'piggy back ride' title of the post).

For the next 5-6 minutes, Rocky searched all over the kitchen for his treat.  Rocky searched the floor near the refrigerator, the washing machine, the stove, the cabinets....and the whole time, the piece of ham was sitting on Rocky's back.  Rocky then went into his cage to eat his dinner while the piece of ham was still sitting on Rocky's back.  After eating his whole bowl of food, Rocky left his cage and FINALLY the treat fell off of his back and Rocky was able to woof down his piece of ham for a trick he performed nearly 15 minutes ago!

While we may be incredibly good-looking, smart, loyal, and physically fit canines....we are also not perfect.  Controlling our noses during treat reception is something we definitely need to work on.