Of wild boar and squeaky toys
Great Danes were originally bred for hunting wild boar. When hunting wild boar went out of vogue, Great Danes evolved into the biggest sissy dogs on the planet. I tried to get Greta to tap into her primal ancestry and give me a noble boar hunting face.
We tried using the squeaky ball to imitate the grunting of an enraged wounded boar. Using a squeaky ball turns out to be a poor way to tap into primal energy.
We finally had to resort to gravity. (Greta is such a ham.)
Ah that’s better, it even gives her the cropped ear look.
(If you could just turn your monitor upside down, you’ll experience the terror that a wounded boar must have felt.)
Labs were also developed for hunting. Sunny knows this and taps into her primal side rather well.
There. Right there. That’s the kind of dog face that makes squeaky balls quake and squeal in terror. Yes. Very nice.
Now time to kiss Greta.
Awww.
I guess it’s obvious from the pics that we were taking advantage of the nice weather. I dread the end of spring break, come Monday I’m back to the books– and playing with the girls is so much more fun.
i’m dreading the end of your spring break too. love the pictures of the girls though!
Our dogs may have lost some of their hunting instincts, but there is a rubber mouse, a stuffed tiger, a tennis ball, and an old sock (my dogs’ favorite toys) that make me glad I am above my dogs in the food chain.