Queen For A Day
On our daily walks in the park, Abby sometimes brings things back to our house. If she is lucky and finds a ball, that is a real treasure. She will pick it up and carry it all the way home and take it right to her dog bed. If she finds a stick, sometimes she will try to take that home. If it is a large stick that is too awkward to carry, she'll drop it after a few steps. If it's too small, she'll bite through it and drop the pieces. If it is just right, she will take it all the way home. Then she is a dog on a mission. No stopping to sniff - she just goes full speed. She has carried things as far as half a mile. When she gets it home, I usually trade her a couple of dog treats to get her treasure from her.
Abby on her "throne" with her crown
Today she found something unusual. As we were walking through the park she started pulling to go off the path. I looked in the direction she wanted to go and could see something about a hundred feet away. Weird I thought. It looks like a crown. When we got to it, sure enough, it was one of those cardboard crowns that come in a Burger King kiddie meal. She grabbed it and wanted to head back immediately. So much for the rest of our walk. We made a beeline for home, Abby pulling me all the way even though I was walking as fast as I could.
When we got home, she took her crown straight to her dog bed. She really liked her crown and was reluctant to trade for it. I had to give her a half a pack of beef jerky before she was willing to give up her prize. I guess she liked the idea of being royalty.
