has been up to some mischief. I know, right? Such a stellar specimen of manners and good breeding. Who would have thought that I would wake up around 11:00 Saturday and find THIS
in my driveway? At first I thought it must have been the banana peel that Hick has a way of leaving in the oddest places, and never the wastebasket. I didn't have my glasses on, you know, and by the time I noticed it, right there where the gravel meets the concrete slab behind the garage, I was sitting up high in T-Hoe. It wasn't until I got home that I figured out what it was.
That necessitated a walk out the car door of the garage, for a better look. My fleabag companions were waiting for me on the side porch, just on the other side of the people door of the garage. This change of routine threw them for a loop. They ran around to find me, and immediately started their play-fight shenanigans like it was time for the evening walk. I tried to get a picture of them, since they kept getting in the way of my true subject, but this it the best one.
My new hand-me-down phone camera seems to have tried to save itself, like if I had pointed it directly at the sun during an eclipse. I had to make Jack pose yesterday to get that first shot. And IT took nine tries. You can't catch lightning in a bottle.
Anyhoo...I had used some hearts of romaine to make a post-Thanksgiving 7-Layer Salad. Because they're delicious. I had Hick throw the heartiest of the hearts off the back porch deck. Wildlife eat that stuff up!
Apparently, Jack also likes salad. Or he doesn't. He likes it enough to carry the heartiest hearts around front, he likes salad enough to chew it, but he doesn't like salad enough to actually eat it. Or else he's watching his weight, and I'll find him hanging around on the front porch with a cigarette, a Tic Tac, and a Diet Coke.
Do you have proof it is Puppy Jack? It could be your Sweet Sweet Juno, or a chicken, or a cat, or a weird neighbor...where was Hick? I'd have to say Puppy Jack is at least as innocent as OJ.
ReplyDeleteIs Jackie Chiles on this case?
Puppy Jack has had Jackie Chiles on retainer since the Olds Toronado Poop-Trunk Incident. This, too, appears to be a case based on circumstantial evidence.
DeleteMy Sweet, Sweet Juno may also need to avail herself of Mr. Chiles' services. I caught her in the front yard yesterday morning, chewing on 2/3 of a deflated soccer ball. We don't have a soccer ball.
Well...we have 2/3 of a soccer ball now.
I can't believe nobody mentioned the TITLE song. Or even remembered THIS:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTcZ9THPX1E
Puppy Jack could be like Toni Louise, he didn't want it, but he didn't want anyone else to have it. I would have the chickens would have gobbled that up!
ReplyDeleteWe only have five chickens left! Maybe less, now that Copper the neighbor dog has been back in our yard for two days. The chickens have been staying close to their roosting tree, but the romaine was thrown in the back yard, where they usually roam during the day. Their favorite treats are corn cobs, tomatoes, cantaloupe, and old cereal.
DeletePuppy Jack might have some obedience issues, but he more than makes up for it with entertainment.
ReplyDeleteNever a dull moment. This afternoon I found a tiny mouse head on the front porch by the door. Right beside where the UPS lady put a package. She didn't even wait for me to answer the door. Two knocks, and she was scurrying back to her truck.
DeleteMaybe Jack only likes the dark green parts--'cause he knows that the greenest is the best, which is why he keeps trying to get into the neighbors' yards... so he can see if the grass IS greener on the other side of the property line.
ReplyDeleteThat's it! Jack is a health food nut. He does, however, seem to think that cat anuses are the new acai berry...he can't get enough of them.
DeleteHe really is a mischief maker isn't he? So cute though so you have to forgive him.
ReplyDeleteYes. Even when he is scolded, he looks SO sorry that I have to reassure him that he is still loved. Which might have something to do with the length of time it takes to alter some of his behaviors.
DeleteWith all that roughage in his system you might want to watch where you're walking. He is so stinking cute! And I got the song!
ReplyDeletePuppy Jack used to think of the porch as one big toilet. Nowadays he goes in the yard. I wish Sweet, Sweet Juno would teach him to go in the tree area around the sinkhole, where she goes, like a proper lady.
DeleteKudos for getting the song reference!