Public Is Better

Today I must publicly apologize to my dog. For all this time I have told people he's a terrible catch, might be partially blind, don't waste the effort on him.

Last night in our final tricks class one of the skills we worked on was catch. I laughed and said he was terrible at it and prepared to have a little fun even if it was going to be at my dog's expense.

I started with the highest value treat in my arsenal, cheese, because I wanted him to have as good a chance as possible even though he was definitely going to fail. One of the trainers, Christina, held his leash and I tossed a piece of cheese...SNAG! We all celebrated and laughed at how he was so lucky on his first try. Second piece...SNAG! And on it went. He leapt, he dove, he scooped. I hear the Mets could use some help in the outfield. If they can work out a way to use balls made of cheese I might have someone for them. Seriously, in ten minutes or so of tossing cheese to him he missed maybe five times. Then we switched to a squirrel toy and he was equally adept at that. (Note to the Mets: If you can play with a stuffed toy that might also work.)

Then and there I vowed to correct my ongoing slander (it's slander, right, libel is in writing, damn, I probably need to correct the libel, too). So here is a video (you know I'm serious, I'm using video) in which my dog proves that he's a great catch...as long as he likes what you're throwing. Don't throw him some nasty dry biscuit, that's not worth the effort. Shown here: Scooter Snacks courtesy of the fabulous Michelle.



*I seem to be able to embed the video but not center it. Sorry.