The Zs on a Goferride

David C. · May 13, 2009, 07:45:23 PM

I took the Zs over to the vet to get their toes chopped. When I do this, I usually just toss them in the cargo area of our Subaru. They bounce from side to side, peering out the windows and checking out the world around them. When I pulled up to stoplight, a motorcycle pulled up behind us. Zora sounded her alert bark and then went into a series of barks, in which Zeke quickly joined. Both were standing up on the back window barking at the motocyclist. I thought that was kind of funny as I had never seen them do that before. The motorcyclist thought it was pretty funny, too, has he was grinning at these two small dogs barking ferociously at them.

After that, they got their toes chopped. Zeke always bounds into the back, and Zora cowers. When they leashed up Zora, she did a 180 and tried to come back to me. Eventually they just picked her up. The ride back was uneventful.

DeeanDave · May 13, 2009, 08:08:22 PM

I can just picture the Z's! Thanks for the smile today!

Kari · May 13, 2009, 08:31:08 PM

LOL! I can totally picture the Zs!

Roberta · May 13, 2009, 08:51:33 PM

Wez love doing that and if ya do it quickly, you can frighten the bejesus out of people, then they laugh when they see the size of us.
O and A
ps wez just back froma goferaride gofirawalk then goferaride to get da mail

David C. · May 14, 2009, 07:38:17 PM

I forgot to add that Zeke spotted one of the vet's C-A-T. Zeke started barking his fool head off at it. The cat just stared at him, completely unimpressed. I'm not sure what Zeke would have done. Zeke is all bark and tends to come off second best when the barking actually turns to brawling. He's been dinged up by Zora, Rudy-angel, another cat at the vet clinic and our neighbor's Westie.

Zora, like usual, was more piqued by the cat than anything else. She has learned the futility of violence and governs her acts accordingly...unless the object is one of her toys, which she kills completely without mercy.

Barb · May 15, 2009, 01:48:05 PM

Glad the Z's got to go on the 'venture :thumb:

klsb · May 15, 2009, 08:07:07 PM

Finnegan likes to bark at anything, from the safety of his mom's shadow. As soon as he is approached he is flat on his back, all four feet in the air. Or he gets the wiggles, and slinks over on his belly.

But the second your more then two feet away and his mom is between you, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!

Dee Dee and Hallie · May 15, 2009, 10:32:45 PM

LOL I can just picture that. They are so funny, all so individual. Glad they got that toe chop behind them!!

PattyInAK · May 16, 2009, 09:33:30 AM

LOL! Willy used to do the same thing, before I started crating them for rides in the car. When I had my Bronco II he would go in the back and bark at the car behind us when we stopped at a light.