“Look, we’re having a wheelbarrow race!”
I glanced over from the kitchen to see that JG had propped up Ted, just a puppy at the time, on his front paws. Indeed, the two of them could have entered a wheelbarrow race if JG was willing to scootch along the floor at Ted-height. Surprisingly, the dog seemed nonplussed, as though being being unable to use his back legs was something out of an ordinary day. He adapted quite well to the new posture, even experimenting with walking along JG’s legs, further adding to the foregone conclusion that JG and he would totally win at a dog-owner race. Eventually, JG let him down and Ted carried on with whatever he was chewing.
JG has upped the ante in this wheelbarrow trick to make Ted do a handstand, which I’m pretty sure is in that category of Things Dogs Shouldn’t Do. Ted has started to sense when an involuntary acrobatic stunt is in the making, and he puts on a pathetic face before we pose him for the photo. We’ve been messing with Ted like this since we got him, so he is incredibly tolerant of whatever we force on him. Not that we are stage parents. No, no.
Come and get your (almost) daily dog dose with Rufus, Ben, Gus, and Zapp!
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We do the wheelbarrow all the time! We also dance and give highfives. And there might have been a time when we were waiting hours and hours for the title company handle the closing of our house to call us back when Shooter was forced to wear a tank top. Maybe.
Wow! I can’t wait till he starts doing cartwheels and flips. Then you might need video instead of just pictures.
This looks like dog yoga to me! Hopefully it helps Ted feel more centered.
We make Ben do the wheelbarrow from time to time too. He hates it, naturally. And yet we can pick him up and hold him upside-down and he doesn’t fight it at all. Funny what things dogs will and will not tolerate.
Rufus is too short and too long to pull off a good wheelbarrow. I do fly him around the house like Underdog, though, and that’s fun…for me anyway.
I must admit, your dog is SOOO cute. But I bet you hear that all the time!
okay, this is off topic but I love that all of your photos are framed by your vivid green walls. It’s like your signature!
Ted is such a good sport. My dog always turns away from the camera as soon as I put it in front of her face.
I love Ted so much. He is just adorable.
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