Category: Sparky (Page 32 of 48)
Sparky was getting too comfortable, so I threw him a balloon party. While Sparky watched from his crate, I salted the snack pit with the tasty treats. The video is at triple speed.
Sparky and I had an interesting conversation when he was in the snack pit. He has some strange ideas.
For a guy who never had his own dog, it was very good luck that Sparky was the dog I ended up with. It is amazing how similar we are:
The ball pit is a partial success. Sparky likes scrounging for treats, but when he gets in or out, he climbs over the side. The side is foam, so the wall collapses with his weight. If a ball is knocked out, he chases the ball and chews it up.
I’ve been trying to talk him into using the footstool to get in and out, but he keeps forgetting.
There are about two inches of air between that lacy ice and the water. I have to trust that Sparky’s husky senses would be tingling if the ice were too thin. He’d resent not being allowed to try his luck.
A few days ago, Sparky enjoyed the Snuffle Diving Challenge. That was put together with whatever was handy. Sparky needs a proper ball pit. Today, four hundred 2.25 inch balls arrived from Amazon. When something new comes into the house, if it looks fun, Sparky assumes it’s for him.
Sparky likes scrounging for food, so we have a new enrichment activity. A box was filled with a bunch of balls, then little chunks of Blue Buffalo Nudges were thrown in. The treats look like bits of Salisbury steak. Sparky would have stayed at it all day if I hadn’t called him off.
It breaks my heart to see the look of disappointment on Sparky’s face. None of the boots stayed on, but he had unrealistic expectations.