New Rawhides!

As promised in my last post, I’m going to show you lots of pictures while I tell you about the new rawhide bones we got and a fun trick to play on your humans.

On Friday afternoon, Mom came home with four new rawhide bones. Now, I realize that there are six dogs here, but we still had a few bones left, so Mom wasn’t trying to cheat us; I think she just wanted to make sure there were enough to go around.

You see, for the past few days I’d been chewing on the rawhide bones a lot, and the Greyhounds seemed to be constantly wanting the bone I was chewing on. They’re sort of funny that way. When I moved into the house just a little over a month ago, there were three or four rawhide bones in the toy baskets that had hardly been chewed on at all, but as soon as I started chewing on them, the Greys seemed to remember they were there and wanted some, too, but they usually just want the one I’m chewing on. Jack and BJ in particular seem to covet the bone I have.

Here’s BJ stalking me while I have the end of one of the old bones.

And here’s Jack eying me while I chew on the same bone.

Mom will actually offer other rawhides to them while I’m chewing on one, but they only want the one that I have. Maybe they prefer their rawhides with eau de Borzoi.

Just in case you think I never share the bones, here’s Raven with that same bone BJ and Jack were coveting:

Anyway, Mom brought home some brand new bones and handed them out to anyone who looked interested. Raven took one and ran outside; Jack took one and promptly dropped it (I guess because it had as yet to be treated with eau de Borzoi). Cooper took one; and I took one.

I then did the required Dance of Joy to the rawhide gods.

Clearly the gods were appreciative of my dance, because when I took my bone outside to rest after dancing so joyously, the gods had made Raven abandon his bone and leave it for me.

Ha-ha, Greyhounds, I have two bones now.

After my rest, I chose the best of the two bones and ran through some of the imitations I’ve been practicing just in case some big Hollywood producer calls and needs me for a part in his movie. After all, two Greyhounds had a part in Charlie Wilson’s War, and all they did was play a couple of pet Greyhounds. How hard was that? I’m sure some producer is going to want to add some real class to an upcoming movie and will want a Borzoi in his film, and I’m making sure I can do more than just be a pet.

I could play a show dog.
Just look at that stunning gait!

Or I could play the Lone Ranger’s horse.
Hi-ho, Sergei!

Or I could play a coyote howling in the desert.
Yip-yip-yow-ooooo!

I had to run back into the house and the comfort of the family room carpet for my final bit of practice.

Practicing my death scene;
so realistic that I even dropped my bone.

As for that trick you can play on your humans, here are the instructions:

First you need to lick one end of the bone
to get it moist and pliable.

Then you need to start chewing on that end of the bone.

This can take awhile,
so you might need to find a comfy couch.

Once you’ve got one end good and chewed up,
use your front teeth to start pulling up little bits.

Here’s a side view of what it should look like
when you’re finished pulling up the bits.

And here’s a front view
of the finished bone.

Here I’ve set the finished bone beside a
brand new one for comparison.

Next, go take a nap while the chewed end of the bone
dries into lots of hard, sharp, pointed bits.

Once the bone is nice and dry, the trick is to leave it somewhere that one of your humans will step on the sharp bits when they get up in the middle of the night and stumble barefoot to the bathroom in the dark. Then you get to hear them howl like a coyote in the desert!

Of course, you don’t want them to blame you for leaving the bone there. To get around this, I get Mom and Dad’s Roomba, which they named “1812,” to push it around the house, so it’s really his fault that it ended up where some barefooted, night-blind human could step on it!

And so, there you have it - the story of the new rawhides, a fun trick to play on your humans, and lots of pictures.

Until next time,
Sergei