
Now, I really wanted to give you one of my patented off-the-wall interpretions of a RR topic, but I have a contractual obligation to post pictures of Tuffy as often as possible. Besides, no other animal, silly or otherwise, made itself available to me for the photo shoot. So, heeeere's Tuffy!
I took most of these at lunchtime today, when I went home and brandished some dog biscuits to enlist Tuffy's cooperation. The rest I took after work, doing the same thing. Hey, Tuffy's not so silly -she knows what it takes to get some treats out of me!

So riddle me this: why are there two dog biscuits at Tuffy's feet, uneaten? I'm not quite sure. Silly dog! I think she was trying to figure out what I was up to with the camera and calling her into the kitchen, and was therefore too nervous to eat at that moment - at least until it was clear nothing bad was about to happen.
Yes, Tuffy is a nervous dog. I wouldn't really say she's a silly dog, by and large, but she definitely has her quirks. Drop something, or make a noise, or carry a large box, and she'll probably run away. It takes at least ten minutes to get her to stop barking at anyone in the house other than John and me, and at least half an hour beyond that to get her within ten feet of you. If John and I scratch her on the bed, she'll usually roll onto her back - and start to sneeze about thirty seconds later. She won't eat unless at least one of us is home - unless we're out of town. Then she'll eat a little, eventually.
And one more quirk, although it's totally not Tuffy's fault. She does her heaviest shedding in January and February, the only time of the year when it gets even a little cold around here.



Really, though, I don't believe for a moment that Tuffy is the silliest animal in the house. She's just being a dog, wary of dangers, mooching for food, checking up on her people. No, the silliest animals around here are John and Karen - by far.

Here ya go, TufTuf. Good dog.
Karen
Now got see what everyone else is posting (and yes, you're still welcome to join in yourself!):
Round Robin Linking List
(as of Wednesday 2/1 at 9:30 PM MST)
Celeste... My Day And Thoughts (AOL) and My Day And Thoughts (Blogspot) Posted
Carly... Ellipsis...Suddenly Carly Posted
Karen... Outpost Mâvarin Posted
Derek... Through My Eyes and Derek's Picture Of The Day
DesLily...Here, There and Everywhere (Blogspot) and Here, There and Everywhere (AOL) Posted
Becky... Where Life Takes You Posted
Robin... Search The Sea
Julie... Julie's Web Journal Posted
T. J.... Photo Inclusions: Every Picture Tells a Story Posted
Tess... First Digital Photos Posted
Kat... Prima Luce
Steven... (sometimes) photoblog Posted
Alan... F-Stop Posted
Kimberleigh... I Shaved My Legs For This? Posted
Patrick... Patrick's Portfolio Posted
Nancy... Nancy Luvs Pix Posted
10 comments:
I think of all the photos, I liked the first one best. Tuffy has a very expressive face! Dogs are so much fun. :)
Always, Carly :)
Tuffy has you trained very well! LOL!
animal pics are always fun!
I posted mine...
To funny..he don't look to tuff!
God only knows what he was thinking...LOL!
TJ
Good looking pup!
I have the same trouble with photographing Pickle. He will want to walk right out of focus.
these are great, he's a beautiful dog.
Tuffy is such a sweet girl!
Tuffy looks like a very SINCERE dog Oh, don't they all LOL?
Poor Tuffy...they seem so baffled when we whip out the camera, don't they? Photographing pets is hard enough...but trying to catch them being "silly" was fracking impossible! I got a lot of blurry "action" shots too. LOL I need to find some tips on how to take pictures of animals. Not one of my skill areas.
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