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July 4th, 2010 @ 3:22 pm
I had a lovely trip to TN and am back in Florida. Visiting until Tuesday when I am going back to Tallahassee, boo. And working Wednesday morning. Epic boo. Nephew is here for the weekend and he’s such a joy, when he’s not chasing my dog and throwing cheerios everywhere 
But I wanted to share Neo, my dog’s, amazing epic mad skillz. Cos he has them, oh does he ever.
After seeing Rose’s blog about her dogs balancing things on their heads (which she originally got from Heather Armstrong), I wanted to see how my dog would fair up. It was pretty much fail. Neo will do anything for a treat, but he also gets super excited when you get one and starts prancing around like a horse (not even kidding). So instead I just made him “sit” and “stay” and balanced this pink hat toy a neighbor got him on his head, kinda. Here are the ‘best’ shots.
He looks offended by the pink hat ‘Cos he’s a boy and all.
Notice the cheerios on the floor?
Mid bark.
This counts right?
Okay so I guess he did well I think he prefers playing dead and jumping through a hula-hoop though.
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3:32 pm on July 4th, 2010
HAHAHA
I like how he ends up with it on his back – I had this problem with Angel because her head was too small for the teddy bear.
I have a feeling that this is something that a dog could get better at with practice, and in a fairly short amount of time. They definitely have the ability. And my dog especially has a nice flat head.
I’m totally going to make this my new project…
So do my dogs… Angel is hopeless, but Jada has a little more self control and if you tell her to stay, she will freeze and stare at you intently until you give her the treat.
1:34 pm on July 5th, 2010
He looks so precious in the last photo, and very thoughtful in the first one. It’s interesting to see the many talents a that a dog has. Sometimes they might even surprise us (in a good way).
A buddy of mine has a labrador mix that sits still and waits for his treat. Then she puts the treat on his nose/snout and afterwards she’ll say something magical that makes him quickly move his head and snatch the treat. Incredible self-control!
3:03 pm on July 5th, 2010
Your dog is soo cute. I miss my dog so much. I couldn’t bring Petey here to Canada. I can’t wait to see him again. When I move back home and Trev and I get our own place I’m bringing Petey with me. :] I doubt he’d be able to balance anything, he’d be annoying about it and try to knock it off I’m sure.
The joy of little kids. They’re soo cute, but they can be so annoying. I only hate when people bring their kids over and won’t correct them if they’re getting out of hand. I have a cousin that does that. Her son won’t listen at all and he’s really rowdy. She just lets him do whatever until she leaves and doesn’t correct him. It works my nerves. haha.
5:48 am on July 6th, 2010
OOH I wanna see him jump through a Hula hoop!!!!!
11:27 am on July 7th, 2010
Last one definitely counts! It’s also my favorite
4:52 am on July 21st, 2010
I’m coming to the state you live in ASAP and making you blog again <3
9:22 pm on July 24th, 2010
-puts dog in bag, with air holes and runs back to colorado with it- Your dog is a sweetheart. I love those pictures it really demonstrates how adorable your doggy is. I wish I could have a dog again here in colorado, but the program I am in will only let me have a cat and I am scared of cats.