If everyones a dog including fairies then what breed of dog would santa be?
I don't have a post in redditgifts yet because there's one package still on the way and I want to post all the photos at once, but I 'm so happy I just need to share this story. I adopted my dog over the summer. He was found wandering the streets of another city where the shelters are overrun, so he was scheduled to be euthanized. My aunt found out through a rescue that wanted to pull him out and went and got him and I adopted him from the rescue. When I brought him home, he didn't know a lot of normal dog things. He'd slink off and hide if you tried to give him a treat and he certainly didn't know what toys were.
So fast-forward to now. He's ALL ABOUT treats so that's been resolved. But he's still not figured out toys and I've kind of given up a little. He'll play with cat toys, so I think he's learned that from the cats, but I still can't get him to play with actual dog toys. He's a 50lb dog with husky, akita, pit bull, and a couple other guard dog breeds mixed in, so just imagine that chomping on a teeny tiny catnip mouse. I keep him busy with chews and he'll chase tennis balls, but he's ignored everything else that's not a cat toy. I've tried a LOT of different toys.
Well, my Secret Santa included a couple pet toys and he immediately ran off with the cat toys and added them to his hoard. I figured he'd ignore the dog toy so I left it under the tree... but half an hour ago he grabbed it and started playing with it. We played tug of war, he ran around the house with it, then he wanted to take it outside - an honor he normally reserves only for tennis balls. It's dark and cold but he was out there running laps around the yard with it in his mouth, was tossing it in the air and catching it, and played with it so rough it's already got a rip in it.
I'm so happy for him. I guess something about it clicked and he's realized this is his to play with. I really hope this sticks and he's got a new toy now, because I'm sure the cats are getting tired of him taking theirs. 🤣
(and if you absolutely must see a photo of the dog, here he is destroying one of the cat's toys)
Edit: I brought it inside so it wouldn't get lost in the yard but he just came inside, drank half the water, grabbed it, and took it back outside again. RIP that toy.
I was playing woods minding my own business when multiple shots came flying past my head. Wasn't really sure where they were coming from so I decided to retreat and see if they would chase. After watching an angle for a minute or so I decide to reposition and there I see Santa standing exactly where I had been previously. Obviously I didn't shoot him because I'm not a monster although the thought did cross my mind that I was being baited by a player. He proceeded to go prone, stand up again, wiggle and then two tap me. I figured it must have been a player but afterwards I was greeted with the death screen showing that I was killed by Ded Moroz. I thought that Santa wouldn't kill you for no reason but I guess I don't know shit.....
Boy this hoverboard is great fun! The kids 7,7,9 started on their elbows with feet behind them, then butts and knees. The boy on his hands and toes zipping around the house Tokyo drift style.
I was just getting the hang of setting 5 minute Alexa timers for sharing, soothing sibling toes that have been run over, the lovely beeping to tell us it is not balanced. Unit 1 was showing off on the back patio where our geriatric basset leaves numerous landmines on the concrete rather than strolling 15 feet further to the grass. Now I am desperately trying to keep the kids from tracking it around the house.
I have wiped and paper toweled but it’s in there good. I don't want to to use the hose and get water in the motor housing, I'm hoping not to have to spend a good portion of my day off surgically removing canine feces with a toothpick. They use it predominantly inside still so I'd appreciate suggestions. Unit 1 can balance and drive and has helmet, wrist, knee and elbow pads. You think driving it around outside for a while will clear it out?
Edit. How the poop got on the hoverboard.
