one year ago today, on Leap Day, Luther was born. That's him, I do believe, 4th from the left.
He was born little boy Blueboy and we had no idea if it would be Blueboy or Greenboy coming home to live with us. Turned out it was little Blueboy.
He grew.
and grew.
Grew.
And grew some more.And now his back is taller than the dining room table.
No, there's no dining room table in this shot. But you can see that Luther's belly easily clears Ottoman Turk - who does duty as the coffee table - and by extrapolation [how's that for a word?!] you may conclude that what I say is truth. . . .His first rawhide bone was too big for him to carry.
Now, he can go through the biggest ones with ease and he rarely gets one anymore because I can't help but think it's not all that great for him to be eating all that rawhide.We switched to a big heavy rope with knots in it. That lasted several weeks until he learned how to shred it. This is his second rope toy - shredded.
Also: the knots hurt when he swings the rope and makes contact, and when he flings it in the air, we worry it will crash into the furniture or clear breakables off the table. In the morning while we have our coffee, he likes to do a nunchuck routine on the foyer rug. . . . It's a bit hair-raising.
As you see.For his birthday, we are trying something new. A braided fleece toy.
He likes it! After Christmas, I had found a much smaller red, green and white one on sale at PetSmart for a quarter. Yep, that's right: 25 cents. I brought it home. We call it the Italian snake. It's lasted almost a month - Woo hoo! Of course, it's been shredded down to its two end knots, but Luther is quite fond of it. I think he was just getting tired of getting hit in the head with the heavy rope nunchuck.Here is the birthday boy with his birthday toy.
Happy birthday, Luther! Let the games commence.
P.S. - Sister Saphira sent this picture of her birthday celebration - happy birthday Saphy!
5 comments:
Oooh, the little boy is growing up so fast! I love it that our Dog-Rocket can stand up to his full height underneath Luther's belly. Cracks me up!
Happy Birthday, Luther!
Luther and Leo are almost exactly the same age. They would get along so well! Leo does exactly the same thing with his favorite toys, which are now strictly outside toys. I had too many bruises on my shins from contact with a flinging toy.
Happy birthday, Big Guy!
Happy birthday, Luther! What a handsome boy! Barley loves his fleece rope braids, but right now, his favorite toy is this stuffed pig that he has managed to keep intact for two whole months. He just carries it around in his mouth.
I love that last picture!
Happy Birthday, Luther!!!
The picture of your sister, Saphy, is adorable; however
I knew that couldn't be you. No self-respecting male Scottish deerhound would be caught dead with a party hat on his head. ; >
Thanks for the birthday wishes, everybody! The birthday toy is already getting pretty ratty. . . . I've procured a lovely remnant piece of fleece in turquoise - a clear colour improvement over the birthday fleece. [you don't want to know what the king calls it. . . .]
Will post pix!
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