Our walks sometimes take the form of a calisthenics routine.
First, there's the warm up. In this case it involves 'leaving' the toy. Cedar's approach is - if I don't look directly at it, it must not be there:
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| Looking to the side.... |
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| Looking up... | | |
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| Through half-closed eyes... |
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| And we have toy touching! |
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| Haha this is easy, now that I've touched it I can leave it, no problem! |
After the 'leave it' stretch, there's the 'downward dog' pose: crouching low to the ground & feigning invisibility whilst waiting for the toy to be thrown.
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| And here we see the flat-coated retriever trying unsuccessfully to blend into a harvested lentil field... |
Once she gets the toy, though, all that stretching has got her revved up to DANCE:
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| Complete with flying snow effects |
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| On three legs, too! |
After all the stretching and dancing, it's time for a little digging.
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| Hmmm I smell something. Could be the single deer poo out of 10 million that I missed eating! |
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| Snoof, snoof - I know it's down here somewhere! |
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| A bigger hole is always better |
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| Particularly when you really put some muscle into it! |
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| Helllloooooo! Anybody home? Where's that deer poo at? |
After all that exercise it's time for the cool down, which includes actually standing still
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| No I'm not just about to bolt down into the coulee... |
Secondary cool-down exercise - sitting:
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| Still looks like a little girl sometimes. |
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| Pondering....what's for dinner? haha |
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| Yup, that looks like a pretty tired sit. Lots of exercise today! |
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| Awwww, Cedar and mum... |
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