Rolling Dog Farm Blog

A wonderful friend and supporter of the sanctuary, Randi S. in northern Virginia, just sent us a big box of peanut butter dog cookies.  Blind Goldie did her instant sniff test and determined there were no soft chew toys inside, so there was no need to start shredding the cardboard with her teeth.  Her nose told her it was the next best thing, though, dog cookies!  But she decided to wait patiently (i.e., for a few minutes) for Alayne to open the box.

Well, right after opening the box, Alayne went to answer the phone.  A couple of minutes later she came back to find Goldie standing inside the box, on top of all the packing paper, as if she were guarding the contents.

Alayne headed to my office to get the camera, and when she returned, it was apparent what Goldie was up to.  No, she wasn’t guarding the contents at all.  She had decided to help unpack the box, since Alayne wasn’t making much apparent progress.  (Patience does have its limits.)  Goldie was probably inside the box trying to assess how much packing material was in there.  When she realized Alayne had returned, Goldie scampered out of the box and then went to work.  That’s when Alayne got these shots of Goldie "helping."

In the first photo Goldie is getting a mouthful of all that packing paper.  (I think she’s also trying to figure out how hard it would be to break into one of the cookie boxes and help herself … speaking of "helping.")  In the second photo she’s in full unpacking mode … "Mom, let me show you how to unpack this thing quickly."

And finally, Goldie has all of the paper out of the box and … oh so very helpfully …. has managed to drag it through the big water bowl on the floor and then pile it in the water bowl!  Okay, so maybe we’ll cut Goldie a little slack because she’s blind and maybe she didn’t realize the water bowl was right there … or maybe she just decided it didn’t matter, because "there’s a lot of ridiculous paper here and I’ve got to put it somewhere!"

Sometimes you get more help than you can stand, you know?

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