Blind Goldie has a pronounced obsessive-compulsive disorder about soft squeaky toys, as I've reported before on a number of occasions. But the only thing better than having a brand-new squeaky toy to shred is having an envious dog sitting nearby, watching her shredding away. In fact, she will often grab a toy and then march through the house, squeaking it and waving it front of the other dogs. It's very clearly a "Look what I have!" gesture designed to get other dogs interested in — and lusting after — her possession, because she loves to shred a squeaky toy in front of an audience.
The other evening we observed her doing this routine, squeaky toy stuck in her mouth, as she worked to find an audience. Blind Austin rose to the bait, so to speak, and followed her as she went around the house, squeaking. Realizing she had reeled in someone, she climbed onto a cot in the living room to begin destroying the toy. The objective, of course, is to extract the squeaker inside. Once she has removed it and punctured it, she has no further use for the toy.
And there was Austin, patiently sitting by the cot, watching … well, listening to her go to work on the toy. At one point he made a move to grab it, which elicited a low "back off!" growl from Goldie as he inched closer:
Finally, when she was done — this takes less than two minutes on average! — she looked over at him with this look that I interpreted as "See how I did that, kid?":
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