Frat Boy’s I Love Lucy move
August 26, 2010 | Filed under: Stuff
He’s pretty but he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. And yet there’s something so endearing about our silly, lazy, huge-hearted puppy. I take him on a hike every day. Most days we take the same trail, or close enough to it that I know the woods like the back of my hand.
Okay, that’s a lie. Once the snow flies, I get lost up there every single day. I could get lost in a paper bag. It’s really pathetic, but I digress. The point is that Frat Boy knows the trail like the back of his hand– er, paw. Yesterday, he and I took the usual trail. And about half a mile into the woods, he took off after a coyote. I could hear him in the trees but he was in the thick bush and I couldn’t see him. I couldn’t even get to him. I yelled and called and got all pissy for a good twenty minutes before I decided that the damn dog could find his own way home. I was hungry, I had cookies at home calling my name, and also I had pages to write.
So I huffed and puffed and took myself home. Alpha Man looked at me all surprised. “Where’s the dog?” he asked.
“Having a play date with a coyote,” I told him and went to work.
Thirty minutes later he asked me if I was really not going to go find the dog. CRAP! The dog!!! I’d forgotten the damn dog! What kind of doggy mommy am I? So I put my shoes back on and went back up the trail, yelling for Frat Boy.
I found him up the trail, not too far from where he’d bounded off. Or should I say he found me. He leapt at me, nearly knocking me over in his joy at the sight of me. Clearly he’d had his fun with the coyote and then, unable to figure out which way to go, he’d sat to wait for me. He could not stop grinning, even all through my yelling at him for deserting me. He just listened intently as I told him exactly what I thought of his behavior, and then when I’d wound down, he set his head on my leg and gave me the huge I Love You puppy eyes.
So I caved like a cheap suitcase, told him I loved him too, and gave him a cookie. Hey, I defy you to look into these eyes and stay angry.
Go ahead, try it.
Posted by Jill @ 9:27 pm | Make a Comment
kh says:
cutie
Posted on August 26th, 2010 at 9:36 pmany winner form july 30 ty
limecello says:
AAAAwwwwwwweeeeee I’d cave too, Jill
Posted on August 26th, 2010 at 9:43 pmLinda Henderson says:
Yeah, I couldn’t have resisted him either. I’m a sucker for those puppy dog eyes.
Posted on August 26th, 2010 at 11:14 pmJennifer M says:
I would’ve caved too! He is sooo adorable!
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 4:16 amJudy F says:
He is too sweet and has you wrapped.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 5:16 amStacy ~ says:
Oh that is just adorable! He is too cute to be mad at.
Reading “The Heat Is On” and enjoying it a lot. I was always Team Jacob
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 6:19 amLiza says:
Pretty sure he could get anything he wanted from me with those eyes. He is so cute!
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 6:20 amAshley says:
He looks so sweet and innocent in this picture!
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 6:28 amCecile says:
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww…….
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 6:47 amFarrah says:
the loyalty of a Lab shines through! they’re the BEST!
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 6:58 amLori says:
Awwww. I think it’s not just the eyes, it’s the whole face together. He has sad and pathetic mastered.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 7:02 amMegan says:
Our Problem Child is about the same age as Frat Boy and my God the number of times she has pulled that face….
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 7:34 amIts the: I wuv u soooooo much you are my pack you’re the bestest eva, please don’t be mad, have I mentioned I looove you, I promise I’ll try and be good…ooooh shiny on table, mmm yummy, what was I sayin…
*sigh* puppies and teenagers, two of lifes joys.
Marty says:
Yeah, impossible to stay angry. If they ever learned how effective that look is, they’d rule the world. Wait, never mind, my dog does rule my world.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 8:09 amSonyaM says:
Funny how puppies can do that — I think the kids teach them how to make those looks…lol
BTW: Saw this & thought of you: Inside me lives a skinny woman crying to get out…but I can usually shut the bitch up with cookies.
SonyaM
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 8:32 amAlly says:
I’m a sucker for what I call “the look.” This picture is a perfect example of “the look.” Our golden has perfected it over the years. It’s impossible to stay mad when big brown eyes look up at you so adoringly.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 8:33 amCarrie says:
He makes me want a dog. He is so sweet. Hi Jill.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 10:07 amJulieLeto says:
Impossible to resist…but you already know how my I love my “virtual” dog!
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 10:27 amcheryl c. says:
Nope, I can’t resist!
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 11:48 amDonna M says:
Why is it we humans can’t resist our four footed friends?
No need to answer because I already know!! 
Enjoy the weekend.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 2:15 pmtennismom mary g says:
LOVED this post & pic. Actually showed it off at my work like he’s my dog or something LOL.
Posted on August 27th, 2010 at 8:55 pmDarlene says:
Nope, can’t do it. I have a choc lab and can’t stay mad at her either.
Posted on August 29th, 2010 at 8:35 amCait says:
When I’m angry at him, my dog does this thing where he sits in front of you and looks pathetic and scoots forward little by little with his butt until he can nudge your hand as if to say “But…but… I still wuvs you!”
Posted on September 4th, 2010 at 5:03 pm