In the winter months, Glin has taken to fetching. I really thought for some time that it was entirely possible that my dog was defective. I'd never known a retriever to be so reluctant to chase a ball as Glin.

Anytime you'd throw a ball, stick, toy, what have you, she'd look at you as if to say, "Really. If you wanted to keep that thing, why do you insist on throwing it? Surely you don't think I will go and fetch it for you?" Then she'd huff and begin chasing her tail furiously around the room because obviously the more logical of pursuits would be to snatch up one's own tail as opposed to a ball.

My guess is that there was less distance to travel and my dog is nothing if not efficent.

But she's taken heed to her instincts and now would like nothing more than to waste the hours running after balls. So focused is she on this task that when she isn't fetching, she's crazily digging at things - the floor, the couch, the refrigerator - that are trapping said balls from her. I could have friends over for dinner and she could care less. She brings the guest her ball and shoves her slobbery jaw into his or her hand, repeatedly, so that said person could "take the damn hint, jeez" and take the ball from her and throw.

In the house. This is fun for the whole family, let me tell you. No choice has ever been more difficult to make, the one between knowing that throwing a tennis ball in the house could cause damage or not throwing the ball and knowing Glin will still cause damage anyway.

But today was a lovely day and I thought it was high time to get her out of the house and back out to the dog beach, where she has ample room to roam and fetch and act crazy and love every minute of it. We have a dog park around the corner from the house, but it just isn't the same.

Not surprisingly, she loved every minute of it. And I can't get over how big she's gotten. Here are two pictures, one from today, and another from October. My baby! She's not such a baby anymore, and she's only nine months old!

Posted by Erin at 03:59 PM | filed under: Glin

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