Age 11 1/2 months. Duties: feed the dog. Ivan takes this job very seriously. He is most concerned about quality as well as quantity. He assures that Saba gets a diversity of foods by sneaking her bits off his tray, all of what he doesn't like and portions of what he enjoys. Due to this kind attention, Saba no longer eats her food from her bowl. So when Ivan sees food in it, he takes pieces out and throws them on the floor. This alerts the dog to the fact that the baby has now identified with the food, making it desirable. She's almost to the point of only eating what he throws. The bonus of this is that Ivan already picked up a chore and does it with excellence and delight.
This next photo also demonstrates owner/canine teamwork, but in a much more negative light. This is Saba and Ivan's rendition of WWF. Saba has Smacky in a head crunch while Ivan body slams her from the back. Ivan's legs are to the right of the picture, the rest of his body is all over Smacky, which Saba's head blocks from view. Sorry to all the cat lovers out there. If it makes you feel any better, no animals were hurt during these shots.
I have no idea what they were looking at, but something was going on outside and all the highly sensitive beings in the home were alerted to it, leaving Brian and I clueless, but laughing.
2 comments:
I love the pictures with Ivan, Saba and Smacky. They are a great team even though Smacky seems to be the looser from time to time.
That is the greatest thing about growing up with animals. You always have something to laugh about and Ivan learns how to act around them which is so important.
Ditto Andrea !
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