Home from work, beautiful day...took the girls out for a walk. About a block from our house, Heidi did one of her special dorky talents...her somersault/back flop on some random lawn. She then proceeds to squiggle left and right like there's a hinge in the middle of her body...until it feels right. Then she hops up and repeats the process as many times as I'll allow before I coax her onward.
I've heard that many dogs will do this to camouflage their scent and therefore roll in feces or other equally gross findings...Heidi never rolls in anything visible to the naked eye...but she seems to adore the fragrance of her special spots.
What does Reese do while Heidi is rolling on her back, all 90 lbs of her, looking like a giant dork? Sits politely, always facing away, as if to say "Oh god, there she goes again, how embarrassing..." Then she looks to passersby longingly sending them the message-- "Don't worry, we aren't related biologically...I don't even know her that well!"
This absolutely cracks me up. I guess Reese has decided that rolling should be reserved for the privacy of one's home?
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A new add on for this story...yesterday when she did this at the corner lawn of a major intersection, I heard a courier driver bust up laughing loudly in surprise to see her full back flop--half on lawn, half on sidewalk...and the ensuing fish wriggling.
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