When Dogs Fly
Every once in a while Blane asks me if it’s true that I saw our dog fly. First of all it’s hard enough to believe our well-behaved Mireille would steal food off the counter. Secondly, she’s just not tall enough to reach the counter-top with her mouth.
But I saw her steal that pork chop. Barely. It happened so fast, all I saw was a white blur, two back paws, and then an empty plate. I heard her jaw snap. Next, she went into self exile in the washroom. Proof of her guilt. Proof that pork chop didn’t disappear into thin air. She couldn’t even look me in the eye.
Blane claims I told him it happened in slow-mo, her long white ears like airplane wings, gliding through the air. I’m thinking his imagination added that to the story.
Spanky says I told her too that it was in slow-mo, that Mireille looked just like Scar attacking Simba in “The Lion King.” I couldn’t have told her that because I know I saw back legs, not the dog coming at me head on. That dog would never be able to fly through the air while looking dead at me and steal. Not Mireille. I think Spanky’s imagination added to that story, too.
Blane and Spanky believe everything I tell them. They just ask me if it’s true because they want to hear the story again. They believe Mireille flew for that pork chop.
She did. There was no slight of paw involved. She flew. That’s how we saw it.
max said,
January 24, 2008 at 5:24 am
That is one very cute dog.
max said,
January 24, 2008 at 5:25 am
[ps : did you ask how much Blane was paying Spanky to back up the story?]
michele said,
January 24, 2008 at 7:58 am
That is funny. Did she eat the whole thing?
Once, my cat jumped up on the counter & grabbed a salsa-topped chicken breast & dragged it through the living room before we even noticed. [It was not funny to us at the time..]
leakelley said,
January 24, 2008 at 11:30 am
This is hysterical!
My cat is also a flying thief.
But she is so small, a pork chop is out of the question (same size as her).
Usually paper clips, rubber bands, and such.
I find them under the rug later.
Cute dog!
max said,
January 24, 2008 at 12:12 pm
For the longest time I thought Jones [the cat] was working with Dolph [the dog] because any time I left the peanut M&M’s bag out on the desk, I woke up to find a dog ravaged M&Ms bag on the floor in the office. Since clearly the dog could not get on the desk and definitely the cat could, they had to be working together right? Then one night in bed I kept hearing computer keyboard keys clicking. What the hell?
In the office, I found Dolph doing a leap and hook move that would shame basketball players and it was his toenails clicking on the computer keys as he went for the sweep the M&M’s off the desk move.
I did not know he could pull a basketball move like that hook.
Also I really owed Jones an apology.
voodoo child said,
January 24, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Oh that is a fantastic story. Mireille is a perfect little lady . White bread cannot stand a chance here. Grizzie has a way of waiting till we leave the house, to thief f eat things on the counters edge.
Kitty said,
January 24, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Leakelley, I’m always surprised at what cats will eat. Paperclips? Wow.
Michele, she ate it all and in less than 20 seconds.
LOL Max, you thought they were working together… Poor little innocent Jones.
Voodoo, Blane Jr’s dog stole a loaf of bread fresh out the oven one time. Didn’t even wait for it to cool down.
Anita Marie said,
January 25, 2008 at 9:02 am
My Dogs don’t need to fly, use black magic.
My husband’s cat…Darwin ( who thinks and acts like a dog…) knocks stuff from the counter down to them.
and then while they’re busy he raids their food bowls.
It’s a win-win thing for them.
Bunk Strutts said,
January 27, 2008 at 12:39 am
Dogs don’t fly, Kit. Cats do, but only when I invade their personal space.
Kitty said,
January 27, 2008 at 1:16 am
Bunk, believe. Believe.