It's bitterly cold with gusty winds. The weatherman on Channel 4 has been exhorting viewers to "bring the pets inside!" Zorro is unfazed, though. The wind makes him want to run even faster, and stay outside even longer. He was reluctant to come in off our porch in WV yesterday, even though the temperature was in the teens.
We had about 30 people over last week for a holiday party and Zorro's behavior was exemplary. He didn't bark at our guests or jump on them, or beg for food. He let everyone pet him, including a toddler. Sometime during the evening, he retired to the TV room, as if he needed a break from all the activity. I think some of our guests were disappointed that he didn't bark at the moon--and he did, briefly--but it was a cloudy night so there wasn't much to bark at.
Jan. 1 marked eight months since we went to Staunton, VA and brought him home and we're still discovering new things about him. Yesterday, for example, Denny was playing tug of war with him over a tennis ball and on a whim, threw it in the air and said "catch." And Zorro caught it! Denny tossed the ball in the air several more times and he caught it almost every time. This is somewhat baffling because when we first got him, we threw him a frisbee a few times--because border collies are supposed to be such great frisbee dogs--and he hardly ever caught it.
Maybe we were just using the wrong projectile, or didn't know the magic word.
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