Devil Dog !

Looking at this sweet little dog all snug in the lazy boy with just one eye half open, you would never know that he could cause such commotion.........the snow is melting , enough so that now the gravel driveway is exposed , so what seemed to be a silly puppy trick is slowly becoming a favorite trick/game of Omar's......he has taken to swooping down on his way to the back porch,quickly grabbing of gravel and bringing it inside ...you have to chase him down to get it..they range in size ,as small as
peanut ,to the size of a large walnut......we can't have him brake a tooth or worse choke on a stone............. the noise it makes when he grinds it in his mouth is like nails scrapping the blackboard....he loves stone..the brick behind the wood stove...the stone wall in the living room.....he is just nuts about the feel I guess....and the taste...well it just won't do! ...no discussion....just NO..... and just when you think that the little stinker has done his worst as far as bad habits......he rushed in today madly jumping and so pleased with himself...no it wasn't a giant stone but a cigar shaped piece of dried poo...for the first time the stone doesn't seem so bad....please..this is not unusual...our first dog had to be kept from the cat's litter box....you can treat them like a child, dress them up...get a fancy clip and a new collar......but they are just dogs...clearly when they display this king of behavior it makes you take a moment to reflex......but then Omar will only be five months old on Thursday the 11th..he is still a pup....after all my brother , once took off his diaper and drew pictures with his poo on my mother silk wallpaper...at the time she too, was not amused...we laugh about it now ,but at the time , I thought my mother was going to faint...she turned a strange shade of ash....and the blue vein on the side of her head was like out of a horror movie....maybe Omar is thinking of building a barbecue with his stash of stones when Spring really arrives( did I tell you that he has become sneaky..he hides them and then gets them later like a drug dealer hides his stash from the police)....I know he is only a dog.....no need , I haven't lost all my marbles yet....close.... but no prize!...and I am so glad we don't live in Africa wear the poo could be really huge! are you with me!