Chicken Legs
No, I am not referring to my own legs. Check this out:
Pansy lays down like this often. I’ve given it the nickname “chicken legs” since it looks like a chicken sitting on my cutting board, with the legs protruding out to the sides, ready to cut off. I’m not sure I’ve ever had a dog lay down like this.
She’s been attracting attention from our neighbor dogs lately. I’ve been letting them roam outside in the afternoons and if they see that Joker and Ace are out, they both run over to the edge of the property line and start making noise. Sometimes it’s just Chewie barking, sometimes it is just Pansy. It’s hardly ever both of them at the same time. I can get Chewie to come back to the house without too much trouble, but Pansy has been ignoring me calling her. Actually, it’s not that she is ignoring me, it’s that she’s trying to get the attention of Joker and Ace. They are labs (one black, one chocolate) – fixed of course – so they love to play. They never bark at Chewie or Pansy – they just sniff and jump and run and, well, play. Pansy has been inserting herself in between the two of them, getting them to chase her, nipping at them – generally being a pesty little sister. And when I drag her away, she’s as happy as can be that she got to play with them.