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As the weather is getting nicer, my wife and I have been going outside with Zailey and Milo as they play in the backyard. Sometimes we play with them and other times they just play on their own.
Since both dogs are herding breeds, they try to herd each other through the yard. What ends up happening is that one will chase the other until it is cornered. Then the cornered one turns to the offensive and gives chase.
It is fun to watch their random paths they take through the yard as they give chase. They have a bunch of small cedar trees and a flower garden to contend with. So that gives them some extra hurdles to maneuver through.
Milo will chomp on Zailey when he gets cornered and goes on the offensive. Usually, he lands his teeth on her somewhere on the butt or a thigh. The other night, she even yelped in pain a few times. I've found healing gashes on her from this.
Of course, Zailey isn't entirely innocent. Considering she can fit Milo's entire head in her mouth, she can dole out her own punishment. Usually, it just means that Milo's neck is covered in slobber.
The running through the yard can go on for quite a while. Especially if the two can call a truce long enough to get some water. Every once in a while they continue the chasing indoors, but have learned that we throw them out if they do that.
In my Writing Workshop at the beginning of this month, I had everyone start writing short stories from a random title. It was interesting how the different personalities in the workshop went in different directions with the title. It was as fun as watching the dogs herd each other through the yard.
The random title exercise is one of my favorites. I have gotten a number of good stories out of doing this. A few are in Dark Matter: A Collection of Stories. Another I am giving away for free when a person signs up for my newsletter (sign up at http://lb.benchmarkemail.com//listbui...). In the one for the newsletter, it was actually a random title exercise and a writing prompt that I blended together. I came up with a serial killer that is a cannibal with the random title. The writing prompt added in the assassin who is hired to kill the cannibal. Who will win the clash of the killers?
Randomness is so fun. I am thinking about getting some sort of picture book from the library before the next Writing Workshop. We can then flip to a random page and write a story based on the picture on that page.
If you don't believe me on how fun randomness can be, just ask the dogs. Milo and Zailey love their play time together.
Since both dogs are herding breeds, they try to herd each other through the yard. What ends up happening is that one will chase the other until it is cornered. Then the cornered one turns to the offensive and gives chase.
It is fun to watch their random paths they take through the yard as they give chase. They have a bunch of small cedar trees and a flower garden to contend with. So that gives them some extra hurdles to maneuver through.
Milo will chomp on Zailey when he gets cornered and goes on the offensive. Usually, he lands his teeth on her somewhere on the butt or a thigh. The other night, she even yelped in pain a few times. I've found healing gashes on her from this.
Of course, Zailey isn't entirely innocent. Considering she can fit Milo's entire head in her mouth, she can dole out her own punishment. Usually, it just means that Milo's neck is covered in slobber.
The running through the yard can go on for quite a while. Especially if the two can call a truce long enough to get some water. Every once in a while they continue the chasing indoors, but have learned that we throw them out if they do that.
In my Writing Workshop at the beginning of this month, I had everyone start writing short stories from a random title. It was interesting how the different personalities in the workshop went in different directions with the title. It was as fun as watching the dogs herd each other through the yard.
The random title exercise is one of my favorites. I have gotten a number of good stories out of doing this. A few are in Dark Matter: A Collection of Stories. Another I am giving away for free when a person signs up for my newsletter (sign up at http://lb.benchmarkemail.com//listbui...). In the one for the newsletter, it was actually a random title exercise and a writing prompt that I blended together. I came up with a serial killer that is a cannibal with the random title. The writing prompt added in the assassin who is hired to kill the cannibal. Who will win the clash of the killers?
Randomness is so fun. I am thinking about getting some sort of picture book from the library before the next Writing Workshop. We can then flip to a random page and write a story based on the picture on that page.
If you don't believe me on how fun randomness can be, just ask the dogs. Milo and Zailey love their play time together.
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