Hula Hoops! We bought Roxy a cool purple hula hoop last year, thinking we could teach her to jump through hoops. HA Fat Chance! We started by letting her sniff it on the ground... I don't think you can get a good whiff of anything if you don't get closer than 6 feet to it, but then again maybe Roxy can. Then we held it up (the bottom of the hoop touching the floor) so Roxy could easily walk through it. she walked around it. Hmph, so far we aren't having anyluck. So I tell my fiancee to get on his hands and knees and for him to crawl through the hoop, then I'll give him a "treat" and hopefully Roxy will follow. She looked at him like he was crazy. Ok, this entire time we have been filming. and it's been nothing but sweet words and and fun times... but no Roxy through the hoop. It's funny to hear myself on the video, but I was getting a wee bit frustruated at this point. We prop the hoop between the edge of the couch and some chairs. If she wants to come into the living room with us, she has to go through this hoop; there is no other way around it. Oh yeah, did I mention we have practically an entire bag of pig ears spread out on the floor (on the other side of the hoop, if she ever crosses over). Well she starts to whine and whimper and cry and bark these pathetic little barks. I am usually the first one to stop everything and go to console my little baby, but I had about had it with this circus!
I say to Nick "Well, we can see that YOUR daughter isn't much of a risk taker, is she?" Then I blurt out "What is her problem?! It's NOT like I'm asking her to jump through a hoop of flames!" The one liners get better from there!! So, Nick and I are still on one side of the hoop and Roxy on the other. We ask her if she wants to go for a walk. She goes crazy and really wants to go. We place the video camera on the table and focus it on the hoop. We decide to hide from Roxy and say "Bye, we're going for a walk. Come Roxy" we wait, but we can't see her (cause we are hiding by the door) then we open the door and close it so she thinks we have left. She starts to bark and whiper abd whine. It's funny because the camera catches her looking for ways to get around that darn hoop! She attempts to crawl up and over the couch and it looks like she contemplates a way of getting underneath the diningroom chairs! The look on her face when she thinks we have left for a walk without her is priceless!! I guess we're mean, but it sure was funny! She still isn't a fan of the hula hoop...allthou gh, I must say that it is a fabulous ab workout!
I won't get started about Roxy's fears of the kiddie pool, our regular pool, the shower, candles that smell, cats and little dogs. Sometimes when she gets up or turns around, she'll knock things over with that big butt of hers, and it scares the crap out of her!
I don't know why I always have to have a long story. I can never keep it to a one sentence post! Sorry!
Steph and Roxy!