Ollie. Not the bravest dog in the world...

Hugh Janus · Post by **Hugh Janus** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:01 am

Here is a pic of our dog "Ollie." He is a Labrador cross. Dunno what he is crossed with. I strongly suspect a plank of wood.

Something happened a couple of days ago concerning our brave "guard" dog.

We had let him off to run round the garden, something he loves to do, when he suddenly started barking as if the hoards of hell were invading. Sue, (my partner,) and myself went out to see what was going on. He was stood in the middle of the lawn head down, barking for all his worth. When we got closer we spotted the offending article.

A feather. Not being one to deny myself a chance to wind the dog up, I picked up the feather and threw it into the air. Ollie went berserk. He followed it around as it was descending, barking furiously as it wafted around the garden. Then the funniest thing happened. The wind blew the feather straight onto his nose. I swear, the poor dog was mortified. He screamed and jumped backwards, but unfortunately, the barbs in the feather held it to the hairs on his snout like velcro. He started jumping backwards but the feather clung on. I swear he was nearly doing backward summersaults, trying to get away from this beast that had attached itself to him. I never realised just how fast a dog can run going backwards. It was certainly an eye opener for me. He was getting wild eyed and even more frantic. Sue had to go into the kitchen because she was nearly wetting herself. I was finding it extremely hard to stand. Tears were streaming down my face. All the while the dog was running backwards, in ever decreasing circles. Yelping like a puppy. Eventually the feather came off and settled onto the ground. Suddenly Ollie became our great protector again. He advanced on it, very slowly, growling and then barking. He eventually put out a tentative paw to try and touch it. It actually took him three attempts. He kept withdrawing just before he touched it. I have honestly never seen such a cowardly dog in all my life. He finally decided that the best way to sort it out would be to eat it. Sue and myself were in total stitches. We were completely cracked up. But one thing is for certain. If anybody ever decides to break into our house, all they will need to arm themselves with is, a feather...

Imladris · Post by **Imladris** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:22 am

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Awwww, bless him, he looks full of fun with a cheeky grin.

TenneseeGirl · Post by **TenneseeGirl** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:44 am

Put me in stitches reading it.

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:55 am

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl Had me laughing as well.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:26 am

:wah: Oh, that was a cute story.

kazalala · Post by **kazalala** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:29 am

aw that must have been so funny to see ,, poor doggie:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:08 am

Hugh Janus;1245219 wrote: Here is a pic of our dog "Ollie." He is a Labrador cross. Dunno what he is crossed with. I strongly suspect a plank of wood.

Something happened a couple of days ago concerning our brave "guard" dog.

We had let him off to run round the garden, something he loves to do, when he suddenly started barking as if the hoards of hell were invading. Sue, (my partner,) and myself went out to see what was going on. He was stood in the middle of the lawn head down, barking for all his worth. When we got closer we spotted the offending article.

A feather. Not being one to deny myself a chance to wind the dog up, I picked up the feather and threw it into the air. Ollie went berserk. He followed it around as it was descending, barking furiously as it wafted around the garden. Then the funniest thing happened. The wind blew the feather straight onto his nose. I swear, the poor dog was mortified. He screamed and jumped backwards, but unfortunately, the barbs in the feather held it to the hairs on his snout like velcro. He started jumping backwards but the feather clung on. I swear he was nearly doing backward summersaults, trying to get away from this beast that had attached itself to him. I never realised just how fast a dog can run going backwards. It was certainly an eye opener for me. He was getting wild eyed and even more frantic. Sue had to go into the kitchen because she was nearly wetting herself. I was finding it extremely hard to stand. Tears were streaming down my face. All the while the dog was running backwards, in ever decreasing circles. Yelping like a puppy. Eventually the feather came off and settled onto the ground. Suddenly Ollie became our great protector again. He advanced on it, very slowly, growling and then barking. He eventually put out a tentative paw to try and touch it. It actually took him three attempts. He kept withdrawing just before he touched it. I have honestly never seen such a cowardly dog in all my life. He finally decided that the best way to sort it out would be to eat it. Sue and myself were in total stitches. We were completely cracked up. But one thing is for certain. If anybody ever decides to break into our house, all they will need to arm themselves with is, a feather... Oh Poor Ollie :wah: He looks an absolute sweetie as well.

We had a very similar experience very recently with puppy. She took to chewing bee's and thought It great fun to catch them until one got stuck on her nose. She went through similar somersaults to Ollie and we were cruel enough to stand and laugh at her. She gives them a wide berth now and has started victemising moths instead.

My niece has a Springer Spaniel that is terrified of shadows. :wah:

TenneseeGirl · Post by **TenneseeGirl** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:34 am

My big dog Rodney is afraid of himself. Not in the mirror though, only in windows. He will sit there and growl and growl and growl. I think it bothers him most that the dog in the wondow does exactly what he is doing. We keep our blinds closed now.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 11:51 am

TenneseeGirl;1245335 wrote: My big dog Rodney is afraid of himself. Not in the mirror though, only in windows. He will sit there and growl and growl and growl. I think it bothers him most that the dog in the wondow does exactly what he is doing. We keep our blinds closed now. :wah: We got new Venetian blinds as puppy would charge the window when a bird landed every time. She's had many a sore nose. :wah:

Chezzie · Post by **Chezzie** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:16 pm

Great story H.J.

He looks adorable, more so now we know about his feather fetish:yh_rotfl

shelbell · Post by **shelbell** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 2:28 pm

I have one of those "furocious" Chow's...known for being guard dogs and have a bad reputation. Mine is afraid of people coming into the house...she runs and hides behind her mommy (me). Now she is afraid of the wind. Whenever I have the windows and doors open and there is just a tiny breeze, she freaks out and runs all over the house trying to find a place to hide. Right now she's under my desk so I can't put my feet there, and sometimes she just jumps on mommy to protect her from the evil wind!! Mind you, she's 85lbs, so when she jumps on me it doesn't feel to good! :yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

arobert · Post by **arobert** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:44 pm

very cute dog

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:59 pm

How ya going, Huge???