Ruling the roost is not just for chickens.  In our house ruling the roost refers to Storm.

Storm thinks when she is out hunting all the birds belong to her.  It doesn’t matter if she is hunting with other dogs, the birds are hers.

The same goes for beds.  Storm thinks all the beds are hers.  If she wants a bed, she will make a fuss until she gets her way.

The same goes for toys.

Last weekend I had Thunder and Storm out for some playtime in the yard.

I threw the ball.

There Is The Ball
There Is The Ball

I released Thunder and Storm to fetch the ball.

Thunder And Storm Are Off
Thunder And Storm Are Off

They arrived at the exact same time.

Fetch Ball
Thunder And Storm Got To The Ball At The Same Time

Then there is a scuffle for the ball.

A Scuffle For The Ball
A Scuffle For The Ball

Storm wrestles it away.

Storm Wrestles The Ball Away
Storm Wrestles The Ball Away

And dashes away with her ball.

Storm Dashes Away With Her Ball
Storm Dashes Away With Her Ball

Meanwhile Thunder is left to try to figure out what happened.

Thunder Wonders What Happened
Thunder Wonders What Happened

Storm says it is all part of ruling the roost.

Storm Ruling The Roost
Storm Ruling The Roost

A Belated Thank You

A few weeks back my co-host Jodi from Heart Like A Dog had a give away for a package of Rocky’s Rollers form Jones Natural Chews.  And we won!  Thank you Jodi and Jones.  The brown dawgs love these.  Find out more about Jones Natural Chews from Flea’s blog.

This is the Thursday Barks and Bytes Blog Hop hosted by Heart Like A Dog and 2 Brown Dawgs.  Grab the badge and the linky code and join us!  Its fun!

Grab The Badge
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So sorry hoppers. The linky is malfunctioning today so I have removed it for now.

9 thoughts on “Ruling The Roost–Barks And Bytes

  1. Hi Y’all!

    Hey, Thunder is a gentleman! Everyone knows it’s “Lady’s first”!

    By the way, we’re trying to link browndogcbr to barks and bytes blog hop.
    We have tried with both Chrome and Firefox and receive the same error “Opps” Can’t link at all to blog hop. Also tried to send Brent an error message and received another error message. If y’all have any pull with Linky Tools, would you please try to get a message through. (Linking worked okay with Windows 10 yesterday)

    My Human has to leave now, so we’ll try to join again this evening.

    Y’all come on by,
    Hawk aka BrownDog

    1. Thanks for letting me know. I think the linky is having issues because it would not even load for me a bit ago. Hopefully it will clear.

  2. There’s one in every crowd, and I wonder if it is more often a female? Cricket, even though she is the smallest, rules around here. Though Luke doesn’t give in to her quite as easily as Sheba (if he can get the ball, he holds onto it), and that frustrates her to no end! 🙂

  3. So, is there a problem with this roost thing? I clearly rule the roost and make the rules at my house. Someone has to be in charge you know 😉

  4. Routine here! Did you say Macha and Storm have the same genes? Several summers ago this “habit” was an embarrassment. We were at a Great Black Swamp Gun Dog fun day at Lee’s pond. no dog, no breed could outdo Chessie girl (secret smile!) Her retrieves were phenomenal, each tennis ball, every tennis ball, She increased her chances by racing to the pavilion and soaring halfway to the target! Macha, Warrior Queen! After she proved her point, she would pass the ball to Diva, the Golden resident Queen, just a courtesy.

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