Episode 7 – Bouncing Balls!

That's me in my garden - I'm not chewing up my ball - honest!

My house was all on one floor. There was a small communal garden to the front which I was not really allowed to play in by myself as I was still quite young. To the rear of the house was our own garden this was quite large for a little dog like me (20m x 20m). it was fenced all around and so mum used to let me play here all by myself.

There were so many new smells and things to explore, I used to get so excited my tail nearly wagged itself off! I loved playing with my toys in the garden also. RJ used to throw a small foam ball for me which was my favourite. Sometimes if I got too excited, I used to chew this up into little pieces which got me into a little trouble – whoops!

One summer, mum and dad got RJ a trampoline for the garden. This was a large circular trampoline with side poles and a net to stop you falling off. Very quickly this net got in the way and so dad took this off so that RJ could get up onto this himself. This was my cue! I was a great jumper and could easily jump onto the trampoline all by myself. This was huge fun. Dad used to come on with me and lie down on it next to me and give it a slight bounce up and down. I loved this and used to give him a huge tail wag. He would sometimes get a little carried away and bounce too hard which made me wobble on my feet. RJ used to lie on the trampoline with me also – what great fun!

I then realised that RJ could throw the ball for me from the trampoline, and I could launch myself off this at light speed and chase after it. I always found the ball as I had a fantastic sense of smell and even could find it when the grass had grown a little long and the ball couldn’t be seen from a distance. I brought this [the ball] back to RJ and with a few short, sharp “Gruufffs!” He would throw it again for me. This was one of my favourite games and I could play this literally for hours. Dad timed me once and said we played for two hours solid! I was that hot my tongue was nearly dragging on the floor and so dad made me stop and get a huge drink. He always looked after me that way, he was the best!

That’s all for now, time to go for a quick bounce on the trampoline and chew a foam ball into as many pieces as possible! I’ll speak to you next time. 

TTFN

Mazie

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