Dodged a bullet this morning!

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

We have a work day morning routine that rarely varies, either on my part or on Quincy's.  DH takes him for a walk to the beach, feeds him and then he comes bounding up the stairs to greet me. He keeps me company while I do the treadmill then we head down for coffee and a treat for him.  Back upstairs for a shower and he lays on the tile and waits for me.  Once dressed, we go back down for the final outdoor run, then I hold up the cream cheese stuffed Kong and he is into the crate!  

This morning he stunned me by staying upstairs after I was dressed!  He NEVER has not followed me down.  I was thinking he was resisting the crate (which he half heartedly did last week).  But he just stayed at the top of the stairs,  not moving.  I walked up and WELLA, he was laying on top of a small plastic ball.  Looked like a ping pong ball.  What? Where did this come from? He got up and ran away, but knew the jig was up and dropped it.  I had visions of how it would have looked on an xray stuck in his gullet!  Especially after looking at all those vet  xrays the other day!  On the way to work I figured out where it was from.  At squeaker toy that he has had since he came home!  He finally got the material covering off!  Thank goodness I never put squeaker toys in his crate with him or who knows.  

[Lynda Kamrath]

Yeah, he would be the squeeky toy.

[Donna K & Quincy]

Glad you dodged this one, seems as if we are always dodging bullets where our doodles are concerned.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Whew, I'm so glad you found that ball! Crisis averted! 

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Glad everything worked out.

[Carol and Banjo]

Lucky Quincy gets to start each day with a beach walk!   Banjo's jealous (his mom too)!    And lucky Quincy that his mom is on top of things!    So glad you dodged that bullet!

[Pat and Traveler]

So cute that he was hiding the squeaker!  Lucky that you found it, as he obviously wanted it.