As I’ve mentioned before, our American Farm Collie, Toby, likes to carry around a stick, a board, a log… just some piece of wood! It can be anywhere from toothpick size to dragging around a big log. He just has to have some wood in his mouth, because after all, someone might want to play tug-of-war or fetch with him!
But sometimes the big pieces of wood present a… well, a bit of a LOGistics problem!
Like how in the world can he get this big, long board through the door? He just can’t lumber through any old which way.
However, being a resourceful dog, he gets a new “slat” on his problem.
Unfortunately, there are more obstacles. Here’s yet another gateway he has to pole vault through somehow.
He has a stake on getting through though. He likes to follow me around while I do chores, and maybe get a treat biscuit (or two or three…).
He manages a sort of “Beam me through Scotty” approach and gets through once more.
Ha, ha! It’s mine, ALL MINE!!!
I’ve got him pegged however. He’ll drop that board if I offer him a treat!
Of course, just maybe Toby has had a few too many treats. Youngest son and I took Toby to the vet Friday to catch up on his immunizations and stuff (the dog, not the son). While Toby was there, we got him up on the scales and weighed him.
Waiting For The Vet
Now you’ve seen all these pictures. You’ve seen him compared to the chickens in the background, and sitting beside my about 6′ tall son.
So the question is: How much do you think Toby weighs???
I’ll give you a couple of hints.
- About 4 years or so ago, he weighed 42 pounds.
- Next month he’ll be 5 years old.
- He may be just a tad fluffy, but he’s mostly pretty solid!
The person who guesses closest to his actual weight by this Friday wins the contest! The prize is a 5×7 picture, your choice! (And Jenny, yours is ready to go as soon as I have an address!) I don’t say I’ll get it to you FAST, but I will get it to you!
So take a guess! Just how much do YOU think Toby weighs???
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I think he weighs 97 lbs.
Our lab/shepherd loves wood! We had to gather up firewood he carried off the back porch over the winter. It didn’t seem like much until the snow melted. A piece here and there was actually pieces all over the yard. He’ll drag a redwood out of the woods when possible – 8′ long – and run with it. It’s not so bad if he’s running in front of you, you can direct him away or make him stop. When he comes up behind you and catches you in the back of the knees as he runs by it’s not amusing.
Oh yeah, that bit of running up behind you when he’s got a piece of wood in his mouth – OUCH! I get more bruises that way. It gets really dicey when he picks up a piece of old wood that has some nails in it. =:-O
You wood have to use all those puns, eh? I’d plank you very much if you’d cut down on them…
I can’t help myself! They just splinter my thoughts, and it’s plane to see they wood just pile up if I didn’t branch out and use them in my posts!
I’m sure that I’m way under but I wanna guess…..85 pounds. It’s hard to tell since we got Sammie. She looks like she weighs so much more than she actually is.
Hot? Cold? In-between? I’m not telling how close the guesses are until Friday!