Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy’s Ball

~ John W. Howell

“You in the mood to play ball?”

“It’s way over there.”

“That’s a whole three feet away.”

“Really? I thought it was closer.”

“For heaven’s sake, it is almost next to you.”

“Well, it just seems like it is not friendly.”

“What’s not friendly about it.”

“Seems standoffish to me.”

“It is a ball, not another dog.”

“Yeah, well, I wish it were.

“Okay, there. Mr. Ball, meet Twiggy.”

“I think you take things too far sometimes, Dad.”

“You implied that the ball was standoffish. I just wanted you two to become acquainted.”

“Okay, I get it. Nice to meet you, Mr. Ball. You have an Instagram  handle?”

I’ll throw you the ball. This will make it more active.”

“Now I think you are getting somewhere. A little interactiveness. Don’t hurt yourself.”

“There you go. Be careful it’s going to bounce.”

“I have my eye on it.”

Whoa. It took a mighty bounce.”

“Not too far for me, though. I got it.”

“Want to go again?”

“I sure do. I love to play catch.

“This time, I’ll toss it far.”

“And the doggie will run it down.”

137 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – Twiggy’s Ball”

  13. “Play ball!” may be ringing out across certain sports fields in a few weeks when the baseball season begins, but Twiggy seems to understand that the phrase applies much more broadly. Without play, what good is a ball?

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  32. Monk and I play catch/fetch every day. He loves a good ball, and a nice fast game does wonders to tire him out and settle him down a bit. That’s a great picture of Twiggy looking sidewise at her Chuck-It.

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    1. That is exactly what happened. I was out there and made one toss which she ignored. Then when I dropped the ball in front of her the game was on. I was so glad I had my phone with me. Thanks, Deborah.

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  41. I looked after my brothers dog Kevin and went to throw a ball for him and I don’t know what happened to my arm but the ball went in a completely wrong direction and into the brook, guess who had to retrieve the ball! 🥎

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  42. Wow, Twiggy! You sure showed that standoffish ball who’s boss!
    On top of it all, boy … you looked cute doing it!
    Love to dad!

    🔴⧗ 🟣⧗ 🟢⧗ 🟠⧗

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  44. Twiggy is intelligent. Does not believe in unnecessary exercise. Quite like my Rinky who is whimsical, fanciful and unpredictable. Not to say the queen of laziness.

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    1. Yes I do think Twiggy misses Lucy as much as we do. Twiggy had a very bad time getting over her and she is just now learning to be happy again. Of course, there was a surgery to deal with but all in all it was a tough time.

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  48. I’m glad to get acquainted eith Mr. Ball, dear John. I hope it will add more vivid colours to the Twiggy Resort’s routine! And I like its bright colours!🥳🍻🍤🍤🍤

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