Doggie Millionaire

Should there ever be a canine equivalent of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire our dog would never win.

Testament to this is Destiny's inability to grasp the game of fetch. Oh, she has the basics down - run after the ball and bring it back. But then she gets confused between fetch and tug of war.

Now the whole point of fetch is exercise for the dog. Effort on my part is not in the game plan. Tug of war is out. Besides energy expenditure, I'm not keen on reaching into the dog's mouth to extract a tennis ball.

So....

I throw a second ball. The dog chases that ball - and finds herself in a dilemma. How to pick up a tennis ball in her mouth when her mouth is already full of tennis ball.

Now if the dog was REALLY smart, she would stand at my feet after I've thrown the second ball, continue to chew contentedly on the first retrieved ball, and give my a look that says: Sucker - now YOU have to go chase that one.