Jumping For Joy ... Or Was It For Dinner?

I went over to Widget's House this evening to help Alayne feed the dogs.  As I opened the gate you see in this photo to let blind Pepper and blind Emmy Lou through from their yard, deaf Tyler suddenly shot through the gate opening from the adjoining yard.  Pepper had already come through, but Emmy Lou heard Tyler thunder past and took off after him.  Emmy Lou can hear but she can't get a fix on where the sound is coming from, so she went bounding off in Tyler's general direction. 

It didn't take her -- or Tyler, for that matter -- long before they realized that everyone else was going inside for dinner, and here they were, on the wrong side of the gate!  After getting the other dogs in, I came back out and saw Emmy Lou jumping up and down at the gate.  She was literally clearing three feet in some of her jumps.  I dashed into Widget's House to get the camera.  By the time I got back outside she had quit jumping, but when she heard me call her name, she jumped again, just once.  I called her name.  She jumped again.  I called her name ... and she jumped. 

I took 24 photos in quick succession (oh, thank heavens for a digital SLR camera!), each time calling her name, and each time I got a photo of her in the air.  I'm sure she was relieved when I finally decided I had the photo I wanted, because she looked like she was getting a little tired!

Tyler, meanwhile, wasn't sure what Miss Jumping Bean was trying to prove.  All he knew was that he was still on the wrong side of the gate.

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Comments

[darla magee]

i love emmy lou's one spotty leg. it's like a cool tattoo sleeve- on one arm only. very very urban hip.

[Boundforglory]

Emmy Lou sure has a lot of energy; bet she jumped well over 50 times! The contrast of the dogs viewpoint of the situation is comical; glad you were able to capture a moving shot, it made a big difference.

[ginger & Tobias (the greythound)]

Emmy Lou looks like she's on an invisable trampoline! She's rather comical in that pic & Tyler looks to be thinking, "Okay, I'm normal, so just let ME eat. Forger her, she could do that for hours." I'm so glad you caught that with your camera, because it's just too funny! The ranch with the tricksters.
Hugs to all,
ginger & Tobias