Dogs

I have a dog. No it's not because of DK, but it would be REALLY cool if my dog were as smart as a lot of the dogs in his books.

I had a retriever/shephard mix that was extremely intelligent. She would get her backpack every Friday night hoping to go backpacking each weekend. she carried her own food and frisbee/bowl. The amazing part was the soccer. At the time she was a pup, I was going to all the Sockers, San Diegos indoor soccer team home games, and always going to the beach and kicking a soccer ball. she picked up the game, and could dribble a soccer ball off her nose the entire length of the beach, and also play 1-on-1 where a human would goalie in the edge of the surf, and she would drive the ball down at you and quickly around for a score in the water. She drew BIG crowds doing this. She also was an excellent swimmer, would chase a frisbee past the surf and then body surf the wave in with a huge smile and frisbee in mouth. memories!!