What do you suppose Sheba is bracing herself for here?
Here’s another one…look at the very top:
I need to learn to yell “heads up” more when I send the ball flying towards the pool for Sheba to catch. Sometimes she is just not paying attention!
I love to toss the ball into the pool for her. She enjoys jumping up to catch it, but with her arthritis, I try not to let her jump too much. Jumping in the pool gives her a softer landing for her paws, so I feel better about it.
She occasionally gets bopped in the head with the ball. They all do, but Sheba and Luke are the two most likely not to be paying attention. Cricket stays pretty focused on the ball most of the time, so if she gets hit, it’s only because she misjudged it.
Not to worry, most of the time now we use the softer West Paw Zogoflex Air Balls*, or the Planet Dog ball* they are using here is also a current favorite. It used to be that Cricket would play with nothing but the West Paw Zogoflex Jive* balls, but somewhere along the line she must have realized that the other two were softer for catching in her mouth. I also love all of these balls because they are Made in the USA and for tough chewers. They float in the water and are also guaranteed and recyclable.
One thing I love about my Nikon D5500 SLR camera* is the “sport” setting. That setting will set off 2-3 quick clicks and often capture these types of photos that I don’t even realize I’m going to get. I had no idea that Sheba squinted her eyes when bracing herself for the impact of the ball! Why she does that instead of trying to catch it, I have no idea!
Now, that’s the way it’s done, Sheba!
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LOL love the photos and that Luke seems oblivious to the incoming ball.
Even when I do yell “heads up” to him, it doesn’t always do any good! LOL
I love the action shots! The expression on her face in the second photo is priceless!
Love it! Looks like she’s having a blast in the pool. Good for her.
Sheba you are so silly love the action shots!
I love those photos where you think you’re getting one, but end up getting a better one! Maybe she wasn’t bracing at all, maybe she was just blinking?
That is definitely a possibility, especially since I’m not sure why the silly girl wouldn’t try to catch it if she knew it was coming right at her! 🙂
Those are great action shots! Nice catch, Sheba!
We don’t do the “catch” thing. I ignore balls, Bailie may run after one, pick it up and run around with it for a bit, but that is it. So nice to see Sheba playing in the pool and with the ball!
Cute! Those are some active packed shots
Lily & Edward
Haha – Sam used to do that because Aaron had such bad aim with dog treats! Although, he denies it.
Monty, Harlow and Ramble
I deny my bad aim as well. 🙂
Good catch Sheba and some great shots by your mom! Taffy is the good catcher in our house, I’m terrible, and we run further than the ball and have to go back to get it! Love Dolly PeeS: First, sorry we’ve been absent mom’s been dealing with a broken phone since last week. Also, my pal Muffin got good news at the vet, her tumors have either a 7% or 25% chance of coming back depending on who you ask.
Oh, I’m so glad Muffin got good news! Now we will just hope the same for Rhette. ♥
That’s too funny. Torrey is a great catcher, Roxy, not so much.
Luke is a really good catcher, when he tries, but he just has a short attention span. He dodges the ball as often as he catches it I think!
Attagirl, Sheba!! When Callie was younger, she would run out into the area of the yard where she figured the ball would drop. Shadow learned that from her big sister, I think.
Sometimes, when I’m using the ball launcher, the ball will come out of the launcher too soon and bonk poor Shadow on the head or nose. And then I feel like a horrible mama for a few moments.
PS. Great pix, Jan! I need to see if my little Canon camera has a sport option on it. It has a whole bunch of options, but I usually don’t have it handy.
Trust me, I’ve had plenty of those horrible mom moments too! I actually don’t use the chuck-it as much because of that….I can’t always seem to control where it goes.
My camera has a lot of options, and I haven’t tried most of them either! I usually only bring my good camera out when I’m taking pictures for a specific post. I always have my phone in my pocket and I know even less about what options are on that! 🙂
Well done Sheba!! 😀 What a sweetheart. Great photos.
Poor Sheba! I do the same thing when someone throws a ball at me. It is why I sucked at softball. LOL!
LOL….that was me too, Melissa…..no wonder my dogs are that way!
yes, that’s the way sheba! great shots!!! I have a sports function too, but maybe canon thinks snail racing or paint-drying events are sports too :o)