Things About Which My Greyhound Gets Visibly Excited
To be followed by Things About Which My Greyhound is Neutral
string cheese
cheddar cheese
brie cheese rind
jack cheese
american cheese
swiss cheese
probably any other kind of cheese
peanut butter
peanut butter, frozen
chicken broth frozen as ice cubes (or, chicken brothsicles)
vanilla ice cream
whipped cream
chicken skin
chicken scraps
bacon fat
green treats
jerky treats
peanut butter treats
walks
dawdling on walks*
walking on the smooth white concrete
smelling door handles
smelling car tires
the sound of my phone ringing in my apartment**
guests visiting the apartment***
my dad
my mom
julie, the friend who named her
jonathan, my history buddy
dan
amelia
olive****
hostas
shady spots under trees/ bushes/ you name it*****
the river
rubdowns after being in the river
walks
haunch rubs
ear scratches
belly rubs
leaning
sleeping
colonizing the sofa******
*seriously, she walks slower than I do, plus sniffing
**she seems to associate it with people arriving since the bell routes to the phone
*** this is when you get a play crouch where she pulls all her limbs in as if she is about to take off sprinting
****aside from one german shepherd at the dog park, whom she really likes, she seems to think all dogs are... fine? but mostly she seems to like people. olive, however, she will follow/lead wherever, pack-style. the slight preference for the species/ independent quality greyhounds have appears to be true for astrid
***** she will collapse daintily under a shady spot any chance she gets when it's warm
****** she will even move pillows to her liking. like so:
string cheese
cheddar cheese
brie cheese rind
jack cheese
american cheese
swiss cheese
probably any other kind of cheese
peanut butter
peanut butter, frozen
chicken broth frozen as ice cubes (or, chicken brothsicles)
vanilla ice cream
whipped cream
chicken skin
chicken scraps
bacon fat
green treats
jerky treats
peanut butter treats
walks
dawdling on walks*
walking on the smooth white concrete
smelling door handles
smelling car tires
the sound of my phone ringing in my apartment**
guests visiting the apartment***
my dad
my mom
julie, the friend who named her
jonathan, my history buddy
dan
amelia
olive****
hostas
shady spots under trees/ bushes/ you name it*****
the river
rubdowns after being in the river
walks
haunch rubs
ear scratches
belly rubs
leaning
sleeping
colonizing the sofa******
*seriously, she walks slower than I do, plus sniffing
**she seems to associate it with people arriving since the bell routes to the phone
*** this is when you get a play crouch where she pulls all her limbs in as if she is about to take off sprinting
****aside from one german shepherd at the dog park, whom she really likes, she seems to think all dogs are... fine? but mostly she seems to like people. olive, however, she will follow/lead wherever, pack-style. the slight preference for the species/ independent quality greyhounds have appears to be true for astrid
***** she will collapse daintily under a shady spot any chance she gets when it's warm
****** she will even move pillows to her liking. like so: