BoDee and His Bottles

Sorry about the lack of posts there, folks. Christmas and all that...sure that's a good excuse. :)

Let's have a little chat about BoDee's obsession: Water Bottles. I kid you not, this dog is never happier than when he has a bottle of some sort to play with. It seems that Mountain Dew bottles are his favorite. I don't know how, but he can always tell them apart from the rest, and he LOVES them. But really, any bottle will please him.

I think this is another common Boston trait that BoDee just takes to the extreme. Dexter (you remember him, right?) also LOVES bottles. I remember one day at the office when our CEO, Kim was upstairs in my office, showing a potential client around. Kim happened to have a water bottle in her hands as she was gesturing and talking about what goes on in my office. BoDee went NUTS. He tried sitting pretty and waiting for her to just hand it over, when that didn't work, he tried walking around on his hind legs. "Look! Look at what I'm doin'! Gimme that!" That didn't work either, so he moved to just trying to take it from her. She didn't know about his obsession and thought he was being particularly friendly. I snagged him JUST before he captured his water bottle prey.

Whil and I have to guard our bottles with our lives, both at home and at work. You can't set down a bottle within his reach if you want said bottle back. You'll often hear us telling him "Hey! I'm still using that...it's not for you!" And he'll sit and wait, perked up and ready for the bottle to be relinquished. I don't think we know how to leisurely enjoy a bottled beverage anymore. Spoiled little dog.

I particularly love when he finds an empty milk jug. He'll pick it up by the handle and prance away SO excited, but the jugs are bigger than he is, so it makes for a pretty cute show.

There is a process to BoDee's bottle playing, however. His number one objective is to remove the lid, and the safety ring thing under it. Once that's done, it's on to chasing. He pounces on the bottle so that it shoots out from under his front paws, and then chases it to wherever it landed and pounces again. If we're at home, it is inevitable that the first place the bottle will shoot is under the couch, at which point BoDee proceeds to have a FIT. Bostons are very quiet dogs. They don't typically bark unless there's a damn good reason, and this is true for BoDee as well...unless he has lost a bottle. He makes this ridiculous (and very cute) half bark, half grunt sort of sound and kind of flops his body in the general direction of what he's looking for. If that doesn't work, he moves to scratching desperately on whatever the bottle is trapped under. As I mentioned, this is usually our couch. Our NEW, still being paid for couch. Clearly, this means we will immediately retrieve the bottle for him. And that bottle will immediately wind up back under the couch. I can guarantee that if we were to move our couch, we would find no less than 3 bottles. The same can most likely be said for our bed. BoDee is not typically allowed to have bottles in the bedroom. We have hardwood floors in our bedroom, and the noise is INSANE. Little Boston claws speeding across the floor, the bottle slamming into walls and bouncing on the floor...it's too much.

So that's BoDee's bottle obsession. If you have a Boston and you haven't given it an empty bottle yet, I urge you to give it a shot. Hilarity will most certainly ensue.


Waiting "patiently" for Daddy to finish with the bottle.


Bottle Obtained! Now off with the lid.


All done!