I come bearing videos of Jamie, the family dog.

[juushika]

This time, I come bearing videos of Jamie, the family dog.

Much as promised.

I took these on my visit home the other day. James is stunningly photogenic, but the videos are a bit lacking in that my voice still runs in the background. Nevertheless, some of you might enjoy them, and I definitely plan to send them to my sister, who is away at college and misses Jamie. I can hardly blame her—she is the perfect dog.

So, without further ado: two videos.

Jamie knows how to: sit, (lay) down, fall over, stay, crawl, stop, jump, give paw, give other paw, both paws, carry, go get (predefined objects, e.g. go get the paper; she can't go fetch something she doesn't know by name), move, get out of the way, put your butt down, get out of the kitchen, stop begging, go potty, heel, (go to your) pillow, (go to your) other pillow, look at me, and probably half a dozen others beside. She's quite intelligent, and has converted a lot of dialog into commands, therefore the fact that she will indeed "get out of the kitchen."

In this video, she performs pillow, sit, down, stay, crawl, stop, and her creeping up on a treat, all a little overenthusiastically.

But as tricks go, this is probably Jamie's specialty: falling asleep. This video was taken at 11:40 AM and features a drowsy dog, falling down and getting ready to go to bed, again, and not for the last time that day.

She's wearing her festive Thanksgiving(-esque) bandanna, as it was indeed Thanksgiving.

Anyway, I hope that you enjoy. I'm going to finish getting dressed, and then I'm off for my Thanksgiving: breakfast at my parent's house, assuming that the boy remembers to wake so that we may drive there.