Comet
black lab/blue heeler mix, age 3
My four-legged friend is Comet. At school we would call him a “genius of his genus,” but at home we say, “Hey, Comet!"
After receiving Comet, we realized that our dog had a lot to learn:
1. Our house is not a bathroom
2. Fetch
3. Puppy eyes = good stuff
4. Jumping off the dock
Comet’s greatest accomplishment is probably fetch. Our dog has speed, and caught on to catching the ball very fast.
At our cottage, we would throw his toy into the water from the shore and he would retrieve it. Soon we began throwing his toy off the dock, but Comet still ran back to the shore to enter the water from there. Now Comet knows he won’t snap in two if he jumps off the dock.
Comet is timid, especially around other canines. However, when he is playing fetch with his ball, YOU’RE ON HIS TURF! He does not bite or growl — he just stares at you with those puppy eyes and intelligent smile, as if to say, “Come near my toy and you’ll regret it.”
Comet is the best dog. I wouldn’t trade him for the world, because he is my world.
Comet
black lab/blue heeler mix, age 3