Cardio workout

Poker spent a whole hour with the exercise ball yesterday without stopping. He's gotten's pretty good at it. He can keep both front paws on top for a long time balancing on the ball. The fun keeps going since Mom closed the doors to the bathroom and the laundry room so the ball just keeps rolling and Poker keeps on chasing it. A couple times it got stuck in Euchre's cage, but Mom helped get it out. She put the big tv box between the sofa and chair so the ball wouldn't bounce around the tv, but Poker and the ball still barreled through the barricade. Where was Euchre? On the couch watching tv with Mom.

It's been so cold that we haven't gotten outside for walks, but we get some exercise every afternoon playing with our favorite toys. Well, our favorites for this week anyway. Poker likes the basketball. He likes pawing it, chasing it, and trapping it under his chest. It's just the right size where his paws will be barely off the ground. He likes when Mom tries to kick the ball out from under him so he can chase after it again. Euchre still loves the jug. He chases it all over the basement. He tries to bite the corners, then it shoots out in another direction. Sometimes when it lands upright he'll pick up the jug with the handle in his mouth and carry it - but only for a few steps. It's more fun when it rolls on the ground.

The funniest part is when the jug shoots over to where Poker is playing. Euchre will head butt Poker as he's running for the jug. Sometimes it starts a whole wrestling match!

--Poker and Euchre