My Yorkie Bichon Mix

Jack gets bursts of energy sometimes…and does laps around the house… In this video, he hasnt even reached top speed!

My niece Addison loves our dog Jack.   She is always playing with him and giving him treats for doing tricks.  This past summer we were having a brunch over our place and while Addie was holding one of Jack’s toys, he grabbed it and started pulling.  Addie just wouldn’t let go and the video below is the result of what happened.  I crack up every time I watch it!

I don’t know if this is a Yorkie trait or a Bichon Frise trait, but Jack is always putting his smaller toys underneath our couches.   If that was all he did, that wouldn’t be too much of a problem but he then digs like crazy trying to get them out.  This digging rips the underside of the couch apart, which is not fun.  What is fun, however, is watching how determined our dog  is to get what ever is under the couch out.  Jack sometimes even  forgets that he has gotten the item out and continues to bury his nose under the couch looking for it. Short term memory apparently doesn’t run in dogs.

Here is a video of what happens when I pick the couch up. Watch what Jack does.  So cute.

He would just not stop.  Even after frantically exploring under the couch he was still convinced something was under there.  I ended up tipping the couch over so I could take a closer look and it turned out that there was a toy IN THE COUCH!  From the past digging, Jack had torn a hole in the under side fabric of the couch and he managed to get his toy stuck in there.  If you watch the video closely, you can see him stick his head into the torn area of the couch, he knew it was there.

One of Jack’s favorite games is “playing” fetch.  In our condo we have a loft….so we play by throwing his favorite toy up onto the loft and Jack will run up the stairs like a bat out of hell and grab his toy.  It works best when the toy is a squeaky toy because you can really get him revved up by “squeak squeak squeaking” it in his face.  One thing you’ll see, that I find hilarious…Jack will peak over the edge, down from the loft, before coming down.  I think he does this to check and make sure I am still there. Here is a little video of us playing…

and here is another video where Jack decides he wants to stay up in the loft

One thing about Jack though is he may go get the ball, but you can be sure that he won’t give it back.  He loves to play keep away so I have to temp him with a treat or something more enticing in order for him to drop his toy.  This game you saw is usually a one time only thing.

I don’t know why, but every dog or cat that I’ve owned has wanted to take part (read…get in the way) when the bed is being made.  I guess they think the moving sheets and thrown pillows are to enticing to pass up.  Jack, our Yorkie Bichon pup, is no different!  As you can see from this short video, he got underneath the fitted pillow top and was having a little fun.