FurBabies by Nancy Beiman for May 06, 2024

Sirius deals out decent tongue lashings.

This may be why spitballs are illegal in sports.

The last baseball player authorized to use “wetballs” did it last in the 1910s. I believe in general they were outlawed in the 1900s. In the 1890s they were seen as sneaky by some so they were eventually ruled out in the game rules of the major leagues. In the 1880s or before that they were pretty common though. By World War I though no major leaguer or even players in the minors were using them.

Aww Kate, you know you love Sirius’ kisses.

If I were the pet parent of Sirius, I would call him Drools Verne.

That’s when I discovered Chuck-its. Hands free from the spitball.

There’s nothing like a baseball covered with doggie drool.

I miss playing catch with my pups and a soggy tennis ball.

Reminds me of this famous strip (Peanuts, November 1, 1964):

www. gocomics. com/ peanuts/ 1964/ 11/ 01

Nothing like a good Smeerp to start the week off. :)

I don’t know the “smeerp” or the “zeem.” Cool!

It’s a whole slobber of love!

I miss playing with my childhood pups.

The trick is to throw it immediately after catching it

Game called on account of drool/slobber!

Sirius is the Gaylord Perry of puppydom.

There are no tennis balls in my home. My dog’s favorite toys are stuffed animals. She particularly loves the stars – she sometimes leaves them by her food dish, which I consider rating my meals. Since she had to go on kidney diet prescription food, I was only rated once. I can’t blame her. Maybe no stars were happening for a reason. I wouldn’t eat that stuff either. Today I mixed with a little water, a bit of rice and a few cooked carrot pieces. She ate that, finally, without a problem.

I well remember the slimy tennis balls dropped at my feet or in my hand by very anticipatory pets. My last dog did not fetch, but she taught people to fetch. No one understood what I meant until they would throw a ball, and my dog would just look at them. They would retrieve the ball and throw it again. She would look at them. They would fetch…Bunny, my current dog, does the same thing. It’s fun to watch the exact moment the people realize they have learned to fetch for a dog.