My Italian Greyhound's attraction to batting
 

Molly is 10 years old and still looks and acts like a puppy, especially when it comes to batting.

I remember the first time she destroyed a roll of batting. It looked like a bomb went off in my sewing room. And what's worse is that I was right there when it happened. My back was turned while appliquéing. She silently and happily used her pointy little nose to pull, pluck, and pick apart my bundle of batting with such speed, I think she was rushing through it to get it destroyed before I caught her! I was stunned when I turned and saw my precious little Molly in the middle of a huge mess of destroyed batting.

Did I learn my lesson? Never EVER leave batting unattended and in reach of Molly? Haha, for the most part, yes! But there was the time I left the closet door open and some scrap batting was on a shelf I thought was high enough she wouldn't get it. Yeah, totally my bad.

And the time I came home exhausted after a full day at International Quilt Festival. I walked in the house and dumped my arm loads of shopping bags filled with festival shopping. One huge bag laying on the floor had a bag of batting. So this batting is like double bagged and I think it is well hidden and safe because the outer bag is a heavier white plastic. I underestimated the powers of flirtatious batting and Molly's weakness for it. From the look of it, the two had a great time together.

Currently, I'm working on a small piece to refine my hand quilting. The edges have exposed batting. Molly looks so innocent and sweet as she cuddles next to me while I sew. But I know that if I leave this project alone with her for one nanosecond, I will regret it!

I got a great laugh out of this. Sorry that you have to experience it, but know I am laughing with you....my 80 pound half boxer, half golden retreiver, who is 5 years old has a problem being left alone. Her favorite thing to do is empty out the trash can, but she also has been known to somehow get hold of the end of a skein of yarn and run around the entire house time and time again until it will not go any further. If she still has time and another skein is available, she does it again. LOL. So, like you, I am amazed at her abilities.

arent they so much fun to have around. a person gets half mad but
you really have to smile. because we are the ones who put that stuff
in front of them ha ha

i can soooooo relate. LOL

i had a quilt draped over the frame.
diligently hand-stitching away.
my end looked pretty good for a first attempt.

at the other end, my dog was quietly and joyously snacking away.

and when i had the colossal nerve to chastise him, i got that look.
you know that look.
"what? why the angry face? this is so much fun! this was so tasty! yippee! i wuv you!"
complete with wagging tail.

not much you can do in the face of all that innocence and affection.
LOL LOL LOL

Check out Ditter's post of the funny cat video today. The cat having fun with the TP roll ...well, we went through that with one of our cats. Too funny what animals do.

I also have a Molley dog, and she likes to empty my scrap box. Then she lays down in the middle of the mess to take a nap. Hard to be angry when they are sooooooo cute

Max (my avatar picture) and my cat Nip did a number on my house the first time I left them alone, together. As I drove up to the garage, the first thing I saw was what looked like snow in the dog pen. As I entered the basement, I saw Max had "discovered" the 12-roll package of TP waiting to be taken up to the bathroom -- hence "snow" everywhere.

Entering the kitchen, I discovered a now-empty (plastic) jar of dog treats that had been purchased along with the TP. The living room: apparently one of my down pillows had been "bad" so Max had attacked it and then shook it to death: feathers strewn from pillar to post. Then I heard a thump, thump, thump. Nip had caught a live chipmunk and put it in the bathtub so she could watch it run around in circles! Wish I had had a video!

Jory, thank goodness for Max and his powers to seek and destroy bad pillows! hahahaha

Laughing WITH you, of course... They get a message that says, "MUST destroy batting... must DESTROY batting... must destroy BATTING!!.... "

sigh... SIIIIIGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH