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Thursday, November 17, 2011

It Doesn't Take Much

Boz doesn't care about petty politics. He doesn't know about choices, good or bad. He likes to run in open spaces and Johnson Field is fine with him just as it is.


"Boz," I said, "the field is a dumping ground for silt!"

Boz likes silt.
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34 comments:

  1. TrishNovember 17, 2011 at 8:45 AM

    love the pics! seeing Boz SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy makes me smile! thanks for the morning grins!


    wv: bityr...sounds like you're not bityr about the fields at all...;-)

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  2. alexNovember 17, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    innocence is bliss!

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  3. Petrea BurchardNovember 17, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    Trish, it does my heart good to see him so happy.

    I don't know what to think about the silt.

    Alex, I agree!

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  4. UnknownNovember 17, 2011 at 9:10 AM

    Love to see a performance of the Boz Dog Doo-Dah Band!

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  5. MargaretNovember 17, 2011 at 9:17 AM

    Sweet Boz looks so happy.

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  6. Petrea BurchardNovember 17, 2011 at 9:40 AM

    Cliff, although Boz is musical he's not enamored of crowds. I'll be happy to entertain you with a one-dog parade.

    He's happiest when he's running, Margaret. Either that or when his belly is being rubbed. I guess that makes him pretty typical.

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  7. AnonymousNovember 17, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    I love Boz because he'll be moseying around, minding his own business, then out of nowhere, he has a sudden impulse to cut a rug.

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  8. diveNovember 17, 2011 at 10:30 AM

    Mmmm … Silt.
    Hoorah for happy Boz! What a great post, Petrea. I came home from work all pooped and stressed and there's Boz leaping around in the silt and cheering me the hell up.
    Give him a thank you hug from me.

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  9. Petrea BurchardNovember 17, 2011 at 10:53 AM

    That's Boz, Karin. Moody and impulsive. Like a starlet or a rich girl. I don't know where he gets it.

    I'm glad he cheered you up, Dive. He does that for me all the time. I'll go pet him for you right now. You know dogs, hugging puts them off.

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  10. UnknownNovember 17, 2011 at 11:50 AM

    I LOVE BOZ!!!!!!!!!!

    E. Max Hengst!!!

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  11. pasadenapioNovember 17, 2011 at 11:56 AM

    Sweet frisky boy!

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  12. Petrea BurchardNovember 17, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    I wonder what it is about dogs that it makes us so happy to see them happy. Boz's unbridled joy can release me from almost any worry or concern. When he bounds across the veldt my heart bounds with him.

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  13. SpeedwayNovember 17, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    I love Boz's version of Martha's Graham's
    ballet "Applachian Spring." Eh, so it's fall ... a dog's exuberance is a "simple gift."

    http://youtu.be/kRvgCGJ2JQc

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  14. BellisNovember 17, 2011 at 1:15 PM

    Instead of trying to have a Zen-like outlook on life, I think I'll try to be Boz-like - just go along with whatever happens and enjoy it! I was sad the ground squirrels lost their homes because of the silt, but Boz gained a running field and that makes me happy. Great action photos - he's cantering!

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  15. StevenNovember 17, 2011 at 1:26 PM

    Run Boz Run! There are days when I like my dog better than I like some people. Man's best friend.

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  16. Petrea BurchardNovember 17, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Boz enjoys his gifts, Speedway, and they are simple, but that's all he needs.

    Nature will out, Bellis. It doesn't know we're here and it doesn't care.

    I hear that, Steven.

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  17. Susan CampisiNovember 17, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    Go, Boz, go! A Boz-like approach to life sounds good to me.

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  18. John SandelNovember 17, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    LEAP !! … and the ground will appear.

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  19. TashNovember 17, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    Oh, happy frolicking Boz.

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  20. KatieNovember 17, 2011 at 5:38 PM

    Such awesome photos. In the top one Boz looks positively puppy-like! I wonder if the secret to having this sort of energy and exuberance is having a bed in every room.

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  21. Petrea BurchardNovember 17, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Katie: sort of. It's plenty of exercise, something fun to chew on and long naps in the sun. The sun tends to move, so one needs mobile sleeping spots.

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  22. John SandelNovember 17, 2011 at 6:01 PM

    I think he looks like a hood ornament—say, from an Isotta-Franschini … bronzed and idealized: the very epitome of aerodynamic caninity.

    wv: manur … about which, 'nut said.

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  23. BellisNovember 17, 2011 at 6:52 PM

    Well, he also looks like the bronze of a leaping deer in the Huntington library. And the photos are unusual, because it looks like you got views of him from two directions at the same time.

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  24. ElisabethNovember 17, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    Oh to be so easily contented.

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  25. Petrea BurchardNovember 17, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    In any case, he looks like art to me.

    Hi Elisabeth, welcome. I suppose it's a trade-off, isn't it?

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  26. TheChieftessNovember 17, 2011 at 11:57 PM

    Now that's a happy dog!!! Er...Boz...(does he know he's a dog???)

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  27. USelaineNovember 18, 2011 at 12:13 AM

    (I love your love of Boz. Always shows.)

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  28. Petrea BurchardNovember 18, 2011 at 7:09 AM

    Chieftess, I think he does. He gets these urges for dogness, when nothing will do but an afternoon with doggy friends.

    Elaine, he'd recognize you as a friend right away.

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  29. Ms MNovember 18, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    I love seeing Boz's doggy joy!

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  30. Shell SherreeNovember 19, 2011 at 1:30 AM

    Such exuberance. I love you, Boz. I wish silt had that effect on me.

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  31. Petrea BurchardNovember 19, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    All things "dirt" have that effect on him.

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  32. sonia a. mascaroNovember 21, 2011 at 5:14 AM

    Great pictures! Beautiful Boz looks very happy!

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  33. Petrea BurchardNovember 21, 2011 at 7:27 AM

    Sonia, you know how happy it makes me to see him happy.

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  34. irinapicturesDecember 3, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    What a wise dog.

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