“Carry a big stick and you will go far” is what some guy named Roosevelt said a very long time ago. Actually, he said, “Speak softly”, but ask any of our neighbors, I never speak softly! It’s me who wakes everyone around us up early in the morning with my loud hunting calls on our walks. No matter, a big stick at sunrise makes for a great start to a girl’s day. I’m Bailie and I’m using some words from this guy today because that works best for me.
Big sticks are always a lot of fun to find, and when I find one, I love to tease Madison with it. She tries to get it away from me, but that never happens. When Madison saw I had this treasure, she came at me at the speed of sound.
I’m bigger, older, and have more stick experience on my side. She was up for a little game of chase, but I entertained no thoughts of losing my precious treasure.
Even with a hard turn, I clearly had the advantage because of my height. I feel sort of like a circus performer, flying through the air with the greatest of ease! Kids these days need to learn to respect their elders, and to work hard for what they want.
The two of us went back and forth for a while, but let’s face it. Carrying a big stick like this in one’s mouth is not always easy. Before I had the need to start panting, I stopped to catch my breath. I don’t know about the going far part of the quote, as a big stick is not easy to tote around.
Madison was starting to give up, but by stopping, the game has changed. Now I can tease her with the stick up close. She seems to think she will be able to hop on over and grab it from me – wrong!
Once and a while, I let her start to even get her mouth on my stick, but then move just enough to keep her from actually getting a hold of it.
If you have siblings, you know as well as I do, the game of keep away is only fun for so long. Eventually, I dropped my precious treasure, and pretended to have no more interest in it. Of course, Madison wanted to have it immediately.
She grabbed the stick and hit the road as fast as she could. I always let her think she won to make her feel good.
Now that she was feeling good about winning the stick, I started to hunt her down. I like to play chase, but she thinks I just want my stick back.
Look out little one! I’m right on your furry behind! I’m closing in on you!
In the end, I backed off to let her think she won the stick fair and square. See in her eyes how proud she is of herself? Finding a big stick to play around with on a walk is always fun. Mom doesn’t let us have big sticks in the yard, but I carried this one for quite a while, so we got to play with it. Shortly after this last photo, she took it away from us. We are not allowed to chew on sticks because they can be dangerous if ingested.
We are thankful for so many things including big sticks, so we are joining Brian’s Home Blog in the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop! Visit some other blogs to see what they are thankful for.
That really was such a special treasure and you both sure were having some fun! Thanks for joining the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
Good quality sticks are hard to find.
It is big enough to share but I guess that’s s no fun.
Sometimes we will run together with a stick, but our height difference makes it kind of tough. Chase is much more fun.
HA!!! We love this post Madison and Bailie! What a fun game you had. Like Bailie my brother Dash LOOOOVED to find sticks on the walks and hikes and carry them as we went along. His tail would go wild! And he would show the stick to me and say things like “see me? I have a stick!” We liked how much fun you girls were having with the chase game too! And good work Bailie — letting little Madison have the stick at the end. What a great post. Such awesome photos!! Have a good day. Your friend Lilly
Thank you. Once you are healed up and the new siblings arrive, I bet you will have lots of fun games going on! You better sleep a lot to rest up for what is coming your way. This morning it is super cold and windy, so Bailie was chasing leaves on the snow, but then caught a plastic wrapper and carried it all the way home, teasing me along the way. Once we hit the yard it became boring, so Mom put it in the trash. Mom always gets excited about our finds and calls them our treasures and goes on and on about how proud we are to have a treasure which makes our tails wag too. Have a fun day!
I love how you girls have so much fun in the snow. Neither Sampson or Delilah are big on picking up sticks, but Sampson does love to eat them. Yes, the little jerk will chew them and eat them, so we are careful not to let him have any.
Enjoy your snow, we are getting rain now, so all ours is melting.
Mom has a pile of sticks outside the gate to our yard because we can’t have them for that chewing reason. We sometimes eat small ones we rip off shrubs, but that is it. No rain here, just going below zero for about a week starting today. We don’t mind. Super cold and wind energize us but we only go out for short amounts of time to be safe.
Sampson loves the super cold too. 🙂
I have never gotten into sticks. My true love is my tennis balls. You girls look like you’re having oodles of fun with your stick in the snow!
You should come by our house. We have a bag of all kinds of tennis balls in the closet. Neither of us have any interest in balls, so they just stay in the closet. We enjoy picking up a good stick on a walk, but most of the time we only care about it for a few minutes and then move on.
that is true… and you can go high too like that sergej bubka guy once ;O)
Bailie always goes high because she is tall. It is not easy being the shorty in the family.
Oh my gosh, just too cute. You guys sure have fun together.
We do have a ton of fun together. I think since we are fairly close in age, and Bailie is such a kind soul, it works wonderfully for us to be besties.
I’m thankful that I found you two and your mom. You’re all most delightful.
Have a woof woof Thankful Thursday. My best to your mom. ♥
Thank you. We are a happy little family.
Love all the pictures. You two sure had a good time with that stick running through the snow. Have another good day.
Nothing beats a good game of keep away in some fresh snow!
You girls always bring a smile to my face. Your bond with each other is so sweet, and reminds me of the bond between Callie and Shadow. It is beautiful to witness. I hope you both have many more years to enjoy your bond. ❤️❤️
Mom has told us we have to live forever, which seems like quite a long time.
Good job making the most of that stick while you had it, Bailie!! It looks like you both had a lot of fun, and what a good energy burner carrying that around!
One thing we do is burn off a lot of calories with all our chasing games.
Awww this is one of my most favorite posts! What a special big sister you are Bailie!!! I like that you made Madison work for her prize but in the end, you were one thoughtful big sister!!!
Bailie is a real softy. She teaches me to respect and wait, but I know in the end, she will give me the furs off her back if necessary.
You girls sure know how to have fun!
xoxo,
Rosy, Jakey & Arty
We sure do have a lot of fun.
Looks like y’all had fun! None of us do da speaking softly thing either.
Let yourself be heard by all is our motto! I bet you terriers are the same!
What a fun adventure and game!
Chase and keep away all in the fresh snow is a ton of fun.
What fun! My mom says they can also be bad for they eyes! XOXO, Sparkle
We love to grab sticks but usually just for a couple minutes. Mom doesn’t let us keep any that have a lot of branches that could poke either of us in the eye. For that reason, this stick was perfect…long, thick, no branches. Normally we are not allowed to even keep them when we get home. Mom did take this one away when we stopped playing.
Shyla agrees with you about big sticks! When we have bottomless snow (like now), she leaps up on trees and tears down branches to serve as her big sticks!
What a wonderful series of photos. Keep having fun, girls!!!
Bailie rips branches off our trees in the backyard sometimes. Mom is not a fan of that, but a girl just needs a stick now and then. They are smaller and soft, so not quite as dangerous.
Fenris loves to play with sticks. He would have a ball playing with you, but we think the snow would intimidate him. He has never seen snow before.
I bet he would love snow. Most dogs seem to love it and the first time is always the most exciting.
nothing beats a good game of chase – especially between siblings and in the snow.
Winter with some cold and snow is a ton of fun.
Looked like a fun game of keep away!
We did have a really good time.
I feel you pain, Bailie. Pierre is constantly trying to steal my beloved Lamb Chop every single time I get it from the toy box. I don’t mind grumping him if he gets too bold about snitching it. You did a great job selecting such a big stick! Your pal, Bentley
Bailie and I trade toys and treasures a lot. I just enjoy having them, but Bailie seems to feel she is teaching me something by making me wait to have things.