May 31, 2019

White Dog had a touch of pride in her voice when she observed, "You know Zsofia embodies the mastery of the best of both worlds. She was raised as a White Dog and we taught her all of the tricks we developed as circus dogs through the ages; then Trixie showed her she was a big dog and Bailey came to finish her instruction in Sibe-ism."

 She had put a lot of thought into the concepts of countersurfing, a husky thing, and giraffe necking...a standard tool of the Eskie trade. I had to agree with her premise and further acknowledge the high art form giraffe necking is among White Dogs.

Basically, giraffe necking involves innocently positioning your face close to something (usually food) you desire but making it clear you have good manners and of course can't even REACH whatever it is. Then you slowly, with yoga contortionist focus stretccchhhh your neck and muzzle closer and closer to your desire. With enough charm, no one even notices that suddenly you CAN reach the treasure. Before you get called down, an expert either grabs the treat or if you are White Dog LICKS the item so it becomes yours by default. Note below: Zso has cleverly combined both methods by licking the cookie in Steve's hand AND biting off a chunk.

Here is the process in action as demonstrated by Zsofia coveting Steve's cookie.