My Silly Schipperke

My family has three dogs. There is an Afghan Hound (Ghoulie), a Yorkshire Terrier (Chang-Chi), and a Schipperke (Gadget). I know, it is quite an eclectic mix of breeds. Ghoulie, who is 13 years old, is a very loving dog and kind of like a big puppy.We used to breed Afghans (beginning 24 years ago when we got our first one) and she is from the very last litter that we had. She was born on Halloween, hence her name (her brother was Boo). Chang-Chi is 9 years old and was purchased in Korea when my parents lived there. His name is the Korean word for 'accessory,' because it is the closest word to 'Gadget' that they could find (My aunt used to say to my parents [who are both Scorpios] "You Scorpios always have to have your gadgets"). Growing up around bigger dogs, he isn't your typical prissy Yorkie. Gadget is 14 years old, deaf, and going blind too. He can still see okay, but it is really easy to sneak up on him if he's not paying attention. So, on to the story. I walked into the utility room that the dog's can access through a doggie door. They all got excited as I reached up into the cubby where we keep their rawhide bones. I gave Ghoulie hers and she bolted outside. I started to give Gadget his, but apparently he thought I dropped it. So, he looked at the floor and grabbed a small wedge of wood, roughly about the same size and color as the rawhide. He immediately ran out the door to go roll on it or bury it or whatever the ritual is that he does. I shouted for him, forgetting that he is deaf like I always do. Chang-chi got his bone and I went outside into the dog yard to chase Gadget and his piece of wood down. He took off running away when he saw me approaching. When I caught up to him (which isn't hard since he is basically built like a fat sausage with little legs), he looked learily at me and kept backing away. It took some convincing, but I finally managed to make the swap between the wood and the bone. Without skipping a beat, he ran across the yard, dropped the bone, and rolled allover it to call it his own. Okay, so maybe it's not so funny hearing it second-hand, but it was quite amusing to me. I know that dogs can have emotions like happiness, anger, shame, etc. I have seen all of these in my dogs before. I suppose this time he just decided to hide his embarrassment by continuing on with his head up. Silly Schipperke.