by Amber Alyssa Nicole

Created on: July 11, 2009

The Fly Champion

My beautiful and playful boxer Roxie joyfully entertains herself by chasing flies. It doesn't matter what kind of flies they are it could be red, white, blue, doesn't matter any fly will do. She spots a fly and her head begins to mo-o-o-o-ve with the motion of what ever direction the fly happens to be flying in at that moment, usually in a zig-zaging motion.

Then she follows it around the house in this zig-zaging motion, making sure it that it doesn't get away. All the while curiously wondering what it would taste like - chicken maybe?

Then all at once she opens her mouth and grabs for it! To her surprise she misses the fly. But her curiosity urges her to go on for another try at the teasing fly. She once again watches the fly, she says to herself "wait, wait for it, wait...." then when she thinks she has a good shot at capturing the fly, she lunges forward saying "NOW!" capturing nothing once again. This battle goes on about five more times. The fly teasing, Roxie lunging, and grabbing nothing in return for her efforts.

Once Roxie has caught the menacing fly, she disables it and spits it to the floor, with a face that says "Hey! This is definitely not chicken!" - "Tastes like spinach - yuck!"

Now the pawing begins! Roxie being a boxer (boxers are known for using their front paws like a human boxer would use their hands in a ring) begins to paw and "box" at the once menacing fly, which is now disabled on the ground unable to fly. First the right paw jab! Then the left paw uppercut! Oh, no the fly is down! 1...2...3... It's over for the fly! We have a new heavy weight champion - Roxieeeee The Boxxerrr dog!

And me watching Roxie effortlessly win the fight says "Oh, no not another dead fly to pick up". As I head to the closet to get the broom and dust pan. My cat on the other hand has been objectively watching this fight to the death not understanding why the dog is chasing the fly. She thinks to herself "That is one crazy dog!" and "Why doesn't the fly just fly away - doesn't it know its going to die."

Roxie the champion of this fight now goes on for another menacing victim perhaps the next fight will be held in the kitchen or maybe outside in the backyard, but where ever there are flies you'll find that my Roxie will always be up to the challenge of the fight. Maybe the next fly will taste like chicken, hopefully not spinach.

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