We learned something new about our little Milo Man... He's afraid of flies... Yup, you heard me correctly - he is literally afraid of flies. Each morning after I feed them - him being half hoover, he finishes his meal first and runs upstairs with me. There we play what has been affectionately labeled - the "under cover game". It's where he's on the bed and I run my hands under the covers so he can attack them. It's become our little routine, and he loves that darn game. In any case, the other day while he and I were playing a fly came into the room and started buzzing around the light fixture in the ceiling. That was it.. He heard it buzz, looked up for it and when he saw it bouncing off the light he bolted, ran downstairs and hid in the dark laundry room. I proceeded to kill the fly - but after 20 minutes or so - still no sign of Milo. We went and picked him up and carried him upstairs, where once put back down he ran to the other end of the house with his tail tucked under. He was still not coming back into the room. 
He must have stayed under that table in the room on the far end of the house for a good 30 minutes or so. We had to bribe him with a treat to come out and stay out. Definitely a new one for us, and won't soon be forgotten. It's looking like it could be a very interesting spring.....
He must have stayed under that table in the room on the far end of the house for a good 30 minutes or so. We had to bribe him with a treat to come out and stay out. Definitely a new one for us, and won't soon be forgotten. It's looking like it could be a very interesting spring.....
It's funny because my dog (Coffee) loves the "under cover game" as well. Maybe the fly loved those slippers and knew that Milo would end up destroying them in due time. It was the flies way of a preemptive strike :) (Love the name Milo, by the way)
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