Flika-stik

Today, while grey, did stay dry enough for me to take the girls to the park. They were delighted.

These days, I get told off if I forget the Flika-stik so, duly armed, we headed for the mostly grassy bits, avoiding the mud of which there was surely much.

The rules for the Flika-stik game are simple as far as Emma is concerned. I throw a tennis ball as far as the yellow plastic arm extender allows, she runs after it and, mostly, brings it back.

The rules for Freya are a bit more complicated. It’s her job to watch Emma and attack her on the return run. This isn’t always easy because Emma is very good at dodging. While Freya is very good at latching her teeth onto Emma’s ears, she hasn’t quite learnt to hang on and tends to fall in a heap.

Here’s a sequence of Freya trying to catch Emma.

Emma has managed to dodge around Freya and seems to have a clear run to me.

But Freya isn’t giving up as she gains ground with the help of her omni-directional ears.

Almost there, Freya is aiming for the tail.

Emma straightens up but this only gives Freya something bigger to aim for.

And CHOMP Freya attaches herself.

Actually, the sequence above isn’t from one run. There’s no way Freya could catch Emma. Still she tries, time and time again.

All and all, it’s great fun and I’m amazed that Emma isn’t more worn out when we get home. Instead of a hard earned rest, Emma will always bring me a ball to throw as soon as we walk back into the house.

Of course, Day-z just watches and remembers when she could be bothered running for no real reason.