The K-9 Unit of the World Copywriting Institute has just finished his first reconnaissance mission of six inches of powdery white stuff on the ground in Seviereville, TN.
His conclusion: It's snow.
In charge of the dog -- Bailey Garfinkel Barnes, unofficially dubbed "The World Copywriting Pup" -- is Jeanette Barnes, the World Copywriting Institute Customer Service Manager.
"It's his very first snow," reports Jeanette. "He's never seen snow before ... at least not like this."
World Copywriting Blog asked: why the snowballs underneath the dog?
"The only thing I can think of is, it's the texture of his hair," Jeanette responded. "He has this wiry terrier hair, and it just collects the snow."
Upon further reflection, she added: "He's low to the ground ... his legs are only four inches long."
That's the only plausible reason, she concluded, "because the other two dogs [with much longer legs] don't end up like that."
World Copywriting Blog wants to know: Why do you think the snowballs appeared?
David Garfinkel
Your correspondent, and
Publisher, World Copywriting Newsletter
I think it does not depend on the length of his legs, but on the hair between his toes (does BGB has hair between his toes?)
My last dog, a long legged and long haired hunting dog, showed the same snowball-phenomen like BGB.
Posted by: Gerold Braun | February 15, 2006 at 04:31 AM
Interesting!
Thank you, Gerold.
Posted by: David Garfinkel | February 15, 2006 at 06:58 AM
Gerold,
BGB does have a little hair between his toes. But - one of my other dogs - a mixed breed - has way more than he does and she doesn't "make" snowballs. With BGB, they end up on his legs and his belly, not between the toes. So, it looks like the riddle is still unsolved. :)
Jeanette
Posted by: Jeanette | February 15, 2006 at 01:33 PM
This means we need more theories!
Who else has one?
Posted by: David Garfinkel | February 15, 2006 at 04:26 PM