If you’ve seen the movie “Best in Show” you are familiar with “busy bee”. If you haven’t, then here is a brief synopsis. “Busy Bee” is the toy used to entertain and calm one of the dogs entered into the show, a beautiful wiemaraner named Beatrice. Well the parents of Beatrice are a conflicted couple who cast their neuroticisms on their poor dog. So when “busy bee” goes missing, the couple get into a huge argument and the wife storms off to find “busy bee” by terrorizing the hotel manager and then a pet store clerk. Meanwhile, Beatrice calmly remains at the show. Busy bee obviously means more to her mom and dad then it does to her.
So when we first brought Sienna home, every toy she had we referred to as “busy bee”. Then at a show, we found a 3pack of busy bees and of course had to buy them. The first busy bee, met with a deflating death quickly as all 3 dogs were fascinated with the busy bee and played tug-o-war with it. I then learned that “busy bee” truly has magical powers.
If you have watched dog shows or been to one, you will see the owners/handlers using treats to keep their dogs calm and obedient. Well during the process of getting the dogs properly stacked, often times the owner/handler will put the treat in their own mouth until they are ready to give it to the dog. Sorry but gross! I love my dog but I don’t want her treats near my mouth. So as incentive for her to be calm and focus, we will be using “busy bee” The magical powers of such a stuffed creature are beyond me but if it works, then hey, why not!
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