Another dog picture for you to admire while I'm out of town:
It's a little tough to tell what she's doing here, but this is a play-bow-- she's stretched her paws out in front of her and brought the front part of her body down, but her butt is still up in the air. One of us is just off camera, about to throw the toy she's looking up at.
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