It sounds like the name of a band, but it's the name of my very first YouTube video. I'd like to say that it's a video about vineyard technique, or cleaning barrels, or bottling wine--but it's not. It's a stupid pet video, and it happened entirely by accident, from start to finish.
Somehow winemaker Dan got snookered into babysitting a 9 week old long-haired chihuahua. Inexplicable, but there you have it. So the poor little tyke arrives, unnanounced and unnamed, for a 2-week stay. "I always wanted a little dog," Dan said. "That's not a little dog!" I protested. "That's a ... a... microdog!" And so his temporary name became "Mikey."
One day I was trying to snap a picture of Mikey biting the heads off of little daisies, but he was too quick, so I pressed the "video record" button. At that moment, Mikey decided to playfully attack Nubbins, one of our farm cats. You'll have to watch the video to see what happens next.
Mikey won us over with his bright curiosity and big heart. We disposed of his silly collar and Barbie-doll coat when he arrived and informed him that for the next two weeks he would have to be a proper farm dog. As you can see from the video, he seemed to enjoy life on the farm.
If you have a YouTube account, please give us a rating, drop a comment, and help Mikey become a star!
This was an interesting way to learn the Microsoft Movie Maker software, and some editing skills. We'll be posting more videoss soon on wine-related projects. But for now, here's a little additional raw footage I shot later of Rebel Rose playing with Mikey. Cheers!
Mary, I think Mikey expended more energy in those 4 minutes than our long-haired chihuahua Nano has in the two years I've known him.
Nano is 13, but still ...
Posted by: Rick Henderson | May 15, 2009 at 09:00 AM