The dog musing/vent thread
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One of my biggest regrets with Squash is that I never had him spend much time at anyone else's house when he was wee, which caused a few minor hiccups the first time we left him with the neighbors when we went out of town.
So I've been taking Toast over to the neighbor's for a lot of visits, and today I'm going to leave him there for an hour or two for the first time. All I can think about is how easy it's going to be to clean the house without him here, I'm officially old?
So I've been taking Toast over to the neighbor's for a lot of visits, and today I'm going to leave him there for an hour or two for the first time. All I can think about is how easy it's going to be to clean the house without him here, I'm officially old?
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I'm starting to suspect that being a giant drama queen and taking forever to decide where to poop is a whippet trait. Gambit just marches out there and gets it over with. Quid could find a spot and be finished before the first commercial was over. Gimmick prances, then starts to squat, then changes his mind, then squats again, then changes his mind again, then pees on something, then does the squat and lift a few more times. Finally he consents to go, usually in the first spot he chose and rejected.
Argon was the same way, except with the added bonus of only wanting to poop in a certain position (a hind leg had to be extended straight out in front of him at all times), also, God forbid you dare look at him while he was going. That was grounds for pinching it off an refusing to go at all.
Sigh. There was a reason his nickname was "clench".
Now that I've shared far to much about my dogs bowel habits, return to your normal conversations.
Argon was the same way, except with the added bonus of only wanting to poop in a certain position (a hind leg had to be extended straight out in front of him at all times), also, God forbid you dare look at him while he was going. That was grounds for pinching it off an refusing to go at all.
Sigh. There was a reason his nickname was "clench".
Now that I've shared far to much about my dogs bowel habits, return to your normal conversations.
Oh dear. I have finally joined the land of Chewy.com. My SO has taken over the cost of a few of my bills until I finish school in a few months and find a job.... One of which is the cost of their food. So I set up a Chewy's account to deliver here but charge him. Chewy's has food and toys and treats and other fun things I can now order directly from my phone with each food order...... Of course I ask him about adding the extras first, but he loves the dogs and usually always says yes any time I want to buy them something (like I even order them snacks when we eat out. LOL). So we are now expecting 2 toys and a bag of treats with the current food shipment... The last shipment a few bully sticks managed to find their way into my cart too. Oh dear.
Chomper did the naughty yesterday. Which is actually unusual for him. He's been upgraded from kennel while I'm gone to free range in my bedroom and has been fine as can be for the while it's been since, but yesterday he took all the DVDs on my stand and destroyed them (thankfully only had 4 of them on there), chewed up my remote, and chewed my new ink markers. So, looks like he's back to the kennel after that naughty. Somehow he missed the two bags of chips I forgot to pick up off the floor though....
Leo has started whining by my bed in the middle of the night just because he wants to sleep in the bed.
This is a disaster waiting to happen.
I'd be fine if he just jumped up himself, but will not tolerate him waking me up anytime he decides he wants to be back in the bed for five minutes (he generally does not stay there). I've been sending him to his dog bed when he does this.
I can already foresee what will happen. One day Leo will really really have to use the restroom. I am going to think he just wants in the bed. I won't let him out. Leo will have an accident.
Stop crying wolf, dog.
This is a disaster waiting to happen.
I'd be fine if he just jumped up himself, but will not tolerate him waking me up anytime he decides he wants to be back in the bed for five minutes (he generally does not stay there). I've been sending him to his dog bed when he does this.
I can already foresee what will happen. One day Leo will really really have to use the restroom. I am going to think he just wants in the bed. I won't let him out. Leo will have an accident.
Stop crying wolf, dog.
Yup. That happened to us once. We had a small bed and Hugo would whine because we were in a sleeping position that didn't allow him to get on the bed and he wanted us to move. It was hard enough fitting 2 adults into a full bed so eventually I completely ignored him. And of course he had horrible diarrhea on our bedroom floor. The FIRST time I ignored him 
He eventually stopped. And now we have a King size bed and I can't even tell if he's on it or not, lol.
He eventually stopped. And now we have a King size bed and I can't even tell if he's on it or not, lol.
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Someone here needs to adopt this pup because he's freaking adorable
http://www.petsgohome.org/adopt/dogs (He's Satchimo)
http://www.petsgohome.org/adopt/dogs (He's Satchimo)
Someone here needs to adopt this pup because he's freaking adorable
http://www.petsgohome.org/adopt/dogs (He's Satchimo)
http://www.petsgohome.org/adopt/dogs (He's Satchimo)
Gusto really amazes me, in a weird creepy way sometimes. I know everyone thinks their dog is brilliant and smart, but he's brilliant in weird ways. He doesn't always learn skills the fastest or anything, but he very clearly thinks things through, comes to weird conclusions, comes up with strange ideas, and just...is weird.
Tonight's example: I am sitting in the living room watching my Westminster recording. Meg is in the other chair, Gusto is in my lap, mostly asleep. Neither is paying any attention to the TV unless they hear barking. The Greater Swiss comes on screen, they do the intro, and the commentator says something like "This is Gus". And Gusto wakes up, hops off my lap, and does this:
He watches intently the entire time the Swiss is on the screen, and when the next dog is being introduced, he comes back over, gets on my lap, and goes back to napping.
I mean...that's not normal, right? I'm considering having a DNA test done just to see if it even comes back as anything terrestrial.
Tonight's example: I am sitting in the living room watching my Westminster recording. Meg is in the other chair, Gusto is in my lap, mostly asleep. Neither is paying any attention to the TV unless they hear barking. The Greater Swiss comes on screen, they do the intro, and the commentator says something like "This is Gus". And Gusto wakes up, hops off my lap, and does this:
He watches intently the entire time the Swiss is on the screen, and when the next dog is being introduced, he comes back over, gets on my lap, and goes back to napping.
I mean...that's not normal, right? I'm considering having a DNA test done just to see if it even comes back as anything terrestrial.
I lied to Payton. I asked him to jump up on a tall stool and when he protested he was too little to get all the way up there, I told him "You can do it. I have faith in you."
And then he actually DID jump up on it, and I gasped in shock.
I then promptly delivered both the piece of cheese and the entire fistful of kibble I was holding.
He then did it again three more times for me. Clever boy is so close to a footstall, soooo close.
no closer to actually being any good at agility but you know. I take what I can get.
And then he actually DID jump up on it, and I gasped in shock.
I then promptly delivered both the piece of cheese and the entire fistful of kibble I was holding.
He then did it again three more times for me. Clever boy is so close to a footstall, soooo close.
no closer to actually being any good at agility but you know. I take what I can get.
Right when I finally start to gloat about how my roommate and I are top of the line puppy raisers is when I get that call. The call from my roommate that J-Roc had eaten all the corners of the couch pillows off. I swear she is so well-behaved that I forget she's actually only 5 months. So whenever she does something a normal puppy would, like chew inappropriate things it's always a shock.
It's always the same thought of, "She knows not to chew that!" No she doesn't know better because she's only done this one time before and since she doesn't understand English, she didn't catch my drift the first time I corrected her for chewing on the pillows. I do however think that she knows when I say "SOMEONE ate the pillows." That I'm referring to her.
With those factors I always feel bad when I get onto her for these "incidents." I'll usually jokingly admonish her but one pitiful sideways glance and it's hard to even act upset.
It's always the same thought of, "She knows not to chew that!" No she doesn't know better because she's only done this one time before and since she doesn't understand English, she didn't catch my drift the first time I corrected her for chewing on the pillows. I do however think that she knows when I say "SOMEONE ate the pillows." That I'm referring to her.
With those factors I always feel bad when I get onto her for these "incidents." I'll usually jokingly admonish her but one pitiful sideways glance and it's hard to even act upset.
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How in the Derek Hale do people without dogs keep their kitchens clean? Just spilled half a bowl of Kickin' Buffalo Chicken soup all frickin over and at least Roxie is able to get the majority of it... Obvs still stained the floor so I had to hotmop it, but seriously.
What do dogless people do? I could not even get that anywhere near as clean as it is without a dog to eat half the mess, lol.
What do dogless people do? I could not even get that anywhere near as clean as it is without a dog to eat half the mess, lol.
