Sunday, June 25, 2017

Woof! (needs no translation)

LADY, FROM HER YOUNGER DAYS...
I was so proud of Lady one day in early 2016. We were at the dog park, and this big, young German shepherd was determined to get her to play. By then, though, she was an old dog and didn't want any part of him.

So she woofed at him on at least two occasions. The second time, he got the message, and he finally left her alone.

She seemed to be saying: Go away, kid; you bother me.

Good girl; GOOD girl.

Another time, Lady was in the middle of the big-dog side, and a young dog tried to get her to play. She woofed loudly, and I said LADY! The young dog's owner, in a huff, said that wasn't ladylike behavior. He stormed out of the gate and slammed it so hard that he broke the latch.

They didn't fix the latch until the next day (I told the rec guy that it was broken). That was definitely NOT gentlemanly behavior.

NOTE: Lady passed on Sept. 17, 2016, and I'm still recovering.

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Thursday, June 22, 2017

Oops! Sometimes Dixie beats me out the door

DIXIE'S QUICK DESPITE A MISSING LEG.
Dixie is like most dogs. She doesn't realize she needs to be hooked up a line (or leash) to go outside.

Today, I was going to put her outside on her line, and she followed me right out the door. I hollered "No!", and she stopped and laid down. Then I hooked her up and put her outside.

It's not unusual for dogs to do that. Lady walked past me a couple of times before I could hook her up, and I remember a dog beating its owner (not me) out the gate at the dog park. That dog gave its owner a merry chase around the parking lot.

The nice thing is that Dixie generally Dixie listens to me. So far, she's come back when she's beaten my wife or me out the door.

• Woof! (translation: Go away, kid; you bother me)

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