that bright light!
Dottie, Candy and I ran upstairs to get Mom and that Man out of bed, because they’re being lazy again. Mom was holding that little box again, which kept shining a bright light at us and making clicking noises. That was weird because she usually does that downstairs. She must have carried it upstairs with her last night.
She wouldn’t get up, and we got tired of waiting, so we all tinkled on the carpet. Of course, we each picked a good spot. One of us did number two, too, but Mom didn’t know who did it. We’ll never tell. We all looked at each other when we heard her say, “Great. They think our bedroom is a potty box.”
fetch?
We finally got to go outside and eat! That is always so exciting. Mom brought this round thing outside afterwards and threw it, asking us to “fetch,” whatever that means. Dottie and I weren’t interested, but Candy chased it, grabbed it, carried it a little way and then dropped it. I wonder if that is fetching?
the table where bad things happen
Things were going great, but when we came inside, Mom picked me up and sat me on that table where bad things happen!! However, she didn’t pick up that thing that makes a lot of noise and cuts off my fur. Instead, she gave me a treat and petted me, then she put me down. That wasn’t bad.
Later, Mom gave us this flat, white thing that was fun to chew on. She said it was something called a Flip. It didn’t have much taste, but it was fun.
scary man
We were all cozy in our area, and then that Man started talking to us and then came over to our private area, uninvited! We know Men want to hurt us, so we ran like crazy. He tried to pretend he was nice, by giving us hot dog pieces, but we know he has something very sinister in mind. I jumped on the couch so Mom would protect me. I couldn’t help it, though; when he held out more hot dog pieces, I took them.
Still, I don’t trust him! Or any man! In fact, I don’t trust anyone, except I trust Mom just a little. While I was running away from that Man, I couldn’t help it. I did number two on the floor. Well, it’s his fault. I heard Mom say that I need a counselor. Is that true?
We ended up taking our little Einstein to a behaviouralist that deals with rescued dogs and while I joke that it the session cost me a pair of shoes, I am in the end glad that we took him. She helped us understand the body language of dogs, we had never even noticed these sublte gestures that he would make. We found it really insightful and in the end worth knowing that it is a behavioural issue that can be resolved with patience and repeated behaviour training. While we are not out of the woods yet we see the light at the end of the tunnel, mind you it is far away! I think the best thing I took out of it was that it was not in our case about obedience, because he is a smart little guy. We need to help him build his self-esteem and confidence and it is an on-going learning curve. Hope you don’t mind me commenting so much., and hope it is somewhat helpful. Keep it up and those girls are so cute I can’t believe it especially after their haircuts….well done!
I don’t mind at all! I want to hear what readers have to say, especially those like you who have also rescued dogs. It is very encouraging to hear what others have gone through, and I hope to be able to encourage others. It’s funny that you joke about the session costing you a pair of shoes. I make a lot less trips to buy shoes, purses or clothes, because I am always buying dog treats, paying for grooming lessons, etc. 😉 We have a lot in common. I believe that our little girls need to build their self-esteem and confidence, too. We make some mistakes, but then we try to correct them. I want to have disciplined little girls, but I don’t want to break their spirits! We are looking in different areas for advice. I only wish we had been more conscious about the complexities of dogs when we had our Yorkie. She had a good life, but it might have been better had I understood her. Please tell me more about Einstein and share a picture!
P.S. Are we Twitter friends?
I am so happy to meet you! Your blog is BEYOND adorable and so are your babies!
I am so glad you found me on Twitter!
I gave you the link to my dog’s blog (which isn’t updated as often as I should) that is because it is my secondary blog, my main blog is Cat Chat http://opcatchat.blogspot.com
So happy to meet you!
Thank you! I appreciate it, and I’m glad we found you too. I looked at both of your blogs, and they are great!
I am also trying to follow your blog and can’t figure out where I go to do that 🙁
I hate to admit it, but I am trying to figure out how to set it up where I can email people who want to follow the blog when I update it. I visited your site, which is great, and see that you have it set up. Can you share the secret? Thanks!!