[pyrnet] Re: pyrnet-l-digest.20020306

[Rhonda Collins <rhonda@castlepublishing.com>]

> You Know, I really can't tell You how I did it !  (not because I
> don't won't 
> to, I just don't know !)  I guess it was a combination of baby gates
> that 
> they were taught not to try to get over, the idea that I never
> "fussed if 
> they touched anything on the floor, but "screamed to High Heaven if
> they 
> touched anything on a table~~a trick that I use that could have helped is
> to 
> save a bit off My plate every nite at dinner, call the dogs to Me, put
> them 
> on Sit, show them the "treat"~reach over and drink some
> water,wipe My mouth 
> off with a napkin~~Start talking to My Hubby, then, remember the 
> "treat"~~pick it up and hand it to them~~(they are not allowed
> to take the 
> "treat off My tray)  I have to hand it to them~~
> I guess I'm a "control Freak"   <sigh> 
> wish I could  help !
> Pamc

Maybe if I ever actually CATCH him with clothes in his mouth and dragging
it off the table, I'll scream like a banshee and make weird noises. I
cracked up one day because I was feeling silly and just looked at him and
made some VERY odd noises (beeping, gurgling and just all around odd) and
it SCARED him.  He backed up so quickly he fell on his butt and
rolled his eyes. Wouldn't come near me for about 20 minutes! Poor baby. I
was just playing with him...didn't mean to scare him.

> I walked into
> the family room this afternoon and noticed all that white fur
> on the floor.  I looked at Seamus , fast asleep on the couch, and
> said in a
> conversational tone of voice , " Well, buddy, it looks like I'm
> going to
> have to vacuum." He woke up and immediately went to the door! 
> Needless to
> say, he HATES the vacuum cleaner. And I hadn't even got it out of
> the
> cupboard yet!  It makes me wonder how much more he 
> understands!
>
> Scarey huh? lol You should see our place at the mere THOUGHT of a
> COOKIE!
> Michele

People who don't have dogs really, REALLY don't have a clue how smart
they actually are. I think after they've been with people long enough,
they learn some words very well...even some sentences.

> Are you saying
> they read minds?  Somehow that wouldn't surprise me.  He
> always seems to be waiting at the window when I come home from
> work.  Susan

Don't know if they read minds, but they're awfully sensitive to
feelings.

> Both dogs were
> out and there was all this unusually crazy barking. I went
> out to see what was going on  and there was Seamus, but no
> Jasmine.  As I'm
> frantically calling her one of the cats makes a run for it. He's not
> allowed
> out at night.  I hear all this whining and bumping, and realize that
> Jasmine
> has gotten stuck under the deck. <snip>  Fortunately I found
> none, but all she wants to do
> is get back out there!  I wish I understood.
>
> Susan, Jasmine and Seamus

Dogs are weird about places they like to be. And they can be
"comfortable" in positions that would give us a crick in the
neck for a week!  I sometimes catch Newman sleeping underneath
the  vanity in the bathroom (which he uses as a
"den")...UPSIDE DOWN, with his feet braced against
the    "ceiling". How he can sleep that way is
totally beyond me. Looks like he died and is suffering from rigor mortis
or
something.                                                                            

> Tonight I put up
> some photos of Abigail and also the last installment of
> Clondike's "My Life as a Rescue Dog" and the first installment
> authored by
> Abigail entitled "My Life as a Rescue Dog--Continued."

Abigail is lovely, and I'm sure she's glad she now has such understanding
"parents".