Money Penny's and my three Australian Shepherds are our constant companions. While I really enjoy them, they're dogs for crying-out-loud. Momma doesn't see it quite that way. They're her babies.
Rosie, the newest one, is a year (and some) younger than the oldest one. Rosie has all the traits of the youngest member of a pack. Something gets knocked down or somebody gets yelled at and she's GONE...no doubt hiding under something. She's a hoot.
When it comes to groceries; being the youngest she has to hit hard and fast to get her share. She's quick and precise. I've nicknamed her "Hoover" because of what little attentions she pays to whatever it is she wants to get in her mouth. I was talking on the phone the other day and jiggling my bifocals in my hand. Rosie must have thought the jiggle meant "come get a goodie" and she snatched them out of my hand. Like I said, she's quick.
I was in the kitchen a few days ago getting all three dogs a treat. Something Money Penny had snagged at the pet store. I was pulling treats out and doling them out one at a time to them. As I pulled a treat out a little white package of desiccant came out also and hit the floor. Rosie was first on the scene. It was gone it a heartbeat.
I was wondering if I needed to say anything. If I did, Momma would surely pack her up to the vet's office and relieve the bank account of far more than I would think a dog might be worth. I looked at Rosie. She looked at me. I gave her another treat. She seemed fine to me.
Must have slipped my mind because I failed to mention it to my wife. However I have actually been monitoring Rosie, just to be safe.
Now I'm the one in charge of policing the back yard. I call it "turd patrol"..you get the picture. Well yesterday I was happy to find a somewhat worse for wear pack of desiccant, safely nestled in its surroundings. Old Rosie came through with flying colors.
I knew she would. "Goo' gurl!" 😉
A dachshund named Duke lives here. Whenever a member of his pack gets home he starts barking. I think I have him trained to not do that when I get home. The way I did it was simple, barking dogs get ignored. To really make the point I go see my grandson while ignoring him, that just drives him nuts.
If he doesn't bark then he gets immediate attention.
Yelling at a barking dog is useless because all he hears is you barking too.
The cat thinks he is undignified, she doesn't understand all the cow-towing to the servants.
Mr Cash, you are absolutely hilarious!!!
That time you weren't paid in "cash"...
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> The cat thinks he is undignified, she doesn't understand all the cow-towing to the servants.
Sounds like a cat. They always have disdain for canines...
We use to have cats. Old Man Time took them. We've (my wife) toyed with the idea getting another one or two. However these dogs we have now are NOT typical domestic critters. Aussie Shepherds are about 10,000 years behind labs and cockers in the evolutional realm. These dogs are more wolf and coyote than house dogs. They REALLY are wired completely different than most other dogs.
The urban 'hood we live in is over-populated with cats. If my dogs catch a whiff of a traveling feline when I let them out after dark.. IT'S GAME ON. They turn into mother nature's perfect answer to terrestrial selective survival; the pack.
They've gotten close. I've seen an old tom barely make enough altitude on the fence to keep his nuts from getting chewed off. The dogs get flat vicious. I've told Money Penny the chances of us keeping a cat around them would be slim. Maybe a puma, but I'm not cleaning the cat box....
In respect to my wife's love of cats, me and the dogs call them "pork chops" instead of "kitty". If I open the back door and tell them "pork chop!" they're gone like lightening.
Nope. probably won't be any cats around here in the near future...:snarky:
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"Nope. probably won't be any cats around here in the near future...:snarky:"
That's what I said until I found out by way of fresh tracks in the snow that a cat was making regular visits to my dog's yard while I'm away at work. Either this is a case of cat suicide by dog, or, there is something else very strange going on. I've set up a trail camera to try and catch the culprit in the act. It would appear there has been some kind of bizarre truce worked out. o.O
You old fool, why would you ever let a treat like that (Desiccant) vanish into a canine no less!
They put them in there for the pet owner’s consumption, i.e.: you
😉 Sheesh
These things will work you to death wanting to play 24/7!! Her favorite game is cleaning out all the Tootsie Rolls in the cat's litter box.
This is her favorite chew toy.
Now tell me that I do not actually own Garfield and Odie!!
I'm sure in a dogs world the next best thing to eating a cat is eating what they leave in their litter box.
> I'm sure in a dogs world the next best thing to eating a cat is eating what they leave in their litter box.
Nutty Buddies! Yummy!
natural, organic, made from real cat byproducts.
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Roll on the floor Laugh Out Loud! 😀
Thanks, that was a great post.
