Blazenhood thinks she's tough, but...
Oh, The indignity. Oh, the humanity..
Why?? Why do you do this to Me???
The sensitivity of animals never ceases to amaze me. The emotions they can express, if we watch closely, are hilarious, and sad, and illuminating. They can say so much with their ears/eyes/tail/body posture. Blaze moreso, having 4.75" long ears. When she flattens those ears, SOMEthing is up. Flip is very expressive too, but she is secretive. Flip likes to pretend she's forgotten about stuff she'd like to roll in. Doo, deedum, hah, there it is, Mom's eyes off me, check, roll roll roll. Stink! Oh, Mom is not gonna be pleased. But she always comes to me, with that shamefaced look. Sorry Mom. She'll go over to the hose, and stand by it. Flip knows the drill. It can be called a behaviour chain, I suppose, by you bondage experts. I prefer to think she's just planning ahead.
I've learned so much from reading other opinions about training, and I am always alert for the mistakes I make. They are my fault. Not my dogs..
Oh, I need to tell you. Remember Sega? Our next door neighbour little witch dog at work? Gawd, she's a character! Jack Russell/Yorkie cross. Flip thinks she's an idiot. Sega cowers to NO dog, except Flip.
Before we adopted Blaze, Flip put up with Sega's megalomania pretty well.
Now, Flip just steals Sega's stuffed toys. Sega cowers/piddles, all is well. I'm leaving work yesterday, both girls loaded up for the commute. Sega stood at her shop door, a stuffy returned that day between her paws, YELLING at us, before we left. "Where the hell has this stuffy been?? Why didn't I get it back before now!! Yap, yap, yap." Sega, (who hadn't shown ANy recent interest in this particular stuffy), between yelling at us, picked stuffy up for a little terrier-shake killing of errant stuffy. For good measure. Always a terrier trait. Girls stole a bone from her too. Sega had good reason to be pissed.
I give my dogs the best life I can possibly give.
It's the very least I can do.
15 comments:
You know I think Sega is adorable!!!
The very nerve of taking her stuffie!!!! Not going to get a Canine Good Citizen patch that way, ladies!!!
FIRST!!!!FIRST!!!!FIRST!!!!FIRST!!!!FIRST!!!!FIRST!!!!
Did I mention First?
LOL!
yeah, you did..
I heart Sega, too.
She gives great toy:)
She won't FETCH toy, though. That is beneath her.
Since there isn't much room underneath her, I kinda get that.
Your dogs are lovely ,I think its great that they have a streak of renegade ,just like ...
Fun! No wonder Sega won't fetch, it's HER toy dammit!
I love your doggies. I wish you could bring them to play with Miss Grace Ann. Flip needs to knock some sense into her goofy brain. Spot is too old and Elvis is too much of a gentleman (most of the time).
I'm loving the little terrier mix. Terriers are such a funny bunch aren't they.
Fetching is very much overrated.
Man, neither of my dogs play anymore.
Mabel is too old and lazy.
Pepper is too stupid.
(I can say that, she was abandoned here by her previous owner, "She's always lived here, it would be cruel to move her." Poor dog. She sleeps in my son's room and waits for us to kick her out.. like we could ever.)
LOL Sega do you have an English accent? Maybe Judi Dench's voice?
OH thank you for Jim's blog!! He is my hero!
(Ralph is my hero when I forgive him for not liking dressage.)
US- can you believe that comment went unnoticed???
What?
What did I miss?
Who is Ralph?
jeeez..
I don't read backward in the comments anymore.
Well, except for right now.
nope.... giggle, giggle
You wench.
14th!
:) I didn't even SEE this post. LOVE it. Mine only get the best too.
I also blame ALL Autumn and Lily's 'issues' on myself. Especially Autumn. Lily did have a heavy handed person 'train' her to fear people first. I've reversed what I could that they taught. Everythign Autumn knows? All me. It took me a long while to realize what she really needed.
Sega is a damn adorable little munchkin!
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