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Re: Magic Words
By: acl-ny Date: January 26, 2024, 8:53 am
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[quote author=farmgirl link=topic=2483.msg232230#msg232230
date=1706277094]
My dog is very adverse to getting her feet wet. She hates to
walk on the deck outside the back door after a rain until my
husband removes the water with a squeegee. If she's lounging on
the patio in the summer and feels even a single sprinkle, she is
at the back door in a panic.
So anything that indicates a bath in her future causes enormous
distress and total lack of cooperation. To get her to the
bathwater, she has to be leashed and the issue forced. While
bathing her she has to be tethered from multiple directions.
Running water that's not in the kitchen is absolutely a sign to
be wary and perhaps try to hide. If you walk toward her, she
will bolt in the opposite direction.
[/quote]
Alex too! Hated hated hated water.
But he was small (20-22 lbs), so I was able to get him into the
tub, and eventually he just resigned himself to the ordeal. But
he'd go absolutely bonkers afterwards running and jumping from
couch to chair and back, rubbing himself all over everything as
he flew around the room. We'd cover all the furniture with
blankets and towels for this routine. I think Mr has a video
somewhere. His ecstasy at being out of the water had no limits.
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Re: Magic Words
By: VanGoghSunflowers Date: January 26, 2024, 10:15 am
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The Facebiter knows what "it's not time yet" means (it means
it's not time yet, for food of course), but when he hears it he
feels the need to vehemently and sometimes violently disagree.
I'm pretty sure he also knows what "I need my legs" and it's
follow up "I need both of them" mean, but he does not care. Not
only does he not helpfully hop off my lap, I swear the boy
becomes heavier.
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Re: Magic Words
By: muskrat Date: January 26, 2024, 12:08 pm
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in an alternate universe, i'm totally getting a pet that
understands words.
even if they dont always agree with me.
pea-sized brained pocket pets like 🐭🐭🐹
understand food & that's pretty much it. :P
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Re: Magic Words
By: Paloma Date: January 26, 2024, 12:14 pm
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Our first pug was kind of brilliant. :) He had a pretty large
vocabulary. There were the usuals (walk, treat, water, out,
come here, leash, etc). But he started learning that certain
words not addressed to him had significance to him. He knew
"car" meant we were going somewhere. When the twins were born,
he got "nap time" or "sleep", and that I'd be taking babies back
to their cribs. Normally he'd hear those words and jump up to
accompany me to ensure I got them in the crib ok or something.
He seemed to think guarding them was his job.
I think the chaos of three little ones under 3, two of them
newborns, was too much for him. One day he heard me say "nap
time" and I didn't notice that he didn't accompany me. He used
the time when I was busy to open the porch door and go to our
elderly neighbors' house. He knocked at their door. They later
told me at first they thought no one was there until they looked
down and saw him all forlorn. He walked in, toured their
downstairs, and settled in for a nap on the floor. He refused
water and a treat. (They called to tell me where he was, which
was a relief).
He slept for about 8 hours. (He must have been as exhausted as
we were!) When he woke up he responded to 'water" and "treat"
and got both. When the neighbors said "Home!", he got up and
went to the door and made his way home and back to all his
duties. We all referred to it later as his "spa day". But I
guess even dogs need a day off. :)
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Re: Magic Words
By: LabPartner Date: January 26, 2024, 12:58 pm
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The hose.
If I touched the spigot, Dakota would come running because
drinking right from the hose was one of her favorite things to
do.
Ziva heads right under the porch, as far as she can get, as soon
as I touch the hose.
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Re: Magic Words
By: oreally Date: January 26, 2024, 3:31 pm
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[quote author=LabPartner link=topic=2483.msg232203#msg232203
date=1706239816]
FLIPSIDE TIME
What word, phrase, or action produces the opposite result: a
totally uncooperative animal?
For Ziva, it's "Let's go home." No one has ever moved slower
than Ziva when I say that.
[/quote]
For Scout, it's "Go eat your dinner," when she wants a morsel of
my food. She slinks off into a corner, all hurt.
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Re: Magic Words
By: acl-ny Date: January 26, 2024, 3:49 pm
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[quote author=Paloma link=topic=2483.msg232317#msg232317
date=1706292882]
Our first pug was kind of brilliant. :) He had a pretty large
vocabulary. There were the usuals (walk, treat, water, out,
come here, leash, etc). But he started learning that certain
words not addressed to him had significance to him. He knew
"car" meant we were going somewhere. When the twins were born,
he got "nap time" or "sleep", and that I'd be taking babies back
to their cribs. Normally he'd hear those words and jump up to
accompany me to ensure I got them in the crib ok or something.
He seemed to think guarding them was his job.
I think the chaos of three little ones under 3, two of them
newborns, was too much for him. One day he heard me say "nap
time" and I didn't notice that he didn't accompany me. He used
the time when I was busy to open the porch door and go to our
elderly neighbors' house. He knocked at their door. They later
told me at first they thought no one was there until they looked
down and saw him all forlorn. He walked in, toured their
downstairs, and settled in for a nap on the floor. He refused
water and a treat. (They called to tell me where he was, which
was a relief).
He slept for about 8 hours. (He must have been as exhausted as
we were!) When he woke up he responded to 'water" and "treat"
and got both. When the neighbors said "Home!", he got up and
went to the door and made his way home and back to all his
duties. We all referred to it later as his "spa day". But I
guess even dogs need a day off. :)
[/quote]
This is awesome!
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Re: Magic Words
By: Queenie Date: January 26, 2024, 6:00 pm
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Slobberdog hated bathtime. And it's nearly impossible to get a
130 lb. dog into the tub without cooperation.
So I'd get the peanut butter jar. Happy dog!
Then I'd head for the stairs, and I could *see* the thought
bubble as the internal struggle began: I want the peanut butter.
I don't want a bath. O, what shall I do?
So eventually the peanut butter would win the day and she'd
follow me sloooooowly up the stairs and into the bathroom,
where I'd smear a giant glob of peanut butter on the surround at
the back of the tub. And after a long pause and another
internal struggle she'd climb in.
Poor bubby.
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Re: Magic Words
By: MidwestmikkiJ Date: January 26, 2024, 6:35 pm
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[quote author=Paloma link=topic=2483.msg232317#msg232317
date=1706292882]
Our first pug was kind of brilliant. :) He had a pretty large
vocabulary. There were the usuals (walk, treat, water, out,
come here, leash, etc). But he started learning that certain
words not addressed to him had significance to him. He knew
"car" meant we were going somewhere. When the twins were born,
he got "nap time" or "sleep", and that I'd be taking babies back
to their cribs. Normally he'd hear those words and jump up to
accompany me to ensure I got them in the crib ok or something.
He seemed to think guarding them was his job.
I think the chaos of three little ones under 3, two of them
newborns, was too much for him. One day he heard me say "nap
time" and I didn't notice that he didn't accompany me. He used
the time when I was busy to open the porch door and go to our
elderly neighbors' house. He knocked at their door. They later
told me at first they thought no one was there until they looked
down and saw him all forlorn. He walked in, toured their
downstairs, and settled in for a nap on the floor. He refused
water and a treat. (They called to tell me where he was, which
was a relief).
He slept for about 8 hours. (He must have been as exhausted as
we were!) When he woke up he responded to 'water" and "treat"
and got both. When the neighbors said "Home!", he got up and
went to the door and made his way home and back to all his
duties. We all referred to it later as his "spa day". But I
guess even dogs need a day off. :)
[/quote]
That is the best pet story I’ve ever heard.
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Re: Magic Words
By: Paloma Date: January 26, 2024, 9:29 pm
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Thank you for the kind words about our first dog! It's a very
good feeling to be able to talk about him again and share a
story or two. He was a very noble little guy.
Thank you all for your stories that warm the heart and to the
forum for having this space. Floofs are so important!
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