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From: Michael A. Terrell on 13 May 2010 13:58 flipper wrote: > > On Thu, 13 May 2010 10:16:57 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >flipper wrote: > >> > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> > > >> >flipper wrote: > >> >> > >> >> On Wed, 12 May 2010 08:36:55 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > >> >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >flipper wrote: > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Mine could jump between the time you started to sit, and your butt > >> >> >hit the chair. Then give you 'The look' when you dared to sit and crowd > >> >> >him into the corner of the chair. :) > >> >> > >> >> LOL. Yes, I can see that. > >> >> > >> >> I'm trying to impose a bit of discipline in that he's not allowed in > >> >> the chair unless granted permission. > >> >> > >> >> The biggest problem is in sending 'mixed signals' by cracking up > >> >> laughing when he attempts to 'sneak on' one paw at a time as he tends > >> >> to interpret laughing as 'approval'. > >> > > >> > > >> > Are you sure your dog isn't just playing with your mind? ;-) > >> > >> Hell no I'm not sure. LOL > >> > >> Pretty sure, though ;) > >> > >> The thing is, they pick up cues lightning fast, as long as it's > >> something they want. hehe Like "This is a biscuit. Good biscuit. You > >> want a biscuit?" Give dog biscuit. > >> > >> It only took ONCE and next time you say "biscuit" the dog not only > >> goes into the "YES I want one" routine but dashes to the pantry > >> because I had given it to him there. > >> > >> Which means, each time at the chair I laugh and give in... "well, > >> that worked." hehe > >> > >> Same thing with the can opener, btw. I like tuna sandwiches so after > >> the first time I mixed tuna oil with his food I swear, for at least a > >> month, every time I opened a can of anything he was there "ok, where's > >> that yummy stuff? huh huh huh? Where, where?" > >> > >> He finally figured out it ain't happening if I haven't picked up the > >> food bowl too. > > > > > > Our Rat Terrier had a strange appetite. He would eat raw green > >beans, but not cooked. He loved raw tomatoes, but wasn't crazy about > >cooked. I gave him a small bowl of Chili once. He went crazy eating > >it, but when he finished, there was a small pile of kidney beans in the > >back of the bowl. He had licked them all clean, but wouldn't eat them. > >:) > > Ah, a true Texan: no beans in the chili. LOL No, he was an Ohio dog. It's just that some of the other dogs in the neighborhood were a 'VERY' bad influence on him... > > My Aussie was like that with his pill. You could, and I did, > multi-layer wrap and pack the dern thing in cheese, poke it to the > back of his throat, hold mouth close, stroke neck... yada yada... and > as soon as you let go a pristine, clean as a whistle, pill would go > plop in the floor. > > Needless to say, just sticking it in a bowl of food didn't work any > better than your kidney beans. > > I don't remember for sure now but I think I ended up having to grind > the things to powder. Or dissolve it in a bowl of water. Maybe you should have froze it in an ice cube? ;-) > > >> >> Took me quite a while to get over the Aussie dying. > >> > > >> > > >> > Like my Rat Terrier. He started having strokes about a year before we > >> >had to have him put to sleep. The veterinarian said that there was > >> >nothing that could be done for him, and they were becoming more frequent > >> >with less recovery between strokes. :( > >> > >> It was sudden with the Aussie, playing one day and gone the next, but > >> I don't know if that's better or worse. > > > > > > At least you didn't have to watch its health fail, and constantly > >clean up the messes when it got sick. It finally got to the point that > >we couldn't let him continue to suffer, even though it meant that we > >would lose our long time friend. :( > > True. On the other hand, I wasn't in any way 'prepared' for it either. > There's just no 'good' way to lose your pal. No, there isn't. It was bad enough having to leave him at home when I left for the US Army. He HATED uniforms. It took him at least six months to forgive me for arriving home in my dress uniform, when I was released from active duty. :( OTOH, flying home in that uniform saved me almost $1000 by using a military standby ticket. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 May 2010 01:26 flipper wrote: > > On Thu, 13 May 2010 13:58:42 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >flipper wrote: > >> > >> Ah, a true Texan: no beans in the chili. LOL > > > > > > No, he was an Ohio dog. > > 'Origin' doesn't matter, it's the 'attitude' ;) My parents both grew up on farms, where beans were a normal part of your diet. > > It's just that some of the other dogs in the > >neighborhood were a 'VERY' bad influence on him... > > Just sounds to me like he got a proper culinary education. hehe No, he was just ornery. :) > >> My Aussie was like that with his pill. You could, and I did, > >> multi-layer wrap and pack the dern thing in cheese, poke it to the > >> back of his throat, hold mouth close, stroke neck... yada yada... and > >> as soon as you let go a pristine, clean as a whistle, pill would go > >> plop in the floor. > >> > >> Needless to say, just sticking it in a bowl of food didn't work any > >> better than your kidney beans. > >> > >> I don't remember for sure now but I think I ended up having to grind > >> the things to powder. > > > > > > Or dissolve it in a bowl of water. > > I would have had to powder it first anyway as the thing didn't > dissolve very well. > > I remember now that the issue was short lived because the 'new > version' was a 'flavored chewy' sort of thing. > > Don't know why my vet is back to a 'pill' version these days but the > Border Collie will eat dern near anything including, unfortunately, > gloves. > > > Maybe you should have froze it in > >an ice cube? ;-) > > If cheese didn't fool him I doubt the ice cube would have either. hehe > > But you're right, the Aussie loved ice cubes too. Add a little 'Koolaide' to color & flavor it, and it would be gone too fast to notice the pill. ;-) > A friend of mine thought this one looked exactly like the previous > Aussie but the general consensus is Border Collie. > > > > No, there isn't. It was bad enough having to leave him at home when > >I left for the US Army. He HATED uniforms. It took him at least six > >months to forgive me for arriving home in my dress uniform, when I was > >released from active duty. :( > > Interesting. I wonder what it was about 'uniforms' he didn't like. I have no idea, but he was an equal opportunity pest when it came to uniforms. His hair would stand up, his ears would be laid back and he would growl a deep warning to anyone who dared to enter or yard or home in a uniform. > Sometimes you just never know what they're thinking, though. Like: my > Aussie loved everyone (as does the Border Collie), including the > 'never saw before' cable repair guy until he bent over the TV set to > check the cable. That wasn't 'Larry the Cable Guy' was it? I wouldn't blame the dog, if it was! :) > The Aussie went nuts. I don't know exactly what he would have done > because I had him by the collar sitting between my legs at the > chair but he growled, barked, and tried to lunge; responding to > 'sit' when I held him back and it only took a few seconds for him to > calm back down. Maybe he was protesting the monthly fees? Money that wouldn't be spent on his treats & chew toys? :) > I was stunned because, prior to that (the only time), I had never seen > him express even the slightest degree of apprehension, much less > 'aggression', toward any person no matter what they were doing and I > had just finished telling the cable guy, "the worst thing that could > happen is he might lick you to death... but I've got him by the collar > so he won't bother you." > > 'surprise' Maybe he objected to the guy's scent? Some of the chemicals used in CATV are rather strong, even without the person being soaked in sweat. The plasticizer used in making the coax, and some of the lubricants & hand cleaners carried in the trucks can upset an animal. > Near as I can figure, he though the man bending 'over' the TV set was > a 'dog sign' of him trying to establish 'dominance' over it and, by > golly, that TV set was grOURS so BARK off I was on a TV service call before I went into the Army. The woman had a Toy Terrier that was almost a carbon copy of my Rat Terrier, except it could sit in the palm of your hand. She assured me that it would be no trouble, that it was scared of everyone and it would hide till I left. I was busy working on her TV when I heard its tiny nails on the tile floor. It was dragging a rubber pretzel that was almost as big as it was, to me. She heard it and came around the corner to see it sitting beside me on the floor. I was working with my right hand, and scratching its head with my left. She was stunned, and told me that it had never allowed anyone but her to touch it. :) > > OTOH, flying home in that uniform saved me almost $1000 by using a > >military standby ticket. -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 14 May 2010 21:28
flipper wrote: > > On Fri, 14 May 2010 01:26:49 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >flipper wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, 13 May 2010 13:58:42 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> >flipper wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Ah, a true Texan: no beans in the chili. LOL > >> > > >> > > >> > No, he was an Ohio dog. > >> > >> 'Origin' doesn't matter, it's the 'attitude' ;) > > > > > > My parents both grew up on farms, where beans were a normal part of > >your diet. > > I was joking about him being 'reeducated to 'Texan. > > Actually, I like beans too. > > >> > It's just that some of the other dogs in the > >> >neighborhood were a 'VERY' bad influence on him... > >> > >> Just sounds to me like he got a proper culinary education. hehe > > > > > > No, he was just ornery. :) > > Look on the bright side. It means he was well fed enough to 'afford' > being picky. He wouldn't eat dog food. It had to come from the table, and have the same scent as what we were eating. > Long time ago, when the Aussie was only a few years old, a neighbor > boy asked me to keep a 'stray' till he worked on his parents to keep > him. I put generous food bowls down for both and the stray immediately > took possession of the lot, forcing the Aussie to retreat. Or, rather, > the Aussie looked 'tolerantly perplexed' wondering what the big deal > was like "well, ok, if it means that much to you I'll take the next go > round." > > The Aussie knew there was always plenty of food but for the stray it > was a once in a lifetime 'survival feast' and I'll bet he would have > eaten even beans had they been there ;) That's something they never seem to lose, after being a stray. :( > Btw, the Aussie was no push over and steadfastly refused to let my > sister's huge Rottweiler establish 'me boss' over him (same 'stand > over' routine I suspect he thought the cable guy was doing to the TV) > even on the 'foreign territory' of her farm. > > He did loose the hilarious round robin 'pissing contest', though, due > to a smaller bladder. He simply ran out of fuel but put in an > impressive showing nonetheless. Ended up spitting sawdust? ;-) > He could have easily taken the small stray had he a mind to. He would have, if he had considered it a threat. > >> If cheese didn't fool him I doubt the ice cube would have either. hehe > >> > >> But you're right, the Aussie loved ice cubes too. > > > > > > Add a little 'Koolaide' to color & flavor it, and it would be gone > >too fast to notice the pill. ;-) > > That was the cheese theory too, and one would think the same about > 'chili covered beans', but you see how well that worked. We weren't trying to hide anything. He only got a bowl of chili a few times over the years, and always did the same thing. > > I have no idea, but he was an equal opportunity pest when it came to > >uniforms. His hair would stand up, his ears would be laid back and he > >would growl a deep warning to anyone who dared to enter or yard or home > >in a uniform. > > I dunno. Did a mailman kick him once as a pup? No, he was inside a fully fenced yard most of his life. The one he hated the most was the garbage truck driver. > > That wasn't 'Larry the Cable Guy' was it? I wouldn't blame the dog, > >if it was! :) > > Hehe. No, and he was doing the typical tail wagging 'pet me let's > play' routine before the 'TV incident'. And, btw, things were fine > afterwards too. He may have had made a motion the dog didn't like, then turned his back to him, adding to the insult. > > Maybe he objected to the guy's scent? Some of the chemicals used in > >CATV are rather strong, even without the person being soaked in sweat. > >The plasticizer used in making the coax, and some of the lubricants & > >hand cleaners carried in the trucks can upset an animal. > > That's not a bad theory if it weren't for everything being fine before > and after that 'one thing'. Sometimes a dog acts that way, until they get a good sniff and decide it's OK. :) > Sounds like you were on the floor when it approached and that may have > been why: non threatening posture. Hell, I'd be intimidated too if > 'everyone' were 30 times my height. LOL Yes, but I was up and down several times while it watched me from under the couch. I think it smelled the sent of my terrier on me and decided I was OK. :) > My youngest sister had a poodle only a hair bigger than you describe > but it was 'fearless'. Or at least put on a show of it. My mother used > to crack up when she'd 'peek in' to see if my sister was sleeping > because the little idiot would growl and then 'attack' her big toe. > Then flip over on it's back for a belly rub 'reward' for being so > 'brave'. > > I always suspected it simply couldn't tell in the dark who the 'giant' > was till it tasted the toe and you remember why 'dogs bark': just > because a bear's never come through that door before doesn't mean you > aren't one this time. Sometimes they bark, just because they can. ;-) -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. |