Dog News
Welcome to Dog News: The news for dogs about dogs done in a dogged fashion. Doggy-style , if you wish.
“Misssy, how are getting on with that dog?” I hear you ask…
or,
“Enough crap about real issues, Misssy. Gosh, you’ve been a drag this past week, how’s the damn dog doing?”, I hear you murmur.
Well, it’s complicated, folks. In the name of brevity, am going to list the good and the bad.
The Good
1. Sonny can sit on command. (Except on frosty pavements, where he hovers one millimetre above nut freezing tarmac. Fair do’s.)
2. Sonny will leave an object (including food placed right on his front paws) on command until given it. Whether he can be trusted beside a full roast turkey, Christmas time will tell.
3. Sonny will roll over and play dead if you point your fingers like a pistol at him and shout, “Bang!” . A real crowd pleaser. It’s particularly funny if you do when he’s running full pelt towards you. May also work with real gun.
4. Sonny can dance in circles. Pointless, but entertaining.
5. Sonny will lie down on command. I can get the dog to do this, but Junior Misssy still won’t go to her bed…something ain’t right there.
6. Sonny uses the catflap to go out and wee in the garden. He also uses the catflap to run after the cats. The only time he won’t use it is if Harleyboy, our 15 year old bruiser cat (and Sonny’s nemesis), is waiting outside the flap (with a flick knife…probably)
7. Sonny can give a paw on command. Again pointless, but folk expect it. And who are we to disappoint?
8. Sonny comes back when called 99% of the time. Unless there’s a cat involved..in which case, you can forget it.
9. Sonny gets down, when asked. Not in a “Get down!” James-Brown-funky-kind-of-way. But it’s only a matter of time before that, too, is part of his repertoire.
10. Sonny is ignoring the Christmas tree, except to drink from the bucket it stands in.
11. Sonny will stay on command. He doesn’t like it, but he’ll do it.
12. Sonny is destroying heaps of kids toys we want to get rid of anyway. Want shot of that annoying talking Furbee? Feed it to the dog!
Die Furbee, Die! (He squeals as he’s mauled. Funny…)
13. My dog trainer, Billie, has pronounced Sonny super-smart and wants to move him up to the junior class. So proud. He’ll be on University Challenge soon.
14. Sonny is beautiful. But you knew that.
The Not so good
1. Sonny can get too excited and run about the place like a dervish. Always when you’ve a hot cup of tea.
2. Sonny chases my two little girl cats. The lady cats have simultaneously asked for swords in their Santa letters. Harley-boy already has his own.
3. Sonny previously slept all night at the bottom of Indy’s bed, but this week seems to think it’s a laugh to creep through to mine and Meester’s bedroom and lick my face at 4am. I am now immune to most germs.
4. Sonny is teething. Nothing is safe. We won’t be putting presents under the tree. For if we did, we may as well set them on fire in the garden.
5. Sonny pulls on the lead. This is my biggest bug bear. I have arms like Gillian McKeith.
Things are so bad, I have turned to YouTube for help.
See here:
Super Dog training man in action
Check the comments on the clip.
I have asked the dog training guy for help and he has responded! He is making us a special video to show us how to crack the pulling problem. God, I love the internet!
By way of return I am going to show him the results on YouTube when Sonny and I finally can amble and sashay leisurely around the place.
“Watch this space” as they say when they don’t have a clue how to end a post.
