Monday, November 01, 2010
THoSV
Here are some more pics of my hoodlums. These posts are going to be titled, “The Hounds of Serenity’sville” thanks to reader BloodSpite for the name.
Sakari:
She doesn’t always come when I call so she’s on a 30’ leash during training, (that’s the black leash you see in the pic). We are working on it and she’s starting to get it by I in no way completely trust that she’ll come, right now. She’s also being a bit of a bitch with house training. We’ve had to step back a few paces and this requires more kennel time...I don’t like it, neither does she but until she learns that you a) do NOT pee in my house and b) you go where I fucking tell you to, she’s repeating those lessons. Sigh.
Shasta:
Shasta is very good about coming when I call and I don’t typically worry about having him off leash. Until today. I took him out today, let him off leash and he did not come when called and he did not go to “tree” which is a meeting place. Today he decided to test me. I found a partial coconut shell, something he loves to chew on, and enticed him with it to come over to me and >snap<, back on with the leash, buddy. He is also learning that he is not allowed to chew my things. So, we are going back a step with him on that, too, which also requires more kennel time. I was just getting to the point of letting them stay out, at night, next to the bed but that’s not going to happen for awhile. Not since he chewed a corner of my comforter, chewed the corner of my bed, chewed the side of the cat stairs leading to the bed, got in to the garbage and flung it all over the house and chewed my shoes. Yah. So that privilege is gone.
It’s ok, they are puppies and I chalk the chewing up to teething. This is when they are getting all of their adult teeth. He has a rope toy to chew but apparently it’s far more delightful to destroy all of my things, instead. Enjoy crate time, punk!
OTHERWISE, they’re pretty good dogs. We just have a bit to go on learning respect and respect for my things so I have to take a step or two back and try again. I think I gave in too early when I should have made sure it was 100%. My bad. That’s ok, they’re going to get it this time.
Word count in NaNoWriMo: 5498. I have exceeded today’s goal. I’m going to let it simmer a bit and will come back to it later. I have to do the bulk of my writing on my days off since I’m so exhausted by the time I get home from work, tend to my real life farmville I have going on here and get to the point I can sit and relax. But, I’ll be doing a lot of thinking and making notes while I’m at work.
