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We are now down to only one of Spike's special soft rubber balls. We went to Big Park with the last two in my pocket, and Spike lost track of one when a Springer Spaniel came past and attracted everyone's attention.
I sent him to find it. Spike is not naturally good at finding lost balls; he has a short attention span and it's hard for him to work up an interest in anything that isn't moving. Squish is far better suited to this job; unfortunately Squish has learned the hard way that it's not a good idea to pick a ball up unless Spike is tied to a tree.
Spike did not find the ball; but Spike, unlike Squish, has a talent for improvisation. He spent thirty seconds searching, and triumphantly fetched me a filthy mouldering tennis shoe instead. So we had a damn good fetch game with that instead. I love my evil muddy dog.
Also? Spike hasn't had a melatonin tablet for two days, and he still refrained from aggressing at downstairs neighbour's GSD when we passed her on the way to the park. Could we be winning?
I sent him to find it. Spike is not naturally good at finding lost balls; he has a short attention span and it's hard for him to work up an interest in anything that isn't moving. Squish is far better suited to this job; unfortunately Squish has learned the hard way that it's not a good idea to pick a ball up unless Spike is tied to a tree.
Spike did not find the ball; but Spike, unlike Squish, has a talent for improvisation. He spent thirty seconds searching, and triumphantly fetched me a filthy mouldering tennis shoe instead. So we had a damn good fetch game with that instead. I love my evil muddy dog.
Also? Spike hasn't had a melatonin tablet for two days, and he still refrained from aggressing at downstairs neighbour's GSD when we passed her on the way to the park. Could we be winning?
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My landlord's gsd once fetched me a broken bottle (!!!!!) when I sent him into the creek for a stick. Luckily no one was hurt :/
And that is so encouraging that Spike is being polite around other dogs ^_^
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HA! I bet he's waiting til you let your guard down...all animals are evil that way...I thought Julius had FINally gotten over his obsession with shredding toilet paper...he was just waiting for me to think that and breathe my sigh of relief...he got the tp from where I hid it behind a towel and I found a large soft mound of shredded stuff in front of the toilet...complete with a sleeping cat in the middle of the pile!
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