Mutt antics

Tim-Gabz

Tim-Gabz

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Some years back I was given a street terrier that was so stoopid it could about figure out eating. Totally untrainable he was poisoned, I believe by a neighbour.

Last November my wife brought home a Tlokweng terrier, foxy cross ridge back cross local bus. Maxi has been an absolue tiring joy and character. His one serious fault is to eat all my chillies off the bushes.

Sunday we were buying groceries and my wife bought some cheap dog food. I objected noting mutt wouldn't eat it,

Last night he picked up his full food bowl and threw it at my wife playing PC games. I think that got the message across??
 
He has required very little training and is easy going. In winter shares his bed with the cat who he likes to groom.
 
That reminds me of my Weimeraner. He was a voracious eater. At 9 pm, I would be watching the show Cheers on tv, (ferget what network) and like clock work, JD, would lock me in a dead stare blocking my view of the tv. If I broke his stare, he would bark so loud it would wake the dead. Next, I would say, OK, I will feed you when you get your bowl. He would open the sliding glass door, as long as it was cracked open, and run to fetch his bowl. He would run at a dead sprint, plant both feet in the bowl and scoot it across the smooth concrete floor till hit hit the side of the house, he would then pick up the heavy rugged plastic dog bowl, and bring it in to me. If I was not careful, he would bounce it off my shins, (that would frickin hurt so bad, but laugh so hard). Next, I would say, ok, now go get me your food. He would run into the kitchen pantry and grab a can of his food off the shelf, rip the label off, and bring it to me droolin the whole way (also had to protect my shins from this). If anyone has ever owned a Weimeraner, they know I am not lying about how smart these dogs are. He lived for 15 yrs. He was great at retrieving doves, even ones I did not shoot! He sucked at quail, but that was probably my fault. Thanks for the laughs, and jerkin my memories of my most favorite dog I have ever owned. Weimeraners need something to do constantly, they get destructive if they are without company.
 
Hey, my mastiff will try and say "food", and "out" every now and then. When I ask him to talk though he gets embarassed and shuts up. My ex took "his" cat, and he misses it. It would actually curl up on him to sleep on occasion. The cat would also climb on his back for a ride when the mastiff would walk by the couch. She would hang on with her claws, and he never seemed to mind. Joe
 
My Ridgeback has tried to kill me in my sleep. She is a notorious counter crawler and when I was taking a nap she tried to climb on the stove to get a pan and flipped on the gas with her paw. I woke up and there was a strong smell of gas in the house. Luckily it aired out quickly.

She has never apologized to this day.
 
I've had a few really smart dogs over the years but I really like terriers,my little JR is fearless and you'll never find a more loyal dog.
 
Both of my Labs are very smart dogs, but thank God they are lazy. They get along fine with the cats, grew up alongside them. The cats treat them as unwanted guests, and play with their tails when they wag. Both will carry their dishes to me when they are hungry, especially if I get home after dinner time (6PM sharp, don't forget it). If I don't bring them in right away during a snow or rain storm, the older one will chastise me at the back door, barking at me, and then trot off to his cot.
 
As a teenager I used to have a border 1/4 cross rough haired collie 3/4. Loving and obedient very large lapdog. Feared cars until we adopted a lady border collie then he would hog the front seat of the Triumph.

He was really dim. Hated pools but barked himself hoarse when splashed from a distance. Throw a rubber hoop high over the pool and looking up he used to gallop into the pool everytime a coconut. Cute A-over-Elbow.
 
Growing up we had a Poodle. Not one of those little puffball sissy Poodles, but a righteous, fluffy, cool dog. When my brother was an infant, the dog "brought" my brother a pack of my mother's cigarettes & a pad of matches to him in his crib while he was supposed to be down for a nap. I guess Polly thought he needed a smoke. My mother found him covered in tobacco & he had sucked the red tips off of the paper matches.
 
My American Eskimo liked to go to bed at 10:00 sharp. If we had guests over past that hour she would walk up to them stare at them until she had their attention and then look at the door....like..

"Its bed time...you and you...get out..!!"
 
When she was younger my Border Collie was a clown. Becky has a genuine talent for doing unexpected things just to make those humans around her laugh. The louder the laughter from her audience the more she would do. She wanted their attention on her and to obtain it she would perform totally unexpected behaviors.

One time I had an elderly couple visiting so all the attention was on them. Suddenly Becky started yodeling like a performer at the Grand Ole Opry. Of course we all laughed. So she just got louder and put some 'yodel' into her performance and of course we all laughed even louder.

She also discovered that slowly moving around the corner of my arm chair and performing a 'peek-a-boo' head move would evoke laughter from guests. It also worked on me if it we were alone... her stalking action would culminate with her tilting her at a cocky angle and emitting a very low bark to get my attention and it would be rewarded with a laugh. She is good at bringing me back into the present rather than on the internet or watching television.

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At the age of 13 and blind from Diabetes, she still manages a very husky cough due to age related lung issues. It is enough to tell me she is desiring attention.

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