So, Angel pup, how is it going with all those people at the house?
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So, Angel pup, how is it going with all those people at the house?
Someone is now decidedly miffed.
2 days of multiple people in the house, with all of them suckers to pay attention to a puppy.
Now we're back to just our regular humans and the cat.
Awww, I am surprised she didn't try to sneak out with someone for a r-i-d-e! I'd think she'd be too tuckered out to be miffed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
While we're sitting here relaxing in a moment of calm, this is yet another difference between Angel and Lady.
We've never been completely certain as to how Angel would handle a crowd of people in her house. Now we know.
If there were 12 people in the house with Lady, the old girl would have been glued to me or hiding, trying to stay out of the way.
Angel, on the other hand, was in her glory.
12 people? Then we have 12 people to spoil a pup instead of the usual 4!WOohoo!!!
Aww, that's fun! Social butterfly!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Angel pup, I am so glad you had 8 extra people to spoil you! Could you please have your humans give you some petting for me :) Social butterfly for sure!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Angel gets most of the attention she wants.
The extra hands just made it less needy for a few days.
I do wish that she'd quit checking out my new haircut. I got it cut back to regulation length, I got tired of dealing with high maintenance hair. Her whiskers now tickle like crazy while she's checking me out.
Dear Angel, Patch and your humans ... Happy New Year! :)
This was utterly silly.
Angel was being a total nudge tonight, she kept bugging me for some unknown reason.
After an hour or so of trying to figure out what was wrong in her puppy world, LOH figured it out:
We were all sitting in the wrong places in the living room. Angel's Human was crashed on the couch in the spot LOH normally sits in. She had crashed there earlier in the day becuase she wasn't feeling well. After dinner, I sat down in my usual spot, and the nudge came out in Angel full force.
LOH and Angel's Human switched spots, and all was well.
She certainly has you all well trained! I hope Angel's Human feels better soon, it's not fun being sick, I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Wow, Angel! Each of your people has an assigned seat, and when they made a change, it didn't quite work for you. I think you have them very well trained! (Seriously, though- I wonder why Angel was uneasy with AH and LOH in different places?)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Besides having an OCD dog, I'm not sure.
She's better than a clock with certain things, and everything MUST be in the right place.
Speaking of which, Axel, someone needs her 730 PM out. It's hard to type with a dog on your shoulder.
As time goes on, I'm beginning to see HOW rough Angel's time was before she came home.
I was working on the house today (long story) and had to go out through the basement to take her out. She's never been through that way before. When I took her out, she was absolutely trembling in fear for some odd reason. She kept trembling until we went back in.
I often wonder what shelter dogs have been through, and what goes through their minds at times.
Aww, how sad! It's okay, Angel pup! No demons live in that basement!
Well this is silly.
As some of you might have noticed, here in the northeast corner of the US it's been a little on the chilly side and a little on the snowy side.
Angel's normal morning routine is AOH gets up at 5AM to take her for her morning out. For whatever reason, no alarm clocks went off, and the pup stayed on the couch curled up under two blankets all night. When we finally did get up, the boy went out to the couch and I told him to take her out for her morning piddle break. Angel looked at me with a face that said "seriously, dude? You want me to abandon a warm couch with a scritching boy to go out in THAT? Ain't happening.
For those of you who haven't met her, yes, my dog WOULD call me dude.
Awww, Angel pup! Can you go out quickly, and then hurry back inside? It snowed in Chicago overnight, just enough to provide a fresh coating - but now, 5:30ish AM, I can hear the rain (or maybe freezing rain?) falling on the metal roof vent. I don't blame you for not wanting to go outside in the cold. Maybe your young human will give you a few scritches when you come back inside, and you can get back on your blanket-nest. And I agree about the basement, no demons there. Your people will help you if you should ever need to go down there for some reason.
Every once in a while I see Angel carry two tennis balls in her mouth and wondered how she did it, now I know....
We pick up one tennis ball and carry it over to the other, we put the one we are carrying down next to the one already on the floor. We then procede to step on one so it doesn't move and pick up both at the same time by grabbing in the middle of two and pick them up.
( Yeah, she's just a dumb dog......)
We once had someone complain to us that we were promoting dog abuse when we featured a Dog of the Day, Farley*, with three tennis balls in his mouth at once, when you and I know that for most dogs, Angel, any Retrievers of any sort - the more tennis balls the better!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady'sOtherHuman
*http://dogoftheday.com/archive/2000/April/14.html
Last night something happened that hasn't happened since Lady went to the bridge:
I was poked in the ribs by a dog wanting attention. :rolleyes:
Her usual methods must not have worked, so she consulted Lady angel, I bet!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Apparently, if LH isn't around to follow the routine AH is an acceptable substitute.
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Awwww, that's fun! It's always interesting to see who places where on a dog's priority list!
BTW, nice sweatshirt, kiddo!:p
I noticed that right away! ;) Well, after Angel and her human's expressions, of course!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Geeze! A guy can't even sneak a cookie or two around here without a tan, black and white fuzzbutt narkin on him!
Angel pup, next time your dad is having a cookie, could you please have him serve you a treat for me? (if he says you can have one) :D Happy Saturday!
LOH's response to you, Cassiesmom?
Great, now you've got Pet Talk spoiling her, too!
Ummm, Patch? I'm warm, toasty, curled up in my blankets on the couch.
I'm NOT chasing you, no matter how many times you zoom by me trying to tease me.
pssst... Angel ... it's been almost a week since your dad served you a treat for me ... could you please have him do it again? (if he says it is okay for you to have one) :D I know that you are a good girl, you go out with your people when it is time, and you give your people tons of smiles just by being yourself! So, if it were me I would be serving you a treat. I hope it's okay. Or maybe some extra petting, if dad says no treat right now.Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
Your admiring fan,
Elyse
Today (March 23) is National Puppy Day! So ... Angel pup, could you please have your people give you some extra petting and maybe a big hug for me. :D
Your admiring fan,
Elyse
One question:
According to Angel, 24/7 scritching is appropriate. She isn't exactly subtle about wanting scritches and attention, so how can we do "extra"? LOL
If she's anything like my cat was - you should stop whatever you're doing right now, and provide scritches and attention. There is no reason for the staff to do anything humans do when the cat is available for attention. You didn't really want to read a book, pay bills or work on the computer when you could be giving lovies to the cat, now, did you? :) My nephew's cat was the same way, especially in the kitchen. If someone was cooking or doing dishes, and he wanted to receive petting, he would either sit smack in the middle of the kitchen floor or hop up on the counter to get his people's attention. Silly kitty, I miss him very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
What gets silly is when Patch and Angel try to monopolize the available human(s).
I've said many mornings, lying in bed under a blanket of dog and cat "Guys, I'm warm and toasty, but I'm SQUISHED!"
BTW, Angel didn't get extra attention for National Puppy day, but she DID get a new rope and a bag of Mother Hubbard dog biscuits.
And as I returned to bed this afternoon I saw a dog and a cat looking at me.
The looks on their faces told me "Dude, you stole our heat rock! Bring it back!"
Hey, at least you didn't have to fight for space!Quote:
Originally Posted by Lady's Human
Angel's definitions:
Multitasking: The ability to play tug of war with a rope, watch the cat, and still nap all at the same time.
Not that Angel is set in her ways....
Her boy normally gets home from school and gets off the bus at about 3:20pm, give or take a few minutes.
This afternoon, they had an emergency evacuation drill before the busses left school for the day, which set them back a few minutes. At 3:27 I had a dog sitting on me in bed to wake me up wondering where her boy was.
They're just dumb animals...
Oh my goodness, Angel! You were ready for your boy to arrive, and then he was delayed for a short while. I bet you were very happy when he got home! :) He must enjoy having you as greeter!
I don't think you are dumb at all. I've read that cats can get accustomed to routines. Maybe dogs do too, sometimes.
Dogs are so completely creatures of routine - Dad always had a hard time getting Bruni to adjust to the time change - when we'd set the clocks back an hour in the fall, he'd essentially have a St. Bernard in his pocket for the hour before her five o'clock supper time!Quote:
Originally Posted by cassiesmom
Angel takes "routine" to the OCD level. :p