Oliver here, yesterday I wuz real naughty I took myself off when mum was clearing the stones from the front of the house. I heard her but I did not come back till I thought she really meant it.......................Ollie
ps I still got eggies at lunch time so I think she still loves me
MUm here. I admit I was ready to kill him. I'm still picking up the gravel at the front of the house the darling plumber left, and you can only do it by hand so I let them out with me and they are pretty good, he wanders down the hill or over the other side of the block , but I can usually see them (usually always O) and I usually shout "far enough come..........." Well yesterday the funny thing was I just looked down and then up and he was gone, usually its a slow meander. So I stood up grabbed Amy put her in their pen as I could not see him. I called, but no Ollie, this went on for about 5 minutes I was at that stage starting to panic and trying to keep it out of my voice. I went round the back and then was walking along the front to go down the drive way when a skulking Oliver rounded the house saw me and started the tummy, head down, looking every bit of "I heard you, but I was doing something, and I'm soooooooooooooooo sorry" It took him about 3 mins to "come" and all I could do was pick him up cuddle and tell him he was good for coming through gritted teeth. His feet were red with the soil behind our workrooms where they have been staring for a few days. Out here the farmers shoot on sight no matter the size or type of dog.
That landed him grounded in their pen while I worked outside...............not a happy Dachie, but at least a safe one.
hey oliver. don't worry. who could be mad at that face you got goin on. i'm still trying to get the right look, especially after i poo or pee on the floor. i like to go nose surfing in the back yard all the way to that almost invisible wall....not sure what it is, but i can't get past it. anyway, when mum wants to go back inside, she calls and, well, i'm just not finished nose surfing. there are so many smells here, it will take my whole life to find them all. then she comes after me swating her hand around her face. must be those tiny flying things that she trys to catch. don't know why she would want them. can't hardly see them. i can tell when she is really serious. she always picks me up and loves on me with kisses and laughs.
Today my mom and i were going out to do some stuff and we brought Fin. And i put him down to go to the car and he took off across the parking lot and down the road! I was screaming at him and threw my purse down and ran full speed at him because cars come flying down our road so fast. He finally just glanced behind him and dropped to his belly flat when he saw me roaring up behind him. Little bugger.
I think they know when you call them you can never smack them,yell at them or do anything to them. Use to work with this older nurse she always said they know what they are doing. I told her maybe but you never should punish them for not coming when you call them that will make them less likely to come next time. She never did understand what I was telling her.I said you should always praise them when they come to you no matter if you want to ring their necks for being extra slow.Of course chasing them they think it is a big game if they can see you run the other way they can"t stand that they come a running as fast as they can usually.
I had my 2 Bouvier's up at the Fairgrounds one time fenced on 3 sides I let them go run around,of course they had to run towards the road.I called them they just looked over their shoulder at me kept going.No way could I catch them so I screamed my males name he just had his CGC & CD degree so I laid down in the grass.Oh I heard them coming on HI I knew I was going to get trampled & I did also got washed.
Patches use to be real good about coming then she now only comes if she wants to the little brat.Buddy usually comes
need to work with them both too hot outside so have been working some in the house.Papbouv
Oh, Roberta, I know that feeling all too well. At least he didn't wander far. Ollie-boy, that little adventure will cost you the rest of your life in the 'pen.' OK, maybe slightly exaggerated - only slightly.
Aunty Delia, I have been let out, and Iz have stayed real close to mum, but you know what smells (rabbits) can do to a boy.
Ollie
Never thought of lying down, Amy would just use me as a pillow. It amazes me as they always do it at the most dangerous point, not the oval or park...............it has to be a roadway or something that makes your heart sink. Then if its in public......................every one in the neighbourhood knows their name and knows you as the nutty woman.
Roberta
"pen is the word to discribe an area as big as a house block, hard gravel and logs along th bottom means no dig and having short legs no jumpy................just howl
W
Oh golly gee, Oliver...you kulda gibded yore momma da heart attack!!!! Be careful sweet Oliver and be that good boy we all know you are!!