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Life with Tom - a vignette
Mar. 2nd, 2008 11:10 amTom is a little bigger than my last dog. Big enough that he can rear up on his hind legs with his front paws on the counter or table. From there, he can nose around for anything edible/chewable within mouth's reach. This leads to many repetitions of the following exchange.
Me: "Tom, off!" *shoves dog away from table or counter*
Tom: "Okay." *not at all abashed*
30 seconds later
Me: "Tom! Off!"
Tom: "What? Still?"
30 seconds later
Me: "Tom! Off!
Tom: "All right. I wasn't really interested in that anyway."
Repeat scene a few hours later.
He was also being quite clever yesterday about nudging his bully stick beside the couch. He'd start out with the chewie, then cleverly switch to some part of the slipcover. I did wise up enough to spray some bitter stuff on the slipcover ties. That seemed to help reinforce the "no. leave it" instructions.
Me: "Tom, off!" *shoves dog away from table or counter*
Tom: "Okay." *not at all abashed*
30 seconds later
Me: "Tom! Off!"
Tom: "What? Still?"
30 seconds later
Me: "Tom! Off!
Tom: "All right. I wasn't really interested in that anyway."
Repeat scene a few hours later.
He was also being quite clever yesterday about nudging his bully stick beside the couch. He'd start out with the chewie, then cleverly switch to some part of the slipcover. I did wise up enough to spray some bitter stuff on the slipcover ties. That seemed to help reinforce the "no. leave it" instructions.