Rhesus Macaques (by yasa_)
Monthly Archives: April 2012
4.21.12 Good Dog – Not!!!
Let me start by saying Sofie is a wonderful dog and I love her a lot. I am amazed how smart she is and how stubborn and manipulative. Even with the e-collar, which has worked wonders, if I don’t train her every day, she slips back into old habits. If you give this little imp an inch, she will take a mile. Things were going great, until last week when I got really busy with work and could not get the time to train her every day. Today, she decided she just isn’t going to listen to anything and she is whining whining whining. Yesterday, when I was not looking, she sneaked under the pool fence and went for a hop on the winter cover. And she was doing so well. I guess we all have to act out sometimes…..
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
4.20.12 Sun Worship
Lulu thinks that sitting in the sun is fun. I really do not understand why a black dog loves to lie in the sun, but she does. 
She has a few favorite spots on the deck and she would stay there all day, if I let her. I worry that she will get sun burned. Do dogs get sun burned? Sofie has a really thick coat, so I only worry about her nose, but Lulu has a thin single coat and she has pink skin, so I worry. I’m not a sun worshiper, so I just don’t get it.
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
4.19.12 “AhhhhhChooooo!”
On our walk this morning, I noticed that Louise seemed to have endless energy (it must be the lab in her). She runs like the wind and is distracted just by hearing the word ‘Squirrel.’ She doesn’t get into much trouble, but she does tend to follow scents (I think that is the hound part of her) more than follow my commands. Sofie on the other hand has to herd us all along (the corgi and sheltie in her) but seems to tire easily. She tends to have more burst type of energy (run run run, collapse). I am almost sure during our little photo session (I hold these little photo ops to practice the ‘Place’ and other commands), she fell asleep. We weren’t even done with our mile walk yet. I think both of them, and my cats, and most of the humans I know, are struggling with spring allergies here in the Mid-Atlantic. I haven’t given them anything for their allergies but worry that maybe I should. Lulu sneezes and sneezes and then scares herself. And poor lil’ Sofie Bear, she is whizzing and hacking. They both seem to be eating a lot of grass too, and I assume somehow that is connected, but I do not know (?). Maybe that is why Sofie is so tired today – I know that I sure am….
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
4.18.12 Goofy!
Sometimes my animals are just plan Goofy! And that is all there is to say about it.
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
4.17.12 When I Come Back, I Want To Be…
I want to live with the abandon my dogs have. Rolling on their backs and laughing and smiling. Waiting to have their tummies rubbed. I can have ‘a little’ abandon now, but, on Monday, I have to get back to the work. If truly there is a karmic wheel and I get to come around again, I would like to be owned by a nice lady like myself, who buys lots of dog toys and treats, and plays with us a lot, and then I would just run around and have fun all day with my humans and my animal friends. Wow, does that sound nice. Really changes the perspective of the expression, ‘going to the dogs.’ because that is exactly where I want to be.
Just another dogdaz morning at the zoo ❤
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