I had to remove the wonderful Peanut’s cartoon that was posted here about love because it is copyrighted and I mistakenly posted without permission.
Bad, DogDaz! Bad! I am in the dog house. Here is a coupon for you just in case this happens to you.
I talk a lot.
I talk to myself.
I talk to the animals.
I even talk to the plants.
Oh yes, I also talk to people.
I wonder what the animals hear with my endless chatter. Do you remember the ‘Charlie Brown’ cartoons when the adults were speaking and all the kids would hear is “blah, blah, blah…?” That is probably me and my animals.
There are many trainers that say you should only talk to your animals to give them a direct command; ‘Come,’ ‘Sit,’ ‘Break.’ Not me. I go on and on, about the weather, how beautiful the leaves look, whatever comes to mind (I just realized however, I never talk to them about work or the blog). I ask them questions, I sing them songs, and when needed, I actually give them a command to do something. I think they are able to discern the commands from all the other words that I use, but maybe it is my change of tone that makes them pay attention. I enjoy talking to my animals, and truthfully, I think they enjoy it too. No one around the zoo likes it when Mommy is quiet for to long. They tell me it is just unnatural, and they get unnerved.
Do you talk to your animals? Do you think it confuses them? Do you think they like it?
Just another DogDaz morning at the zoo ❤ 