[nagdu] always taking the dog was guide dogs

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

Rox,

/lol/  Mill'E is too, too funny!  I wonder if Laveau will pick up some of
those ways of entertaining herself?

I did some starter teaching with Mitzi on laundry-related tasks, but she
just used what I taught her to mess with me or to invent new games.  So we
were entertained, and I didn't have to worry about really training her to do
actual useful tasks or anything.  /grin/  I keep threatening to do the same
with Daisy, again to keep her amused.  But I get lazy...  Huh.  We all have
cabin fever on top of spring fever...

I love the towel snapping. /grin/  Are you sure she doesn't think she's your
teenage brother or something?

Mitzi invented a new game with her ball last night.  She stood on the edge
of my bed and bounced it to me so I could catch it and bounce it back.  That
strange, quirky mind of hers will never cease to amaze me.  /smile/

Tami Smith-Kinney

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Subject: Re: [nagdu] always taking the dog was guide dogs

Lyn,

Mill'E's favorite chore ever! is doing laundry.  Specifically-- she  
loves emptying the dryer, then crawling in and taking a nap in the  
warm dryer once it's empty.  She has found ways to keep laundry  
entertaining; she pulls towels out, and smacks me with the end; same  
with blue jeans.  She has also figured out how to nudge all the small- 
clothes into a pile and take them out in bunches rather than one by  
one.  She loves laundry!
I am lucky because I have one "pet" dog-- my twelve-year-old golden  
Bristol so I already have to look for pet-friendly housing and the  
landlords don't seem to care.  I do find that it makes things less  
intense for the dogs if they can have time to just be a dog.  All of  
my dogs have a fantastic work ethic and love to work.  I want to keep  
it that way.

Rox and the Kitchen Bitches
Bristol (retired), Mill'E SD. and Laveau Guide Dog, CGC.
"It's wildly irritating to have invented something as revolutionary as  
sarcasm, only to have it abused by amateurs." -- Christopher Moore
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