[nagdu] Involvement was Re: Dogs Unwrapping Their Presents

Nicole B. Torcolini at Home ntorcolini at wavecable.com
Tue Dec 27 17:57:48 UTC 2011


I guess that my answer to that would be that the dogs just want to be part 
of the fun. Lexia always tries to be a part of whatever the humans are 
doing, and very much the same for our pet dog. Then again, I guess that 
there are other ways for dogs to celebrate the holidays.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 7:04 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dogs Unwrapping Their Presents


> We had a dog that unwrapped a beanbag chair. You wouldn't believe all that 
> stuff on the floor. I'm just not sure what is so precious about dogs 
> tearing into paper, but maybe I'm just a grouch. <Grin>
>
> Cindy
>
> On Dec 27, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Peggy wrote:
>
>>   Aw let her open her presents ... the dog I have now won't do it but 
>> I've had pups in the past that would, was precious.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
>> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 5:43 PM
>> To: NAGDU
>> Subject: [nagdu] Dogs Unwrapping Their Presents
>>
>> As I have probably mentioned before, we have a Border Collie mix as a 
>> pet. Our pet dog loves the holidays because she knows that she will get 
>> to tear open a paper bag of dog treats. I got a new toy to give to Lexia 
>> as her Christmas. My mother said that I should just open the paper bag 
>> for her instead of letting Lexia tear up the bag. I won the argument, and 
>> Lexia got to tear up the paper bag. What do people think of this? Lexia 
>> *never* picks up and chews/tears up anything without permission. As a 
>> matter of fact, it took her a moment or two to realize that she could 
>> tear up the bag. Given that she won't do it again for several months, 
>> possibly an entire year, do people think that Lexia should be allowed to 
>> tear open the paper bag to get her present?
>>
>> Nicole and Lexia
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>> Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.
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