Our little Maggie is such a good dog, if only we could break this one bad habit. I wasn't sure if we should punish her AGAIN for this behavior or what. She is so easily repentant it just makes you laugh. For what ever reason tearing up napkins, Kleenex or paper towels gives her such pleasure. She doesn't eat them, just shreds them. If we catch her is the act, she makes a bee line to under the coffee table in the living room, mainly because she thinks we can't reach her quickly and it gives her one more second to finish the job. It makes me wonder what goes through her little brain. Is she like a second grade cheater? Does she look around and think, "Now's my chance?" Or does she just stroll by the trash cans and think, "Hmm, wonder if there are any fresh Kleenex in there." Or is it just an image or two...trash can...Kleenex...like the dog in the movie "UP"..."Squirrel!"
One of our acquaintances said that he tied the trash can to his dog's collar and let it drag the can around for a couple of days. He swears that it worked. I know my dad had a farm dog that killed a chicken and he tied the dead chicken to the dog's collar for a week and that cured that dog. The stink alone would be the deterrent in that instance. I guess we will just fuss at her and be happy that it isn't the couch!
We leave for Los Angeles for a few days as our daughter, Trisha, and our grandson, Robby, arrive this evening from Switzerland for their vacation. We will stay at my sister's house a couple of nights so they can visit with my dad. He is doing really well, but one never knows. Things can turn on a dime, take Bob's knee for example, the new knee cap has come partially undone. He has no pain and the swelling is reducing with good range of motion, so we all decided to let a sleeping dog lie. It's just a worry, but in the grand scheme of things it's small potatoes so we are surfing the wave and hoping for a miraculous healing! If I call and he doesn't call right back I go looking for him to make sure he isn't in a heap in a ditch, but then I did that before the knee surgeries. No reason to change now.
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