Happy New Year!
I suppose you will be disappointed if I don’t write about resolutions. Okay, let’s get this part out of the way. Alice has a few this year (the first two recommended to her by Corina, one of my favorite humans!) Remember what they were?
Go slowly.
Ask for help.
As if…
Also she wants to be mindful; and practice loving kindness. She’s pretty good at being kind to me. Never a harsh word. Okay, sometimes there is a “NO!” when I’m in a mischievous mood, or when I get into the cat food.
And when we go for walkies if I forge ahead (so many good smells), she says “Hup!” and I know what that means. Stop and walk along side of her with a loose leash. Auntie Sarah taught us that one.
And number 3 (which I find a little disappointing since I am left out in the cold) is ta-da… Play with the cats everyday so they lose weight. (See low-rider Willow visiting me outside in the snow).
Now that is a good idea, but what about ME?
I could do with a resolution to make sure I am exercised daily to keep my shape, and maybe something about food, cheese, Gromit! I resolve to go on walkies at least 2x daily, and work for the best treats out there. (That would be cheese for me.)
I suppose I could resolve to be the best ever service dog to my person, Alice, but that wouldn’t be that hard, because I already am.
She is talking about making me the elder dog and showing some pupster the ropes. Hmmm. I’ll have to think on that one, and up the ante on treats too.(Was that part in my contract?)
I don’t know what the big deal is about celebrating the New Year, January 1st or February 7th (Chinese New Year) or winter solstice. We canines celebrate seven new years for every one for humans.
Are we party animals or what?
What are your human and dog resolutions?
Walkies? Treats? Naps? Presents to open?
I love ripping paper off my presents. I do it every chance I get. (Notice my sly smile in photo of ME unwrapping my pumpkin-flavored “Wet Noses” biscuits.)
Woof!
Morgan (as dictated to human partner, Alice)
1 comment:
As an Elderdog, you get treats just for being there. You get to show the protege pupsters what to do. You march out, demo the command and gets lots of treats and praises as though you just accomplished something wonderful even if it is just loose leash walking - something really hard for an eager young pupsters to learn. The pupster gets a mingy little treat for being on the sidelines.
Then you just lie there while the pupster does the work. When the pupster gets treats, you gets treats just for already knowing it. My Elderdog used to fight to keep his eyes open when I was working 'acause a sleeping dog garners no treats. He would moan and sigh and gripe on the sidelines as though that was gonna make me work harder. Iffen I acted up, he would want to come onto the training field to correct me which wasn't a good idea but got my attenshun real quick. I guess he knew he woodunt get treats iffen I wasn't doing what I oughta.
When your pupster acts up, you gets the treats for being good. When you shows the pupsters how it is done, you gets lots and lots of treats but the pupster don't get none or maybe just a mingy little treat until the pupster does better.
Acourse, being as how the Elderdog is the alpha dog of the real dogs, that means the pupsters has to watch you for ever'thing. When my Elderdog went away, I really missed him.
I also learned a lot more than the Elderdog ever knew acause I learned what he knew and then learned lots more.
Able the Cane from the bridge
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