Well Frankie is at the men’s retreat for church and I have the house to myself. That usually means a fight with the dogs, but tonight things are going great. There has always been an “alpha” dog issue with me and the dogs, but with CONSTANT practice and reminders to them, I am proud to say it is a good night. I gave them a bunch of new toys to keep them occupied. . .well to keep Lucy occupied. Pismo likes to snuggle with mom. A bit ago Lucy was playing with her ball or two, or three. She likes to play soccer with it and they constantly roll under the china hutch. It makes me crazy!! She is such a girl because she whines and cries when things don’t go her way. Well I dragged the balls out once and said that is it!!! The next time she did it, she barked at me!! Tried the ignore thing because I was busy reading my friend Livy’s blog. Hello!?! Anyway I calmly got up and put my arms on my hips and said NO! Now I have a really deep voice right now because of some allergy issues, so she really paid attention. I told her to LEAVE IT! And she did!!! She is now happily chewing on a bone and my little guy is cuddled up next to me. I feel like an empowered dog owner. She just walked over again as I finish this and I told her to leave it and it worked again. I love it!!!!
