This is exactly where I was sitting …
By Gina Spadafori
November 8, 2007
… when I tried to stop the cat — yeah, that’s right, um, the CAT — from tearing up the chair. She’s very, very bad!
No worries and no regrets. This is a $25 foam chair in the dog room, and I’ve had it for years. Any further “chewable” household goods will be removed from the room while Mr. Pippin is earning his house privileges. (”Approved” chew-toys will be in abundance, of course!)
Raising good dogs is a lot about managing their environment as they learn. This was my mistake, not his.
Ah - this would appear to be a very opportune moment to offer the following link:
http://www.shirleychong.com/ke.....spaper.txt
Comment by The OTHER Pat — November 8, 2007 @ 3:39 pm
hahahahahahaha!
:::: going to get newspaper::::
Comment by Gina Spadafori — November 8, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
Will you let us know if Mr. Pippin laughs at you? VBEG!
Comment by The OTHER Pat — November 8, 2007 @ 4:01 pm
one of my fav training tips pat! lol!
nice pic of Pip! {grin}
Comment by straybaby — November 8, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
I think that picture is deserving of a loldog caption. :)
Comment by Janine — November 8, 2007 @ 4:15 pm
While we’re laughing, now he may need to be watched to make sure he doesn’t develop a blocked bowel from the foam rubber he probably swallowed. We have the same issue with our kitty and kleenex tissues that she loves to shred. In her case, we give her a large dose of Petromalt to help ease things through.
Comment by Dennis — November 8, 2007 @ 5:37 pm
He does kind of have that “Who me?” look, doesn’t he. :) I see that a lot around here.
Comment by ruth ellen — November 8, 2007 @ 7:39 pm
BAD, Gina! Bad, BAD, Gina!!!
LOL
Comment by Lynn — November 9, 2007 @ 12:38 am
Once upon a time I had a townhouse with 4 floors. The bottom level house the garage, a huge laundry room, another roomy storage room. The you walked upstairs to the living levels. And stupid me, I put white wall-to-wall carpeting in it. [BAD, Lynn! Bad, BAD, Lynn!!!] So I called in a wrought iron gate specialist and had him design a special gate at the steps leading to upstairs. I figured if ever I had to be gone more than 4 hours I could put the kids on the garage level. Plenty of windows and lots of space to romp in. And it was all tile, so it would survive any accidents.
At the time I had 5 dogs and I’m afraid that Popcorn was a tad neurotic. The dogs were in their “playroom,” as I came to call it and I came home and found that Popcorn managed to get his head between the bars and was licking the wallboard, trying to get out. [This dog would never become a scientist, for sure.] The wall had a 12” diameter hole that he had licked through. I got him out and he ran for the water bowl. This scared the you-know-what out of me so I grabbed him and rushed him to our vet, who pronounced him fine. But predicted he probably would be really thirsty for the next week!
That night the gate was latched permanently in an open position.
Comment by Lynn — November 9, 2007 @ 12:46 am
Love those ears!!!
Comment by 2CatMom — November 9, 2007 @ 7:26 am
“I can’t has cheezeburger now?”
Comment by Nadine L. — November 9, 2007 @ 10:03 am
Forget the chair, do you see what a little showman Mr. Pippin is? Perfect posture, ears erect, dead stare into the lens. Front paws prone, back paws relaxed in that devil-may-care attitude. And the eyebrows of seduction in full force.
I see a future in print media for Pippin.
:c)
Comment by Christopher — November 10, 2007 @ 5:57 pm
He’s pretty adorable, I’ll give him that. And although he looks more shepherd than border collie, he sure acts very BC.
It’s a great mix!
Comment by Gina Spadafori — November 10, 2007 @ 6:10 pm
Never underestimate the chew-ability of a young, bored Shepherd. We had one that took down a fig tree cutting her teeth. The bc was partial to Italian leather!
Comment by MaineMom — November 10, 2007 @ 9:24 pm