In a post I wrote last year (you can read about it HERE), I shared we use a lot of throw rugs in our house. One of the uses I insist we need a rug for, is at snack time.
If you’ve ever given your dog a frozen KONG, you know, wherever your dog eats it, there’s bound to be a messy wet spot. Because of this, I’m working hard to get the dogs to eat their treats on the throw rug. They’re easy to clean, and you can simply drape them over a chair when not in use.
I tend to re-use the rugs and wash them once week. But I’m lazy that way. 🙂
As with everything with the Chocolate Lab, getting Delilah to do things MY way vs her way, is challenging. Most nights I have to redirect her at least once.
Before I hand out Kongs, I place the throw rugs out on the floor, that’s usually when Delilah is dancing around and I can barely accomplish what I’m doing.
The other night, I put Delilah’s rug down while Sampson was snoozing on the couch. Once Delilah started bouncing around, he sat up to see what all the hoopla was about. He watched as I put her rug down first, then his. Then he oh so carefully slid off the couch, and settled himself on his rug. All without being told to do that.
THAT made me smile. He’s such a good boy!
You CAN teach an old dog new tricks!
What did your pet do that made you smile this week?
You make me smile (or laugh), the sweet, funny, loving things my dogs do that make me laugh or smile.
I guess I am the old dog here at 11, and I also can learn new tricks, meaning new changes to our routine. I won’t use a Kong but my sisters love them. It doesn’t seem to be very messy with them, maybe it depends on what is in the Kong.
What a good dog! Usually we don’t have problems with them being too messy, but thankfully the girls take them and run to their beds. The thing we had to work on was getting silly little Rye to realize that I wasn’t going to stand there and hold the Kong for her 🙂
Roxy had us laughing the other night when she was so verbal asking for dinner. (i posted the video on instagram and facebook) She is quite the talked that little fart.
Aw…too sweet. Around here, area rugs seem to be used as paw padding while narly/nasty food bits smack squarely on the floor. But it still makes me smile how they can manage to make sure their feet are protected but the floor is not. LOL
There is a text bubble over his head: How did I do, Mom?
What a smart boy!
He’s so good, bless him! This week poppy was allowed to run around free at S’s house for the first time. She loved it and did lots of pushing the boundaries to find out what she can and can’t do. She also started pulling wallpaper off his wall… little bugger.
Such a good, neat, well-behaved man. I make good use of the throw rugs at my house. I use them for vomiting and to spit out things I don’t like (like blueberries), after I chew them up, of course. Also, when Mom gives me a treat, I eat it neatly on the throw rug – after drooling a long slime trail across the floor from the kitchen to the rug.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
Aww what a good boy
If we give Merlin a treat he will go atraight to the back door to be let outside.
It’s especially rewarding when they learn something just by routine, and not by formal training! What often makes us smile is when Cricket goes outside just before supper time, and then comes flying into the house and straight into the kitchen at the appropriate time!
Aw, Sampson, you’re such a good boy!!
My girls were always such neat eaters – and Ducky still is – but poor Shadow has been having such a hard time these last several months. Thankfully, they eat their meals in the kitchen so the floor is easy to spot clean. When I took Shadow to the vet last week for a re-check of her knee and weight, I showed him a video I’d taken of her eating one of her meals. He said that, no, her depth perception issue isn’t causing that pecking-like motion. It’s the muscles in her neck. They bother her at times and she’s trying to get comfortable. I’ll be writing a blog post about it soon.
Wait a … I’m stuck on that part about a way other than Delilah’s?!?!?!
To make your old dogs socializing and friendly you must trained them with special kinds of trick. Even a senior pooch, with no prior training, can wrap their brain by reward training. This is key for your adult dog to learn positive behavior and reduce even a lifetime of bad manners. In addition to your canine, you’ll need two other constant companions for the training travails. Get a crate that’s the proper size, build up their endurance for staying in it, and get them to adopt it as their den.