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Jeffrey & Dad 2004

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Thursday, September 10, 2009

YELP!!

Yesterday I was ready to leave the house today and stay out all day, and go to the movies! BUT, I don't think she can stay in her kennel that long cuz of potty issues. She's still too young. Maybe 4 hours, but not 8. I was ready to drive to Dallas and drop her off at my daughters! I couldn't WAIT UNTIL DH CAME HOME!
~~~ Last evening I was able to read a couple of dog books regarding her current behavior. Get this! When Piper jumps up and bites me, I'm supposed make a high shrilled YELP. Supposedly, she is viewing me as an equal, and just wants to play like she would with another pup. (Prohomemaker saw this and commented on it).
~~~~~ Anyway, just how do you YELP? Yell "OW"... yell "Yelp", "grunt"? DH finally got bit and he yelled something that sounded like a high pitched hiccup... sounded like "YIP". Does anyone know??? If so, please let me know.
~~~~~So I've been Yelping all morning! LOL!!! Every few minutes when she runs at me and bite me I say YIP (high pitched sound); and she STOPS!!! Sometimes it works! Well, she tested me every few minutes. Maybe she just likes a deep voice like DH's.
~~~~~~~(off topic for a minutes - tv commercial was on about TP! It showed the TP roll with the TP over the top! Made me think of FW -LOL!)

~~~~~~~Last night, when it was time for dinner, there she was just ready to jump into our plates for a scrumptious steak dinner! So, DH put her in the kennel. I did the same thing when I was ready to eat lunch today. I gave her a treat cuz I had not put my food on the table yet, so I had not scolded her, so I wasn't rewarding her for acting up. Now she is napping. Ahhhhh.... It's so nice....
~~~~~~Every time I make that yip sound, she goes off to either chase her tail (haven't been able to capture that yet on camera, I'll try!); or play with a toy. So, I get some time to myself. I'm afraid to lay back in my recliner for fear of her jumping on it and trying to bite again. Well, here goes... I lay back. DID NOT ATTACK IT/ME!! Well, not right away. I was starting to relax, and then she comes from behind and jumps at me from the back corner of the chair! Couldn't yip cuz she didn't bite,but she was clawing the chair every time she thought she was gonna fall. NOT GOOD.
Gotta figure that one out. Maybe sit. Gonna try yelping, cuz she is biting/tugging at sheet again. WHOA, didn't have to... she stopped!
~~~~~Here I am taking notes, cuz I can't get to the computer just yet. She is too frisky. (Oh, I can just hear FW now... See, I told ya, you need to get a Lap Top!) LOL
~~~~~~~~ Dang! Phone is ringing. Bet she wakes up!
Piper has great Peripheral vision too! I got up, very quietly to get my pills and she immediately turned her head to see what I was doing. Whew! She didn't come over. Nosey gal!
~~~~~ Well, better check on her since she's been in the kennel a while. Maybe she's awake. That means she has to go potty!
Later Gators!

1 comment:

Prohomemaker.Com said...

She's being really playful ... maybe look up what to do on that? ... From watching the Dog Whipsperer, it's a matter of establishing who is the leader of the pack, and you gotta let him know you are. I do remember he would also nip with his fingers at behind their ears, which is what one dog does to another. Keep us posted.