FAMILY FOREVER

FAMILY FOREVER
FAMILY 2002

Bestest Buds - BFF!!

Bestest Buds - BFF!!
Beer & BBQ - Before Lil Gal & Farmer Jr. were on the scene! 1998 (Dang! I need to get back to Jazzercise!)

Jeffrey & Dad 2004

Jeffrey & Dad 2004
Horsing Around

Jeffrey & Mom

Jeffrey & Mom
Spinning & Spinning

Family Photos

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

SLEEPNESS NIGHTS & PIPER

Woke up this morning (wee hours of the morn) singing the song: Because of You, By Reba & Kelly Clarkson. :) Love the song, but I could not get it out of my head! AND, I was not happy with my blog posted earlier, thinking I'd had one vino too much, in my mind (in my mind, heck, I probably did!), I could hardly wait to get up to change it and kept thinking of different senarios! MAN! What a Fitful Sleep!!

It was a much better day today. The Canine Coach came today. Although Piper kept jumping at me while I went this way and that way with laundry and whatever.... I carried a spray bottle of water and anytime she interrupted my day by tugging on me, my clothing, or my laundry, I sprayed the water on her. At first she didn't like it, but I think she was getting used to it and thought of it as a game, like she does everything!
~~~I really liked Floyd a lot. He was well prepared and seemed very knowledgeable. He had a booklet for me, and he told me what notes to write where, and underlined and *** anything he told me to! Wow. What a difference! BUT, as in all things, when he left with all his goodies, about after an hour and a half, Piper was re-energized and it was like Floyd was never there!
~~~~ When he first got there, we sat at the kitchen table. Piper immediately jumped on his leg an he immediately pushed at her nose with his opened hand and said OFF! WOW, my Hero! She didn't get back up on him the whole time we were there talking! And, all he said it was ONCE!!!
~~~~~~He told me that if I felt Piper's snot on my hand once I pushed at her nose, and told her OFF, and she sneezed, I had done it right. EEEWWWWW........ Snot??? The first time I tried it after he left I apparently didn't do it right. 1) I did not have SNOT on my hand. 2) Piper jumped back up on me, again, and again.... POOH!!
~~~ I guess I have to shove harder. EEwwww.... He said I wouldn't hurt her... and I saw that it DID work... Note: Need to work upper arms tonight.

HA -- FUNNY, It was piper's bedtime, so I went to open the kitchen door to the patio to let her out for potty. YUCK, step in WET! I don't know when she did this cuz I was at computer & she was with DH who was asleep in chair... So we let her out anyway, as I wipe the floor and we leave the door open. Piper comes back in and WHOOP! SLIDES - All for legs go opposite sides! HAHA ... Made me laugh, like an ice skater does when not sure footed on the ice! Like ME! hahahaha.....

Ah, this little pup give me much laughter, I just wish I was young enough to care for the "Energizer Bunny"! Now, If I was still doing Jazzercize twice a week with FW like we used to do, I would be in Great shape!! Sadly, that is not the case.

HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF THE WEEK!!

5 comments:

Kay said...

I've never owned a dog so this is especially interesting to me. I've always wondered how you train a dog. You sure do have a determined puppy.

Farmer*swife a/k/a Glass_Half_Full said...

Snot...on the hand.... No bueno. Well, I guess I could do it if I was wearing laytex gloves. Hey? Try some of those!

:-)

Remember, she and you have kind of lost boundaries. the Coach was new there and immediately asserted himself.

Y'all have to rebuild and retrain about who's the boss and who's the child -- I mean, Puppy.

:-)

Dez said...

Kay: Every dog is different, depending on its' disposition, I suppose.
Generally, most mutts are easy going because they are not pure bred, so I've been told and it seems be true in my experience with dogs (we've had 2 muts & 1 pure bred Lassa Apso (MEAN BITERS! - ok, ours was).
Alexis' other dog Bently (Tea Cup Yorkie), for some reason was easy to potty train. And, of course she is tiny (about 5 pounds), and the worst thing that she does is LICK -constantly! :)

Cheryl said...

Aaackkk....the nose thingy sounds gross but if it works...I do hope Piper settles down soon. It sounds like you are getting a lot of exercise with this pup around. Take care and have a great weekend!!

Dez said...

hey there, Yeah, I'm not doing so good on the snot nose. LOL So, I'm trying other things.