On 9/27/2011 2:10 PM, Jerry Avins wrote:
> On Sep 27, 10:23 am, Nancy Young<email@replyto> wrote:

>> If I want someone to just go along with everything I say, I'll get
>> a dog.
>
> You must be a really good dog trainer.

Weeell, I'm no Cesar Millan! Heh.

> My dog isn't exactly a pushover
> when she wants something. This morning at breakfast, she started
> lifting my elbow with her snout, a sure sign that she wants something.
> She knows she won't get fed at table, so I eventually relented and got
> up (I was done eating) to see what she wanted. She immediately pranced
> toward the front door, doing a good imitation of a Lipizzaner. I said
> to her -- this is a quote -- "If you trouble to look, you'll see that
> I'm barefoot." She turned right around and headed to the bedroom,
> presumably to supervise.

So funny. Dogs make me laugh.

> We had a nice walk. She does everything I
> tell her to provided I don't tell her to do things she won't (like
> sit, stay).

I found that success is assured if you pick the right dog. I had
a wire fox terrier named Rascal. One day Ron was going out to get
the papers and I said Rascal, make yourself useful, you go get the
papers. She zoomed out to the paper, picked it up and ran it back
into the house. Okay. Well, there's another paper. Zoom, she ran
out and got the other paper. Observant little wench. When people
ask how I taught her that trick, I'd shrug modestly. (laugh)

nancy