Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

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  1. Karen

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    I know you will all understand where I am coming from on this one...

    I have gradually been phasing out the use of the puppy playpen for Poppy. At nights she shares the couch with Bones, and during the day when I am at the office she has been allowed the run of the house most of the time. My partner is away on business for a couple of weeks, so we have a dog walker come twice a day, in the morning and in the afternoon.

    I got home from work yesterday to find Poppy shut up in her playpen, and a rather terse note from the dog walker pinned to the door:

    'Your dog (Poppy) rolled in sh*t'.

    Oops :eek:
     
  2. kateincornwall

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    Oh dear Karen ::) ::) Trust a Lab to let you down just when you are feeling confident :) Gone through the same with Sam , an angel one day and fully blown devil the next :) And trust a Lab to roll in xxxx , almost guaranteed :)
     
  3. Sammie@labforumHQ

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    Oh dear! I wonder how many notes like that the dog walker has to leave each week :D
     
  4. Karen

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    My mother had very good advice when it came to dealing with small children, and I think it holds true for dogs, too:

    'When they are behaving badly, tell yourself they are going through a phase. When they are being good, convince yourself it is their true nature'.

    Very sanity-saving, I have always found! ;)
     
  5. David

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    Not a very realisitic dog walker then! We had rolling in bird pooh tonight. At leas it's not as obnoxious as fox!
     
  6. Moorlands

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    I never know if it's better - less worse - to be consumed or worn. :eek: Clever Maia rolls in it and then eats the left overs!

    I think we need a new smiley, :^) Peg on nose ;D
     
  7. Karen

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    Oh god - on the morning walk she ran behind a tree, and I found her gobbling down a tissue with (I assume) human excrement on it!!! AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

    Mantra: It's a phase, it's a phase, it's a phase... :-\
     
  8. caroleb

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    oh Karen - yukkkkkkk!

    it's a phase and some phases last longer than others.....
     
  9. Moorlands

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    Eugh. Oh poor you.

    Just keep repeating, "it's a phase, it's a phase" and eventually it will pass.
     
  10. kateincornwall

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    And then , they want to kiss us ::) ::)
     
  11. Karen

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    Re: Just when you are congratulating yourself on having a perfect puppy...

    Maybe I should rename her Poopy... :-[
     

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