There are few things in life that make mouse smile than fresh flowers. A good friend of mouse's brought her some Peonies and mouse simply drooled. To mouse they're prettier than roses and they don't have thorns. The problem is the scent.
Some are pretty strong in the scent department. The ones gifted to mouse were no exception. Within an hour of bringing them inside, our older dog was sneezing. He even made the sneezing face...
Strangely, mouse didn't consider the flowers were the culprit. Honestly, mouse just figured the dog had gotten a snout full of something...He's always sticking his nose into something.
It really wasn't until Daddy came home and asked what the smell was and heard the dog sneezing that he instantly recognized the issue was maybe the flowers. The scent he said was strong enough for him to take notice of. So rather begrudgingly Daddy gave the dog a benadryl and mouse took the flowers into the garage.
Within a short amount of time, the dog again settled, the sneezing stopped -- too quickly for the benadryl to really have an effect. The next day, mouse (because she's totally stubborn) brought the flowers back into the house. The dog again began to sneeze not just a little -- but a whole lot, just like before. So again mouse took them into the garage.
Lesson learned while gorgeous Peonies are not welcomed.
People have asked what we do with our dogs while we host dinner parties. The old man dog prefers to stay away from all the activity provided that he doesn't miss out on food or seeing who is entering the house. We tend to keep corralled upstairs, then he's free to go into the kids rooms, up the other set of stairs to our master bedroom -- where he'll sleep on the bed! Its his doggy way of saying, "screw you guys."
When we have casual get-togethers the dogs are free to roam about. Our newer dog generally goes and lays on his bed -- he's watchful but never interferes with anyone. While the older one lays....well...he'll lay where ever he can be close to people. He weighs nearly 65 pounds and is convinced he's just a little itty-bitty lap dog -- who has the uncanny ability to squeeze himself into smallest of spots. Our friends actually adore him. So do children of all ages.
Our newer dog, is more aloof with people. He only cares if they're safe to be around his family -- he loves children too and has much more energy (poor old man dog tries vainly to keep up). When its time to eat, he will sometimes look at our other dog's watchfulness for dropped anything as sign of poor manners. Dunno if he feels jealousy or if he just feels it's not his job...He's been very well trained. Young one is more of a guard dog type, well disciplined and clear ideas of right and wrong. While the Old man dog is more a happy dippy dog.
Perhaps our newer dog is more a reflection of Daddy's personality and our older one is more like mouse?
Really hadn't thought of it that way -- but it's totally possible.
Lesson learned while gorgeous Peonies are not welcomed.
People have asked what we do with our dogs while we host dinner parties. The old man dog prefers to stay away from all the activity provided that he doesn't miss out on food or seeing who is entering the house. We tend to keep corralled upstairs, then he's free to go into the kids rooms, up the other set of stairs to our master bedroom -- where he'll sleep on the bed! Its his doggy way of saying, "screw you guys."
When we have casual get-togethers the dogs are free to roam about. Our newer dog generally goes and lays on his bed -- he's watchful but never interferes with anyone. While the older one lays....well...he'll lay where ever he can be close to people. He weighs nearly 65 pounds and is convinced he's just a little itty-bitty lap dog -- who has the uncanny ability to squeeze himself into smallest of spots. Our friends actually adore him. So do children of all ages.
Our newer dog, is more aloof with people. He only cares if they're safe to be around his family -- he loves children too and has much more energy (poor old man dog tries vainly to keep up). When its time to eat, he will sometimes look at our other dog's watchfulness for dropped anything as sign of poor manners. Dunno if he feels jealousy or if he just feels it's not his job...He's been very well trained. Young one is more of a guard dog type, well disciplined and clear ideas of right and wrong. While the Old man dog is more a happy dippy dog.
Perhaps our newer dog is more a reflection of Daddy's personality and our older one is more like mouse?
Really hadn't thought of it that way -- but it's totally possible.
