For the most part my pups and my parents labs, Barley and Tendra, have gotten along swimmingly and have all done really well with the craziness of having 4 dogs in the house. The boys occasionally make sure the other is in check, but nothing major. As I am writing this post they are having a growling match over a chew, neither wants but they don't want the other to have. That is a little mischief!
Even though they are mostly good, this doesn't mean that there hasn't been some mischief.
All the following have been taken on phones or iPads. We will get some nice pictures tomorrow (put pressure on me to remember to bring out the actual camera!). Here are some other examples of mischief.
Example 1
If you sit on the couch, which is Barley's, he will sit on you. That is me under his 90 lb frame (petting Zaphod who was also on the couch). It is all fun and games until Barley sees a bird out the window and jumps off you. Fortunately he usually give a little grunt sound before the jump so you can protect parts of you.
Example 2
While we have access to a beach at home, it isn't right out the front window. There is a small fenced area to keep my parents dogs in. During his last visit Phod discovered he could jump the fence and take himself for a swim. There have been several times Phod has clearly thought about going for another swim alone. He has been good and not done it . . . . yet. Here he is looking longingly at the lake.
Example 3 and the Mischief Winner
No surprise that my girl wins the award for mischief. Our first night at the lake . . . the Man and I were exhausted as we were up before 5 am and drove for 9 hours. We were excited to be going to bed and just as we were settling in when the fireworks started. Hailey became very anxious. We tried all the usual things and nothing helped. She even tried to dig her way into my parents room (fortunately they didn't hear her as apparently they were very tired). Finally, we did the following: Turned on the lights and played classical music. This seemed to help. After some time we were able to turn off the lights and music. The next day she was very tired.
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For those who had questions about Iceland, I will answer them this coming Saturday on the part 6 of the adventure post!
Our Easter company dog, Tendra (the last 3 letters of Lady and her sister's names) is on very tight schedule. She starts to get antsy about 30 minutes before meal times. She eats at 8 and 5 (we still ate at our after we got up and 6:30). Tendra is very loud about waiting. She can bark a lot. Tendra also has been trained to pick up her dish and give it to her people when she is done for a cookie. She uses a slow bowl. (We keep our bowls in our eating places except when they take a trip in the dishwasher).
First trick (sorry no pictures) was jump over the broom stick. Hailey and Barley excelled. Hailey kept showing off that she could jump over it when it wasn't her turn. Phod did it once and decided it wasn't worth the payment. It took a long time for Tendra to figure it out, she kept trying to go over but she did get it.
It was a lot of chaotic fun!
