Stand-Off

Barney went out for his late-night potty break last night and got into a bit of trouble when a nice, large, black dog walked by. So, in true doggie-class suck-up fashion, we marched straight inside to make him do "push-ups."

Almost 45 minutes later, you could find me standing in the exact same place I was when we started, staring down at him, waiting for him to complete "down"... and him in absolute refusal mode, falling asleep while standing up with his head hitting the wall occasionally in various nod-offs. Occasionally... just one eye would peer open ever so slightly to check to see if I was still there. Dang dog didn't lay down for 40+ minutes.

Strike that "he may be confused" statement our teacher said.

He's freaking stubborn.

He's learning, though, I am too... and I'm worse.

:-)

Who knew rope could be so exciting???

So in preparation for our little road trip this weekend, I was in the spoiling mood at Petco today. One of the many items in the basket was this lovely rope toy.

Um. How silly am I to have not gotten him one of these before?
It's like catnip for dogs.
Strange.

Best line from Doggie Class III

"You know, I'm starting to think it's not just Barney being stubborn... I think he's just confused."

So now, I officially have an A.D.D, stubborn, skittish and confused dog.
I'd like to work it down to just one or two adjectives. :-)

"Skittish behavior"

I'd like to send a shout out to the poor old lady Barney growled and lunged at on Monday night.

Our doggie class teacher is now on a personal communication level correcting "skittishness."
Or hopefully she is.

Baby steps...

So I can honestly say, we weren't the bottom of the barrel in class tonight.
I mean, come on... how could we be with this face?


Spoiled dog award goes here... I'm creating a monster.

Here's what you missed out on...

Meetin' more of the fam...

Air and Water was this weekend...
And Barney somehow managed to get through the roar of aircraft overhead. I think staring at boats, birds and just getting massive amounts of attention helped out a bit.

Barney got to share Aunt Cheryl's popsicle... well, he took over when she was done, anyway.


Jumping madly at Aunt Cheryl's noggin, scaring the bejesus out of her...


And Barney has a new friend... Kyle's shirt covered in fur at the end of the day proved it. :-)

First grooming appointment

Okay, so this picture is a couple of weeks old... but the smirk he's giving off is too priceless. He had just been Furminated, toe nails clipped and smelled like roses. :-) And he's darn cute in a bandana...

A.D.D. Dog

So I tried to "dress" him for his first day of school... the best I got was strapping the CARA backpack on him and laying a training book at his feet. My goal of making him wear glasses went out the window rather quickly... And oh look, his penis has come out to play. Lord. (wait... will I get in trouble for doggie porn now?)


Who knew I'd capture that dang thing on film... well, odds are actually in my favor. He can't keep it in his pants...

Anyway...
So in the "class supply requirements" it included the Gentle Leash.
You can see below where he'd like to tell me to stick said Gentle Leash.
Oh yes, he LOVED it.



Well... we made it through class one.
Barney either has a SEVERE case of A.D.D. or he's just plain stubborn. I'm thinking it's a bit of both. And it doesn't help there's a Barry in the class, but I'm not blaming the other dog yet.

I learned "yes" is the only good command.
He's a master of "sit"
Looks at me like a fool when I say "down"
IS good on the leash... at least we got one thing going for us! :-)
Wouldn't do "touch" for me or the trainer, so that at least made me feel better...

And, for the latter portion of the class, was apparently so done with it all... he let out a loud sigh and yawn, then stretched and rolled over on his back and just laid their with his bits exposed.

That's my dog.

Adult I class begins tonight

And no, it's not an adult film.
Barney will try his hand at basic obedience this evening... we'll see how well this goes.

He did do an amazing high five for the U.S. winning gold.
He knows athletics are a bit of a priority. :-)

Barney goes Andy Warhol

Okay, so this is really cheesey. But it was free. And PAWS got a donation for it. Who could resist?