Suz
(the future) MRS. GERE
I don't know about you but I love to read animal stories...or watch animal movies...or watch animal shows on tv...and even the animal segments on America's Funniest Videos is always my favorite part of the show.
I've been trying to teach my sweet Miss Chloe how to "shake." Heaven help me, she is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier but finally, last Sunday, after 50,000+ lessons, she got it right.
:bravo: :bravo: :bravo:
So I screamed and danced around the room and pretty soon her older sisters Molly and Chelsea joined my hysteria and you know that Chloe was utterly confused and bewildered and delighted and she started dancing and barking along with the rest of us.
And, after the frivolity wore down, I had her sit again and said, "Shake."
And she stared at me with her beautiful blank stare like she'd never heard the word in her life. And didn't move a muscle.
:rofl:
Ah, parenting.
Now, I must say that since Sunday we have practiced 25,000 more times and she has it pretty much down pat.
Now she thinks that sit and shake are one command so she will put her bottom down and lift her paw up at the same time. And she lifts her paw like a seal lifts its arm and kind of "fwaps" it, stiff, like they do. And so now Chloe sits and "fwaps" her paw up in one fell swoop.
Thank the good Lord for these wonderful creatures and the joy they bring to our lives.
I have a million stories. Now tell me some of yours.
Suz
I've been trying to teach my sweet Miss Chloe how to "shake." Heaven help me, she is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier but finally, last Sunday, after 50,000+ lessons, she got it right.
:bravo: :bravo: :bravo:
So I screamed and danced around the room and pretty soon her older sisters Molly and Chelsea joined my hysteria and you know that Chloe was utterly confused and bewildered and delighted and she started dancing and barking along with the rest of us.
And, after the frivolity wore down, I had her sit again and said, "Shake."
And she stared at me with her beautiful blank stare like she'd never heard the word in her life. And didn't move a muscle.
:rofl:
Ah, parenting.
Now, I must say that since Sunday we have practiced 25,000 more times and she has it pretty much down pat.
Now she thinks that sit and shake are one command so she will put her bottom down and lift her paw up at the same time. And she lifts her paw like a seal lifts its arm and kind of "fwaps" it, stiff, like they do. And so now Chloe sits and "fwaps" her paw up in one fell swoop.
Thank the good Lord for these wonderful creatures and the joy they bring to our lives.
I have a million stories. Now tell me some of yours.
Suz