Friday, March 29, 2013

Tell Me That You Love Me, Yeah!


It's Good Friday. So tell me something good, will you please?

Here, I'll start. Last night I helped a dog be his best self. I was at a friend's birthday cake party and his family dog, about 80 lbs of hound mix, gets super excited when people come over and has a mortal hatred/jealousy of hugging. Using treats and nearly my full attention I was able to get him to come when called, sit, even lie down in the center of the action and wait calmly while we all ate and sang and laughed. Even better than that, when grilled by the grandmothers of the dog I was able to explain why I was doing it, how it worked, and what sort of ongoing results could be expected. Feels like I've actually been able to apply all my learning!

OK, now you go.


  1. Okay - two things:

    First, my good thing is that Sweet Pea is doing amazingly well. About this time last year was pretty fucking awful, and I've been on the verge of joyful tears for the last two days we've had with her.

    Second, now that song is stuck in my head. (thank you, though, because I had something terrible and annoying in there before I came to visit you here).

  2. Anonymous4:54 AM

    You are awesome!! And I am grateful for your friendship and so is Rocket!

  3. Almost anything is possible with hard work and dedication to the task at hand!