Comments on: The Puppiness Project – Play to Win

By: lauren

lauren — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:28:10 +0000

this was such a good post–and so true. our dogs want to play simply to play and spend time with us. they have this way of enjoying life that most of us just do not comprehend. there really is so much they can teach us.

p.s. how can i convince my husband to write a guest post? these are great!

By: Life by Pets

Life by Pets — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 18:09:44 +0000

[…] Something Wagging this Way Comes has a regular feature called The Puppiness Project, where she does her best to learn something from their adorable Golden Retriever every week. This week’s installment, written by her husband, is all about good sportsmanship when you Play to Win […]

By: Yay Pets

Yay Pets — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:52:40 +0000

Aw, well said! I love The Happiness Project, but I think I will love The Puppiness Project even more!

By: Pup Fan

Pup Fan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:55:06 +0000

I’m pretty competitive too… I’m trying to work on not being a game-ruiner myself. 🙂 I’ll have to take a lesson from Honey!

Great post, Mike. 🙂

By: Greyhounds CAN Sit

Greyhounds CAN Sit — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:21:02 +0000

Lol, I live with 2 dogs who are smarter than me …. they’ve both got me much better trained than I have them:) Beryl is good to play tug with, neither of us are serious about it. Frankie is a true competitor and also has a much stronger jaw than I have hands so we don’t play for long but it’s a good work out for both of us. He needs to learn that the winning is in the playing though:)

Great post, Mike.

By: Amy@GoPetFriendly

Amy@GoPetFriendly — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:18:58 +0000

I’m glad to know that you’re not pummeling Pamela – I don’t think it would be advisable to play bitey face with her. 😉 Loved the post and my boys are the same way – the treat is the playing, not the winning.

By: Mike Webster

Mike Webster — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:57:17 +0000

Thank you all for the kind comments, both about Honey and about the post.

I’ve had games ruined by people with overcompetitive spirits, and I’ve ruined a few myself. So Honey actually taught me two things in the past week. The first I described in the post.

The second is this: It’s very intimidating to live with a dog that is smarter than you. 🙂

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:59:37 +0000

Dogs just always seem to what’s really important, don’t they? Sounds like you and Honey have lots of fun!!

By: 2 brown dawgs

2 brown dawgs — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 00:42:43 +0000

So true, the playing is the prize. 🙂

By: Luna

Luna — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:42:43 +0000

The game is the best part!! 🙂

Thanks for joining the hop!

xo
Luna