Comments on: What’s The Best Trait For A Dog Person To Have?

By: Lauranne

Lauranne — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 09:37:24 +0000

An amazing post and so so true!!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 16:36:15 +0000

In reply to Callie, Shadow, and Ducky’s Mom.

You made a very creative choice with Ducky’s bedding. And those crazy expensive dog beds aren’t even very high quality.

Honey has a bed I won in a contest that costs over $100 retail. But it has chintzy zippers you’d expect to see the back of a woman’s evening gown.

As for being patient with others, I agree 100%. Honey’s only “bad” habit is over-excited greetings. But if people would do what I tell them and not encourage her behavior, she’d be much more polite.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:22:49 +0000

In reply to 24 Paws of Love. That's such a great point about dogs being part of your creative process. Because creative listening will take us far.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 15:22:03 +0000

In reply to Jan K.

Having a young and intelligent dog like Luke will certainly cause you to use all your creativity. Once he becomes perfectly comfortably with house gifts, you may have to take up painting or another creative hobby to keep your brain going at the same level. 🙂

BTW, deciding not to train a beagle to stay away when you’re cooking is probably a sign of brilliance. I can’t imagine how hard that would be to teach.

We release Honey from her “go to bed” requirement when we have foster dogs too. It just feels unfair to be more strict with her when there are puppies weaving all around my feet.

Not that we don’t try to help Honey teach the foster puppies her trick. 🙂

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:56:35 +0000

In reply to jan. Great point, Jan. I do believe that creative thinking is one of the best traits overall.

By: Pamela

Pamela — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:27:34 +0000

In reply to Blueberry's human. I would love to see Blueberry in the store refusing to leave. That sounds like Honey with the local crossing guard (the one who keeps treats in his pocket). I have to choose our route carefully right before school. :)

By: Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom

Callie, Shadow, and Ducky's Mom — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 05:56:15 +0000

You are so right! When I first started reading this post, my answer was “patience” because I remember having needed lots of it when Callie was a puppy. And most of the time I needed patience to deal with NOT Callie, BUT with Sam and certain co-workers. Callie was a good puppy. And truthfully, the things she did “wrong” were our fault not hers. She stayed quietly in the kitchen at night until she was house trained. (Shadow was, in direct contrast, a canine Houdini.) Had I been a “bit” more creative in my training efforts, all three of my current dogs would have made far fewer “mistakes” in their early months with us.
I finally got smart with Ducky and bought a red, double-bed-size, fleece blanket for $7.99 at Target and folded it up to fit inside her crate. She still sleeps on that blanket to this day, even though she no longer chews on it. And it’s a heckuva lot easier to clean than a 35-dollar, fancy, foam-filled dog bed!

By: Clowie

Clowie — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 11:57:26 +0000

I’ve always been creative and I’ve encouraged my bipeds to be creative – I refused to cooperate as a puppy if they weren’t entertaining!

It always saddens me when I see people walking the dog with no interaction. It can be such a special time of the day, for dogs and bipeds.

By: Pat

Pat — Sun, 07 Dec 2014 11:05:54 +0000

So absolutely true!

By: Groovy Goldendoodles

Groovy Goldendoodles — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 16:29:17 +0000

Never would have thought about this – but you are so right!