Because some dogs can swallow a sock faster than I can stop them
Here’s the thing. All dogs can be trained – that’s my motto and my goal. Does that mean that every single dog responds the instant I walk in the door? Of course not. Here’s what can happen (and HAS happened):
A Doberman eats money - actual dollar bills -and checks, too - with or without Dave's Insanity Sauce;
A Husky swallows socks - the sock touches the floor, the sock is inhaled so fast you're not sure it was there in the first place - apparently, it will be eliminated later (don't ask);
A Poodle - not a Standard Poodle, but a regular size Poodle - jumps onto a countertop, without benefit of a chair or a friendly boost up
A Jack Russell Terrier digs in the yard so deeply that he hits a cable line
A diminutive mixed breed will only stop barking if shushed with a megaphone
A Shepherd mix attacks the TV when a DVD of Pride and Prejudice is played
Honest, I am not making this up. Wait, it gets stranger. But that’s for another blog entry.
How did I train the dogs mentioned here? Was it possible to teach dogs to leave cold hard cash alone, jump knee high rather than waist high, dig to Voorheesville instead of to China, and watch Jane Austen if not happily at least calmly?
Stay tuned.