Doggy Escapades

As I mentioned in my last post, my dogs offer a lot of entertainment ~ Some days are crazier than others! One thing that is not entertaining is the constant response to noises outside. We have new neighbors across the street and they are not at all considerate of others! There is no reason to constantly slam your car doors or to play music really loud in your car and inside the house! Everytime my dogs hear the doors slamming they start barking and run to the door. It is so loud, the dogs think someone is in our driveway and coming to the door! They get so much traffic over there, it makes you wonder exactly what is going on!! Anyhow... they obviously haven't gotten the memo that my dogs police the neighborhood traffic! lol
My dog Bear has his favorite toy - we call it "monk". It is actually a lamb's wool bull, but his original toy was a monkey.... so every toy after that has been "monk". The original monk, as well as the second monk, was destroyed by Nikki. Now Bear is very protective of his monk. He doesn't like to play with it, he just carries it around or has it laying near him. If the other dogs are playing and get too close to monk, Bear snatches it up and runs off to hide it! Sometimes Daisy gets ahold of monk and plays with it...Bear keeps an eye on her and, once she drops the toy and is distracted, he runs over and "rescues" monk!! If Bear goes to bed and realizes monk isn't in his bed, he rushes back to the living room to find monk then totes him off to bed. Watching Bear and his behavior towards his "monk" is so similar to little children and their favorite teddy bear, "blankie", or binky. I bet most pet owners can share similar stories about their pet's favorite toy.....or blanket (Nikki has a favorite blanket)..... more later............