Bailey and Friends

Hey, Carroll, for some reason Mom hung bells on your bedroom door:confused:


Hugs,
Addy

BELLS SHMELLS!!!...I almost drowned...those darn raccoons thought I was lunch and were washing the heck outta me (personally, I think I have never looked so good:o) and they kept dunking me in the water.

Soooooo....I hopped on a passing train but it was a CIRCUS TRAIN. They've got me test driving the high trapeze and those clowns are really nasty little critters.
HEEEEEELLLPPP!!!! MOMEEEEEEEEEEEE:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
I love you, Baileyxxxooo

Hi Susan,

I think the Addy and Carrol Adventure is hilarious!!!:D:D Makes me smile--who would have ever thought Bailey's thread would have a comedy show on it.....:p

How wonderful to have a puppy shower--Bailey is soooo lucky to have you--as my husband says "Bailey won the lottery!"

Enjoy!!!

Hi Sas-and thank you for the input. :)
Is there a particular reason why the left side? I've always walked my dogs on my right side. :confused:
The stairs------wow....I had no idea and I don't know if she'll wait a year. I will carry her whenever we go stairs, but sometimes she goes stairs before I know what's happened. That's what happened the first time on the front steps. I carried a planter up to the porch, turned around to go get Bailey and there she was at my feet. :eek:
We have already tried the harness in the house....but we've not kept up with it, so I'll get that going again. The leash in the house makes sense and then the next logical step would be the back yard.
Bailey has not been pooping in any specific spot. I know our other dogs have....and I expect with time she will as well....although Palmer kind of went anywhere and everywhere.

Thanks for keeping an eye on what we're doing!:D
-Susan

Thank you Marie....for your kind words. Some people have said that about our other pets. The lady next door once said "When I die, I want to come back as a Spengler pet." "Spengler" - that's us.
I too am thoroughly enjoying the comedy show and surprised at how it has grown. Just between you and me, there are some wacky people out there.;);)
-Susan

( I just realized I've skipped part of the show.....I have to go to find out what those kids are up to!!):):)

Carrol-come down off that swing right now!! What is WRONG with your nose??? How could you NOT tell that it was a circus train?? Get outta there and try another train. Maybe you'll run into Red Skelton. Perhaps you'd be more safe if you caught a bus. You know-those long stretched out machines that carry many people? I want you to leave those raccoons and Timbuktu right now. Catch the 7:47 headed east. I can catch you as you go by.....and then you'll be home....with bells on your bedroom door!!
I love Bailey too!!!xoxoxoxo

Susan,
the left side is used basically because when you do obedience, or show your dog, the handler is always on the right side and thus the dog is to the left, sort of a general "rule". Apart from that, since most people are right handed, it's nice to have your preferred hand free to shake hands, open doors, etc. Eventhough you carry the leash in your right hand, when the dog is walking to your left :) And also, if you have to walk along a road or bicycle path, you are supposed to walk in the opposite direction of the trafic for safety reasons and with the dog on your left side, it's always on the safe side of you and not at the side where the traffic passes directly :)

Unlike human babies, puppies are born with joints that still are partially cartilage instead of bone. And apart from genetic factors and malnutricion, letting puppies play too rough, play too long, walk too long, letting them jump and climb stairs are a major factor in developping hip- and elbow displasia (and other skeletal and soft tissue problems). Your pup's joints are stil "soft" and over a period of approximaltely a year, they will turn slowly into solid bones. But as long as they are still "soft", you should prevent too much excercise and overuse of the tender joints. So no stairs, no jumping, not playing rough, not walking for more then the amount of minutes as they are old in weeks (per walk), no slippery floors, no chasinggames where they make a lot of sudden turns, etc. And endorsing rest time. Pups will want to play and frolic too much for their own good if you let them so you have to give them mandatory rest :)

Oh, and that toy she uses to hump on? I would take it away. Remember, any behaviour you can prevent from happening, is good behaviour :) It's easier to take the toy away so she won't hump it anymore then to end up with a pup that will hump everything and everyone..because she was allowed to and "learned" that is was okay :) Preventing is easier then to have to delearn a certain behaviour.

Sas and Yunah :)

I think you need to put bells on the window too!!!! Don't let Carrol out again--she gets into too much mischief!!!!:D:D

My NOSE?? OMG, what IS wrong with my nose??:eek: Hey, you dorky clown down there, what the heck is the matter with my nose and WHO MOVED THE LADDER? HEEELLLPPP!!!

How am I going to find a bus when I'm stuck up here???:mad: They, apparently, have kitty cats here. They keep them in these HUGE cages with LOCKS on them. Well, tomorrow I'm letting them out and I might even bring one home (if I can fit him on the bus):rolleyes:

Gee, I'm getting hungry......should have stayed with the raccoons.......
Hmmmm, I wonder what this cord is for..........:cool:

Carrol-
You see that net below you? The white string that's all in squares?
Hold your nose, jump and hang on to yourself! When you stop boinging and boinging up and down, you can catch the 9:47 bus. If you come home with one of those "cats", you might just as well keep going. :p We don't accept no cats here. We are not a cat friendly residence.:D
If you miss the 9:47, go back to the raccoons for breakfast and a bath.:)
Sweet dreams.

-Mom

(How did I get to be the Mom??? I want to be a kid!!)
I still love Bailey, xoxoxoxoxoxo