July 6th 2007 1:13 pm
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Awww, the 4th of July with all those fireworks and all that noise! It just scares me to death. Each member of my pack has "issues" with fireworks.
This year was no different, but mom decided to try some "tough love" tactics on us. Normally, each year my pack & I are granted access to mom's bed for the duration of the fireworks noise. But, she read that if your pup exhibits bad behavior, like whining, etc., and you pick them up to comfort them or otherwise do something out of the ordinary to soothe them, you're reinforcing their bad behavior. So, mom decided there would be no bed access, we would have to tough it out in our own beds!
Well, I showed mom! She came out to the dining room/kitchen area, (where our beds are located), to plug in the night light & as soon as her back was turned I tinkled a huge puddle on the rug! I couldn't help it, I was toooo afraid to go out the doggie door to tinkle because the darn fireworks were going....BOOOM, POPPP, SIZZLE, BOOOM!
Mom was soooo mad! She had to put the rug in the washer then & there and clean up my boo-boo. So, we got bed access, Woof!
But, the story doesn't end there! Later, mom decided she would escort all of us to the back yard to perform our final "business". She called and called me, but I stood at the threshold of the garage, scared to venture out. Finally, I gathered up the courage, and as mom was ordering me to, "do your business", I fearfully flew over to her, hiked my leg, and tinkled on her foot! THE END.