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Question: Dear Mia and Bailey, I have a terrible predicament. My Mom says that I need to pick my socks up
off the floor. However, my corgis enjoy
my socks too. They like to smell them,
roll around on them, and sometimes chew them.
My Mom has also told me that I should share my things. Should I leave my socks on the floor so that
I can share them with my corgis, or should I pick them up?
-
Colleen in Fawn Grove, PA
Bailey: Dear Colleen, I applaud your efforts to share your socks with your
pups. I personally enjoy a nice sock now
and then to freshen up my world. That
being said, it is very important to listen to your Mommy. Although she tells you to share, she does not
always mean to share everything. If you had a cold, she would not want you to
go around sharing that with everyone,
now would she? So I think in this case,
her request for you to pick up the socks supersedes the sharing clause. At least, as it pertains to socks that you
currently want to wear. I am sure that
you and your Mommy can come to a compromise with regards to socks that you can’t
wear anymore, so that your corgis can have those socks. I am sure they will enjoy them very
much!
Mia: Dear Colleen, I love socks! I happen to have four white ones on my paws
that are permanent, and I keep them nice and clean, making sure to wash them
every night! I also love people socks,
the smellier the better! I am very good at
finding them, whether they are on the floor or not. It is nice of you to leave yours on the floor
and not hide them from your corgis.
Although sock hide-and-seek is also pretty fun. Unfortunately, Mommies are very good at
remembering what they tell us to do, so you should probably pick up your socks
if she tells you to. Maybe you can put
them somewhere that is easy for your corgis to find, that way they can
still enjoy them, but they are not technically
on the floor. Then they can play sock
hide-and-seek too!
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Question: How do I get my humans to listen to me and interact with
me more? Sometimes I feel so left out and ignored. I don’t want to be barking all the time
because I want to play or go out or am hungry; humans really do not seem to
like that. How do I use other ways to
get my humans attention but still get my point across to them?
- Molly in Issaquah, Washington
Bailey: Molly, I have two words: Mind Control. It is a subtle art and takes training of your
human. You have to make them think that
it is their idea. If you have seen
Star Wars, think Jedi Mind. At least,
that’s what I do. There is a lot of
concentration involved. Say, for
instance, I want one of my humans to turn the television on. They might be sitting down, eating dinner or
staring at a computer or what have you.
I will park my butt near them and begin to stare at them for
increasingly longer and longer periods of time.
Any time that I feel them look up towards me, I will look over at the
tv, as if I am watching it, even though it is not on. Humans can feel when they are being stared
at. Eventually, your human will realize
that they want to watch tv, and will
get up and turn the tv on. Through
practice, I have been able to make humans do my bidding in shorter and shorter periods
of time. Be warned, this does not work for everything. Some humans are more
resistant to certain acts (my Mommy seems particularly resistant to feeding one
snacks from the table, while my Child has no problem with it). Best of luck in your future human training
endeavors.
Mia: Molly, remember that you
are their princess (or prince). Your comments, suggestions, and needs are essential
to your human! I find that humans are become
easily overwhelmed by our sheer awesomeness, and need a lot of reminders
regarding our needs and wishes. I mean like a
lot. Like, Mommy knows that I eat breakfast no later than 6 a.m. every day;
however, some days I have to remind her.
She calls them “weekends,” whatever that means. Why sleep in when there are so many things to
smell and chase and play with? So, if I
want Mommy to get out of bed and feed me breakfast, I will put my face up on
the bed and poke her with my wet cold nose. I usually have to do this at least
once every 60 seconds or so for about 10 minutes until she will actually get
up. Another thing that I do is bend the
house rules. So, Mommy hung a bell on
the kitchen door for me to ring with my nose when I have to go outside to do my
business. But sometimes I just want to go out and play, because it’s nice out,
or I want to feel the grass, or there are things that I want to smell
outside! So I will ring the bell until
Mommy takes me out. And she will wait
until I go potty. Only I don’t, I just play.
This makes Mommy very frustrated, because she never knows when I ring
the bell whether I have to go potty or if I’m just playing. But I think humans
need to learn to have more play time, especially with us! They need to enjoy
our awesomeness more, because we are totally, so ridiculously awesome! Anyway,
I hope I gave you some ideas for helping your humans learn to enjoy your awesomeness
even more!
