Friday, July 4, 2008

The Bark Collar and the Lamp

I have had an objection to bark collars has long as I can remember. I have since let that objection go. Since we have moved into our current home, about 3 months ago, and my daughter has turned into a social butterfly, our doorbell never stops ringing.........

We have two dachshunds, affectionately called wiener dogs, that yip like you wouldn't believe.
I have tried telling them to hush, holding them, you name it-it doesn't work. So, I made the fateful trip to Petco and got 2 bark collars.

Well our oldest wiener, Norman (black and tan mini) has wised up and decided he will no longer be wearing that damn thing-his words not mine.

I went to go put his on and he decided he would hide. He's little so he can hide a myriad of places. I looked everywhere, and found him under the couch. As I squeezed behind the recliner to get to the couch, he darts out from underneath and goes out the front. I try to squeeze back out and trip on the dog bed. I'm okay-I rebound and chase him into my son's room where he's under the bed. I act like I've given up so he'll come out. After a few minutes he does and goes back under the couch. I say, "Ah-ha, I'll pull the couch out and grab his tail"! I pull the couch out with a vengeance and the lamp flew across the room with that same vengeance......I put the couch back-he's gone by now. Put the lamp back on the table, and I hear him near the laundry room. I sneak up and grab him. Have you seen that new Huggies commercial where the Dad goes to change the baby boy's diaper on the bed and when he opens the diaper pp goes everywhere? Well, a mad wiener dog can do that too....Pee everywhere! Not to fear, putting him outside and cleaning all that up. I waited him out. It's hot outside, he eventually wanted in. He had to have a bark collar on before he was allowed entry.

You always have to watch out for those small, wiry ones.

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