A little Junebug update, since she hasn’t made an appearance here in a while.
She’s healed up nicely after being bitten, as you can see in the picture below; my relationship with the owners of the dog who bit her, however, is not in good shape. They tried to get out of taking responsibility for what happened, in the form of paying for the damage caused by their dog, by trying to shift the blame for the attack onto Junebug. And lecturing me on training her not to jump on people.
And this weekend, I went to the pet store to get her some food. I bought some very expensive frozen raw food, which she hates. The same thing, freeze-dried — she loves. I don’t get it.
I also got her a new toy, which is the best thing ever — a squeaky bra!
However, as you can see, the damn dog STILL won’t look at the camera.
Dogs like to play with bras?
Who knew?
I am trying to train a boxer puppy right now… but not doing so hot. I have such a hard time telling him “no.” Good thing I don’t have kids, they would be spoiled and peeing in the corner.
Yep. Anything that smells like me, she’ll eventually get hold of. She even chewed up a couple of necklaces I left on low tables.
Plus, that bra — you squeeze the cups and it squeaks! And it’s leopard!
Aw, that Junebug is a cutie.
If I bought that squeaky bra I know I wouldn’t be able to resist walking around the house wearing it and squeaking it at the kids. Did you know that you can make yourself look like Zombie Pig with two natural dried pig ears and one pig snout? Then you get to make Zombie Pig noises.
I gotta get one of those bras for Kyla! Junebug is cute as ever.
Mark: Consider the books by the Monks of new Skete; “how to be your dog’s best friend” is an excellent training booki, as is “the art of raising a puppy”
zuzu: glad your dog’s OK. What happened in the initial attack?
ZuZu,
Glad Junebug is doing better.
Here’s a link to an elist group that you can inquire on for raw food suppliers in your area. You’ll probably find better prices.
CarnivoreFeed-Supplier@yahoogroups.com
Also Bravo has a good variety of raw foods. You can also see if there is a local distributor in your area.
K9Kitchen@yahoogroups.com and RawDogCanada@yahoogroups.com are both good sources for feeding raw and finding resources.
The Monks of New Skete books are great. :D
A bunch of people and dogs were sitting around in the park, and all of a sudden there was snarling, whining and blood everywhere. Another dog had attacked her and bitten her just in front of that right ear, in line with the eye. He apparently didn’t like that she was seeking attention from his owner; she wasn’t bothering him at all, or doing anything out of the ordinary in terms of attention-seeking. But the owners tried to pass off his behavior as “correction” rather than “attack,” and told me that I needed to keep Junebug from jumping on them. Not a problem, really, since I intend to keep her away from them and their dog.
That is a terrible story and glad to know Junebug has recovered. On the one hand the dogs really love to run around and play but you never know what can happen. Once its no longer 104 here in Dallas I can start taking my dog back to the park.
My dog does not understand toys – might be because original owner just kept her chained up in his backyard.
The only thing she plays with are those rawhide bones and chew sticks – if I throw them she retrieves them b/c they are food – but after about 3 throws she’s done playing and just wants to eat. All she really wants to do is sit in my lap or try to kiss my boyfriend on his face – that can entertain her for hours.
Question:
If Junebug was in fact “jumping up on them”, why didn’t they correct her or call your attention to it, but in fact let their dog “correct” her? Generally, if I have a dog jumping up on me, I take matters (gently!) into my own hands — push them back off me, give them a sharpish “no!), that kind of thing.
Sounds to me like their dog isn’t trained very well, and they are embarrassed and shifting blame. *sigh*
I’m glad she’s healing well. She’d a cute little bugger! :) And the squeaky bra toy is *priceless*!
You know, I asked them that very question myself. They had no answer.