chew 1. to crush or grind with the teeth; masticate. 2. to crush, damage, injure, etc., as if by chewing. 3. to make by or as if by chewing: The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper. The puppy chewed a hole in my slipper! How prophetic is that? Chewing. We all do it, … Continue reading
When Clover was a puppy and in the process of destroying my home piece by piece, someone at work told me that if I left the radio on for her, the music would “soothe the savage beastie.” At that point, I decided “what the heck, it can’t hurt.” The first day, I tuned the radio … Continue reading
A slamming door. Hearing another dog bark. Me, if I ask her to. A knock at the door. A door bell – at the front door or on t.v. Anyone that walks in front of our house. The garbage truck when it makes the “backing up ding ding” sound. Cosmo, when he stares her down. … Continue reading
I’ve mentioned before that Clover sleeps in the closet. It is her place to hide from noises and people, or a place to sleep the night away. That is, or course, when she’s not asleep on my bed! Almost three years ago, I had the painters in to repaint my bedroom. All of the furniture … Continue reading
My poor girl. Clover is so afraid of thunder storms that the night before last she literally had the shit scared out of her! (Sorry. Just didn’t work using “poop.”) Its only happened one other time also during a thunderstorm. Its hard to get angry with a dog that is that scared. We had a … Continue reading
Clover – Please say over and over in your head … I try to hit the mute button, but I’m not always quick enough! Continue reading
After 3 weeks of 24/7 with the dogs, I headed back to work this past week, picking up the old schedule and habits. If I had known Clover was going to go mental on me, I would have medicated her during the day Monday so she would have been fairly relaxed by the time I … Continue reading
After my parents headed back to Florida, I started doing the things that a new homeowner does like unpacking, hanging pictures, and unpacking, and … well you get the idea. Clover seemed to be happy to be back home with me, that was of course, when the Little Menace next door wasn’t barking its head … Continue reading
When I moved back to the States in 2003, I sent Clover ahead to my folks in Florida by a couple of weeks with Delta Airlines. I bought the obligatory shipping container and set it up in the living room for about 3 weeks before her departure. I started feeding her in the crate in … Continue reading
I kept Maya again over Christmas, and the two together accomplished the final destruction of the door frame and the linoleum floor. Maya missed her people, and Clover missed being an only child. Being winter and wet, the yard was practically destroyed with the running and chasing. I didn’t put up a Christmas tree that … Continue reading
I offered to watch Clover’s litter-mate over our first Thanksgiving holiday while Maya’s family went to Germany. Maya’s family offered to watch Clover at a later date should I need or want to travel. Maya was a wonderful puppy, too, and she and Clover got along very well. I nicknamed them “The Flying Labradors.” They … Continue reading
Clover has always had a fascination with shiney things. She still looks at herself in the mirror and barks at the strange dog looking back. But, it all started with Mary’s patent leather pumps. My friend Mary is a real cat person. I don’t think she had ever spent a lot of time around big … Continue reading
My dog’s walker, Jane, called me about a week after the duct tape incident to let me know that I needed to buy some cigarettes on the way home. Actually, what she said, in a very English accent was, “You might want to stop by the Spar [Ireland’s version of 7-11] and get some fags.” … Continue reading
When Clover was a couple of months old, and had started her “search and destroy” mission on the linoleum floor in the kitchen, I thought I would try and defeat her determination. Hah! In the corner behind the door where the lino was coming up “before Clover,” I used some duct tape and taped the … Continue reading
