[Dailydrool] Our Elsinore's confusion

[Elizabeth Lindsey]

I think I've figured out why our Elsinore failed so miserably on her  
pet therapy retest. It must have been because I failed to enunciate.

This weekend Ken gave me a birthday card that has a cartoon drawing  
of a woman with an irate face standing in front of a confused-looking  
dog. Behind them is a sign that reads "Obedience School." Between  
them is a small mound of steaming fresh dog poop. The woman, her  
hands on her hips, is looking at the dog and saying, "No! I said SIT!"

On the retest I told Elsinore to "sit" beside me at heel, but I must  
have mumbled the word and she instead heard me say, "drift," which is  
what she got up and, right across my body and over to the "friendly  
stranger" she was supposed to ignore.

Next time we take the test I'll be much more careful about speaking  
clearly and distinctly to her, especially because I'd hate for her to  
mistakenly hear me say what that obedient dog on my birthday card  
thought he heard his human say!

Elizabeth