[Dailydrool] Snoopy checking in

[Esther Strom]

>P.S.  We figure Gracie is 4ish by now ..... will it ever be safe to leave
the bathroom doors open?  Or will she be eating and spreading bathroom
trash throughout the house for the rest of her life if we do?

Gracie sounds very much like Daisy, my parents' first basset. She was less
than a year old when they adopted her, and she was like the energizer
bunny. She would run upstairs (this was 15 years ago before we knew stairs
were bad for basset backs), grab the end of the toilet paper from the
bathroom, and pull. She'd wind her way through the upstairs, and then head
downstairs. The house looked like a bunch of teenagers TP'd it. There is
hope for Gracie, although it's a ways off - Daisy finally slowed down when
she was around 9.

Good luck.

Esther, with Waldo and Basil ATB


On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Dale Rutz <dalerutz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> Hi all, Snoopy here,
>
> First off drool to all in need.  I know there are some houndies out there
> who are worrying their people, as well as people out there who have their
> hounds very concerned.  To all of you, please be well.  We are slinging
> drool.
>
> The circumstances here at my home are in constant upheaval.  I believe
> this is because our momPerson is clueless but other factors do weigh in.
> We have TWO, count them TWO teenage two leggers among us, both of them
> female.  We also have three bassets and two of THOSE are female.  And then
> there is the ever clueless momPerson, also female.  That makes just me and
> dadPerson, while there are FIVE females of various species hanging around.
> Just try to get a word in edgewise.  Just try.  Good luck.  And to all
> those of you complaining that you cannot get your males trained you might
> just want to try letting them talk once in a while, if you do they *might*
> quit ignoring you altogether.
>
> Gracie wants to play all the live long day.  Gracie is a lean, mean
> playing machine.  Gracie wants to run, Gracie wants to jump, Gracie wants
> to wrestle, Gracie is simply ridiculous (if you don't believe me check the
> video on facebook).  She and I are having a bit of a difficulty at present
> because she keeps creating missing objects (a fine basset passtime) but
> then she CURATES them and that is my job and it simply needs to stop.
> Yesterday alone I found her curating one butter wrapper, a bag of cough
> drops, an ENTIRE box of halloween cookies (thank goodness the box was
> tricky to open or this could have been much worse) Juliannes high school ID
> card and a plastic container (with lid) which we have been unable to
> determine the contents of, being as it was empty when I found her.  Gracie
> can fly and NOTHING on the counter is safe from her.  We read with great
> interest about the bread box which requires a thumb to open and wondered if
> the momPerson with a clue could send more details but I digress.
>
> LuLu is bossy, LuLu thinks she is in charge, LuLu hogs all cuddles,
> snuggle times and human interaction, LuLu needs to mellow out.  She keeps
> telling me what to do.  And so ........
>
> I have defined a new job for myself.  Being as Gracie and LuLu like to
> wrestle and I don't find wrestling dignified (never have, I'll play fetch,
> or chase, but no wrestling) I have appointed myself referee.  momPerson
> says we are hilarious to watch..... Gracie and LuLu will be wrestling and
> playing and I'll be over there with my snooter right in the middle checking
> for any sort of foul ..... ahrooooooooooo ... yellow card Gracie .......
> ahrooooooooooo yellow card LuLu ........ AHROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO that was
> DEFINATELY a red card LuLu, get back here you are OUT I said red card hey
> ...........
>
> More later from Snoopy who is displeased with the shorter days and the
> turn of seasons and the aching in my joints and has taken to sleeping in
> most mornings.
> with LuLu (konker extrodinair) .... hey, who said you could referee??  and
> who gave you these cards??
> and Gracie the dickes ........ let me at him .... I'll chew all his cards
> right up!
>
> P.S.  We figure Gracie is 4ish by now ..... will it ever be safe to leave
> the bathroom doors open?  Or will she be eating and spreading bathroom
> trash throughout the house for the rest of her life if we do?
>
> P.S.S.  The winter garden is facing some challenges ..... Gracie stole the
> brocolli seedlings.  Twice.  The second time they were STILL in the little
> plastic six pac thing from the nursery.
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