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<DIV>Yep, I (try) to reason with my dogs all the time. They look at me and
listen intently to every word I say. I remember NORman at about a year
old wanting to go into the living room on the new carpet. I said to him,
"No, NOrman, you can't go in there because you pee on the carpet even if you've
just been outside. He never peed on the vinyl flooring. Anyway, he stood
there at the gate looking up at me then went to the back door. I let him
out, he peed by the tree just off the back deck. I open the door to let him back
into the kitchen and instead ofcoming in, he runs around the house to the front
door and asks to be let in (on the carpet). I go to out and around to the
front where he's waiting to be let in the front door. I repeat what I said to
him before. Well, I don't know how he knew it but the door I came out was now
locked. It has one of those doorknobs that you can open from the inside
even if it's locked. We had to go in through the front door into the
living room, or at least I did. Back to the front door and I look at him
and tell him he has to wait outside. He gives me that "why, I want to go in with
you" look so I say "okay NORman, I'll let you in but I want you to go
straight to the kitchen and don't pee on the carpet. I open the door, he
trots inside and goes straight to the kitchen. I'm elated. I go after him and
praise and pet him, giving him snooters and huggies and really making a big deal
of ithis. I get him a piece of cheddar cheese which he happily devours then he
turns around and goes back into the living room and pees on the carpet! </DIV>
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<DIV>Jacqie Marvich</DIV>
<DIV>Oakrydge Bassets</DIV></BODY></HTML>