<html>
<head>
<style><!--
.hmmessage P
{
margin:0px;
padding:0px
}
body.hmmessage
{
font-size: 10pt;
font-family:Tahoma
}
--></style>
</head>
<body class='hmmessage'>
Dear Drool family,<div><br></div><div>Thank you for so many laugh out loud moments as I try to catch up in my reading. I send drool to all in need, especially Robert for the loss of his Mom (I will get a card to your Dad) and Essie for the loss of Olivia. We once had a kitty named Olivia, and she had six toes on each of her front paws. I think she was a stray who adopted us, but it was a long time ago.</div><div><br></div><div>I know you all know of my grief of Pierre sr which launched me to rescue Pierre jr, and he a delightful and handsome hound, but he does have "rules" that I must follow or else. I have made great progress with him, but he does keep me on my toes everyday, all day, and why join a gym when there is Pierre jr.? LOL. He has amazing counter cruising skills, and never leave a remote in his line of sight, or a puzzle book, etc. If I don't follow his rules, he is rather snarky, and he resource guards anything he steals, and he goes into defensive attack mode for his prize possession, and I have taken some "knocks" because of it. He stole a raw corn from the fridge one day, and it was a two person, roast beef negotiation that finally got it away from him. Took quite a while.</div><div><br></div><div>So one day, I was fooling around with him with the talking alligator cookie jar that I have. It has a deep male voice that says, "uhmmm, uhmmm those sure are tasty cookies", and it terrified him. So now when he is deviant or fierce, I just have to get the cookie jar, and he gets going, tail tucked. I believe he has had abuse and misunderstanding in his past, probably from a man. He has really come a long way, though, and he was meant to be for me. I guess I have to buy up a bunch of those cookie jars to have one ready everywhere in the house. I am rather amazed of his reaction to it. I LOVE him with all my being, and HE IS TEACHING ME.</div><div><br></div><div>If this intel helps anyone with a training situation, I am glad. Nevertheless, this is a page in Jr's diary, which I hope will be very long.</div><div><br></div><div>Prayers and love, and especially, drool to all in need,</div><div><br></div><div>Jackie and the herd</div>
</body>
</html>