Greeting Rituals and others from your Dogs - Page 2

I wear loafers, as our little girl wants a barefoot belly rub when I walk in the front door...after that, it is "WOO-roo-WOO" for a chicken strip, or ball drive therapy period when the backyard is not a sea of mud!

My GSD is very smart.  He understand words so I have tried to conceal things by special codes and cryptonyms.  Eventually he seems to be able to break these codes.  For example when I say I am going in the car, I would spell C.  He caught on and bugs me at the door to go.  I think he developed DID from time when he was quite stressed and traumatized during his Sch training.  Sometimes he's as sweet as pie, but can turn in a second if there is a real time threat and become a  monster.  He's bitten a lot of the "enemy" (helpers in the past during live exercises) so I understand why he flips so fast.  If he thinks there is a real serious threat he'll go after the perp and take him down, just like in training.  He's never lost it, never, even though he is old.  I call him "David" as a secret nickname.

We cannot use code words or any other devices when we are about to go in the C*A*R; our little bitch can smell the change in our pheremones when we shift our gears from walking to driving mode. There is hell to pay if she does not get to go; I have learned to put her outside (even if she is not being left home alone), as there are now paw prints embedded in the drywall over the front door from the last time she did not to go with me. She REALLY loves us, and loves going for a ride even more. I am not going to talk about her ball drive here, as that is a totally other thread topic!  (How do I do a shocked smiley?)

mine make a right weird noise