Rosie was given to us. Just like Skittles was given to us. Skittles, however, moved on to greener patures. She went to a home with no kids, with two other small dogs and the owner lives in the country on an acre of land and says, "I tend to spoil my dogs". So Skittles has it good now.
Rosie is the runt of the litter and is on the small side. And she is called a red due to her coloring. It is apparently not desirable to have this combo in a yellow lab but I think she's just lovely. She came to us at 10 mos old and had no training. Ugh. At 40+ lbs she will pummel Silliness to the ground when she jumps on her so we have to be careful. (Silliness, however, is not afraid and will purposely get close to Rosie to be able to pet her. It's a good but bad thing!)
So we've had to really put efforts in to training her. She shows promise but there are a lot of bad days. Somehow she seems to know when to have a good day just in time.
One evening Papa Chanoli was gaming online. I had put Rosie in the office with him so he could keep an eye on her so I wouldn't have to. I needed a break. Rosie had the opportunity to "meet" Coco the play horse. Coco stand about 2 1/2 feet tall and can support 120 lbs. The kids love playing with her.
Later, Papa Chanoli came out and made a statement about goofing it up. I thought Rosie pooped in the office. He showed me what he was carrying in his hand:
Yep, Rosie ate the head off the horse. So we live, we learn and then, Lord willing, we get to start a whole new day of the same thing :)
Not laughing, nope I am NOT laughing over here. This is something that should not be laughed at, so I assure you I am NOT laughing. Just kind of giggling and gasping in shock.
ReplyDeleteAaaah, the joys of doggy training. I know it seems forever, but wait until she is three. She'll be awesome!
I'm not laughing either....nope. Ask me sometime about the shoes I bought for my big 50th birthday trip when Dixie was still a puppy. Thought I was going to kill me a dog. But I didn't, and she's the most excellent of labs now. Stick with it my friend, it's worth the effort.
ReplyDeleteThat Rosie just looks too sweet to eat the head off that nice horse!! ;) Are you sure it wasn't Pappa Chanoli just having a bad day?! ;) Hee... hee...
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