A great day for us in our new canine relationship - Push Your Luck Day arrived. Echo had a go at testing Mum's will by jumping on my bed then refusing to be lured off, then glaring me to " Come On!" Sigh. One cold water squirt later, he ran into the other bedroom. Being ignored for a bit incensed him, so he tried it again. Im not on the bed as such, just resting my chin - ouch where did that come from! So now off is off and all pals again. Then Gothboy put a cookie on the table at Scrounging Dog height for 2 seconds and it vanished. Cries of  " Leave it! Leave, sir! WIll you Leave!" directed at teenage son furiously chasing dog round kitchen. And finally take Echo to boring football pitch on lunge rein for playtime as books say play with new dog lots to bond. Excitedly throws ball on rope, forgets the rein is only 30 foot long and discover Echo is a sprinter .... Lying face down in frozen mud with victorious Echo galloping madly round me in circles, I fumble for other ball in pocket and yelp " Echo, See, Whassis? " while rolling over to grab lunge rein. Back home for tea and change of clothes, find dog toppling overfull kitchen rubbish bin. Hmm Time for a bowl of water on top.. Pop to shops for a swift refuelling expedition, Echo screams the house down as if the world is ending although he has Dad with him, and when I return, shows his delight by springing my head height and trying to hump.. OK the book says ignore em for 5 minutes when you return, so thats that then! Satan Filly sighed happily and opined " Hes one of us now, eh Mum?"

LOL :D

Daisy

So it's water pistols at dawn then :)

LOL :D :D

Here's how dane removal goes in our house:

1. Willis gets on bed
2. Willis settles down whilst eyeballing me suspiciously
3. I order Willis off bed
4. Willis rolls over exposing testicles and belly. Big floppy lip slides down face as there is no elasticity to cope with gravity.
5. I raise my voice "OFF"
6. Willis opens one eye
7. I grab collar - only its not there (took it off day before when he was so close to the heater it was melting to his neck)
8. Willis realising I am actually serious about shifting him lies down flat and looks back defiantly and expectantly awaiting my next move
9. I start yelling and coaxing and begging...
10. Willis snores
11. I get a surge of adrenalin and go round and pick the end of the bed up and tip mattress, bedding and unsuspecting dane onto the floor.

Chloe wins. :D

Duplicated

:D

Aaaah - but thats cos you can still fit in the bed when your dogs are on there :D

Willis has taken to opening the gate in the front room, opening the door, opening the stair gate (including undoing the rope that holds it), creeping up the stairs and getting on the bed in the middle of the night - head on the pillow, in the middle! My poor OH ended up in the spare room cos I wouldn't shift Willis - how bad is that? :D :D :D

Where did that post go Kazz - I look like I'm talking to myself LOL

Shouldn't really say it made me chuckle cos I know how you feel, but it DID! lol.

Julia

lol @ Chloe

Just loved all these postings.... reminded me of waking up in a thunderstorm, then suddenly being absolutely CRUSHED

It was Purdey the Brave - deciding that Mum & Dad needed protecting from that nasty Thunder - and she would do it - under the covers!!!!

So much for the Sandringham strain in this particular labrador......

Margot

Sorry Chloe.

It wasn't intentional and just for the record folks I had posted Chloe is not crazy - well not much :D

That Willis is something else :) I hope nobody ever rings Chloe for breed advice on Danes. :D