…which is a kind way of saying they have the attention span of lint. Alas, this is not always true.
The boys are my only constant companions, and so I tend to give more thought to what makes them happy and unhappy than is probably good for me – or even for them. I’m going to spend quite a lot of time gone today, which means the boys will be staying in Gitmo. Since I’m about to lose Gitmo I’ve been trying to get them used to spending more time alone in the Lair, but I’m not sure they’re quite up to five or six hours alone in there. When LB gets upset, his bowels loosen. You wouldn’t like LB when his bowels loosen.
So anyway; getting ready for Gitmo. They don’t have to go until about 7:30, but I’ve been up since four and I’m bored and so I was doing some preliminary stuff – like cutting a rawhide bone in half.
The boys know what it means when Uncle Joel cuts a rawhide bone in half. They like what it means a lot. So I suddenly had the rapt attention of two dogs. But they weren’t going to get their treats until Gitmo, which wasn’t for another hour or so. The boys weren’t so crazy about that. All they know is rawhide bone. Why isn’t he giving us our rawhide bone? Maybe if we stare at him he’ll give us our rawhide bone? Maybe if we get closer and stare real hard?
Yeah, they live in the moment. But the moment involves treats, and they’re prepared to stretch this one out until I deliver.
“attention span of lint” I’m stealing that. Funny. And lint doesn’t beg or have big brown eyes that are so hard to resist. If it does, you need to check the draft on the stove.
I buy rawhide “sticks” for Laddie, and he loves them so much he’d live on them if I’d give him enough. But rawhide will actually cause constipation in most dogs if they get too much, and the darn things are not cheap, so I discovered the perfect answer when I dropped a peanut and Laddie gobbled it up, shell and all. The down side is that I’m pretty sure an unlimited amount of peanuts and shells isn’t really good for him, so we’ve compromised. He gets a rawhide stick in the morning as soon as he finishes his kibble, and I put out four peanuts to give him once in a while during the day when he stares at me with the 100 watt gold eyes and begs for a treat.
Only problem with that for you is finding a dollar store to get cheap peanuts.