What I hate about school vacation

LOL! Yes, and the endless calls at work about "may I do this" or "Sibling did that" or "what is there to eat" or (my fave) "I need you to get off work early and come get me and take me. . . ."

And I love mine too!

linda

LOL! Yes, and the endless calls at work about "may I do this" or "Sibling did that" or "what is there to eat" or (my fave) "I need you to get off work early and come get me and take me. . . ."

And I love mine too!

linda

And I'm so grateful that I'm out of that world.

Now I just have to be interrupted by Puff, who stares at me to get my attention and if that doesn't work, he pokes me and as a last resort he whines please, takes whatever I'm wearing in his mouth and drags me to whatever he wants.

Different, but nearly as demanding.

Lucille, the mother of one spoiled dog

Mommy - make me.... To which I reply,

make it yourself!

Cheryl

The "rent-a-dog" is back for a visit and this AM decided he needed breakfast at 5 AM.

grumble

Why not try that with the rent-a-dog. Or better yet, throw him out of the room and lock the door.

L

My peeve was, "Mom, you have to....." (drive me to so-and-so's house, pick up someone to go to the mall, etc.)

To which I replied, "Would you care to rephrase that?"

(And if it continued, the reply was, "No, I don't.")

Sue

Dogs learn fast, start as you mean to go on. Ignore him and he will soon know there is not a chance until 8 !

Guess I'm a weirdo! I *love* school holiday time and am counting down the five days till ours begin. Since both my kids are older (DD will be

*fifteen* soon!!!), they're pretty much set-and-forget, so that helps a lot. Still, I've always enjoyed having them at home and doing stuff with them. To my horror, I realised just recently that DD will only be a kid for a few more years! AAaaaarrrrggghhh! Gotta put brix on her head *now*!

He's downstairs and we have what is know as an "open concept" or lofted up stairs. The downstairs is one open level with the living room having a cathedral ceiling which funnels all sound up to my bed room - even with the door shut. And the house faces south/south west, to catch the maximum amount of sun and the entire south wall is windows. What I'd have to do is blind fold the dang dog, so when the sky gets he doesn't wake up. Wearing him out after doggie dinner does seem to help....

C

See earlier post and if I have him more than a few days, I do edge him longer. But he'll still wake us up the first few days. By Thursday, I'll have him on a good for us schedule. Which is when he'll return his insomniac master (sleeps, maybe from 2 AM to 5 AM)

Too bad he's not crate trained. You could then put him in the laundry room, or even in the garage.

I guess they all wake up with the sun but Puff, the wimp, doesn't jump off the bed and when he used to try to get me up with the sun, I was always able to tell him I wasn't getting out of bed till 6 or 6 :30. If you saw him now you would swear he could tell time because he will tell me, it's 6:15 get up. Of course that might just be because I turn on the TV morning show and they update you on the time every few minutes and he does understsand those words. lol

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I think crate training is the best innovation in dog care in ages. They're safe, they have water, generally, they won't mess the crate and they can't terrorize building inspectors.

I got a great gift this AM. DD heard his whining at sun up, got up, went down, let him out, fed him and told him to "Let Mommy sleep". And went back to bed herself.

Cheryl

When we became adults my parents admitted to my DB & I that sending us to sleep-away camp was a vacation for them. All those years, we thought it was a luxury for us. But, we, along with several other kids of close family friends, all went away to NC in the summer - 4-8 weeks (usually 8). The parents would all come up together for Parent's day (now a weekend) - and I think they had a blast. When we were young, the campers had to stay at camp overnight - though in more recent years, as a weekend, the kids can stay out overnight as well, I think. In retrospect - I certainly understand it. Especially as my DB has been sending his kids to camp for years - neighboring to the one we used to go to (and owned by that camp's former partners). The folks had time to do as they pleased at home, and they, with their friends, made a mini-vacation of parent's weekend - coming up earlier and staying an extra day or so.

Ellice

When DD is gone in a week for a week, it will be quieter, but not much. When DS would go away, it was pure heaven!

C

Honestly, we've trained Puckster so that he gets told to "go lie down" and then won't bug us til we're getting up. OTOH, the poor thing was a bit confused with my getting up so much at 0'dark thirty, and would get up, ramble around - looking confused. Then he started coming downstairs with me

- but I wouldn't usually let him out (after all, this is 4:45 am). Now, after a couple of months - he just climbs onto the bed - generally heading for where I was, and goes back to sleep - doesn't even follow me down.

Are you feeding him too early in the evening so that he's really hungry so early? Just try changing his morning hours slightly each day.

Oh, well - who can say. We have a non-food orientad dog, so he doesn't really bug us about meals unless he is truly very hungry. Though he will stare at the water bowl, and then at local human -then at bowl and so forth til we get the hint when it's empty.

ellice

I've tried racking that back during past visits. Some mornings, while food is high priority, he's got to go having fallen asleep after dinner with out the obligatory squat.

Lucky girl, it's a lab, he's always hungry.

C

Ah, that would be a problem. Puckster definitely gets the last walk at night, though it's gotten earlier since I've started going to bed earlier. Does make a difference.

Yup - well, that is a truism. Puckster is pretty heavy - the vet is astonished that he weighs in at about 67# - and isn't "hefty" - he's just so muscular. We were trying to get him down to about 60, but she said 65# would be fine - he was up to 68#. I have had other dogs that were always looking for food. This one - not at all - but he does have things that will perk him up - as in if he sees/hears me grabbing a LF chesse snack - he has to have some. And he adores tuna fish - I don't know why. Oh, well. He actually won't eat his dry kibble unless it has a spoon of some human food (generally LF cottage cheese, or some veggie) or he's really, really hungry. Unlike other dogs I've had that are nose into it immediately.

Ellice

There will come the day when they have both flown the coop and you can relax. Seemed a hell of a long time coming when mine were teens, but it did ! It`s wonderful, it`s marvelous, relax now and look forward lol

I find when he's gone, even to work for a few hours, I really miss him. But I can live with out the food pickiness (which is getting better). When DD is gone, it's like a hole in my life.

Should have gotten a picture of her and Bobbie's grand kids today.

Cheryl