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orichalcum) wrote2008-04-12 10:19 am
orichalcum) wrote2008-04-12 10:19 am
Baby and Dog Show XXVIII: Amusing Antics
Four brief stories about experimentation and manipulation:
1. Mac (almost 20 months old!) has a favorite new game of tossing up objects in the air and then manuevering so they land on his head. ::shrug:: He also likes handing me shoes as a signal that he wants to go out. So yesterday, while lying on my lap, he grabbed his snow boot, tossed it slightly in the air while saying "shoes!" - and bonked himself in the head with it. I take absolutely no responsibility for his subsequent look of "ow;" some things you have to learn yourself.
2. It was snack time, and Mac was already chewing on an apple slice when I brought out a chunk of cheddar. He got very excited and started grabbing for it.
"No," I said, "You can't have cheese until you're done chewing the apple. I'll give you cheese when you can open your mouth and say "Aaah" and show me it's empty."
Mac looked at me and promptly spat apple chunks out all over my lap and chortled, "Aaah!"
Eowyn thought this was great.
3. This morning,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cerebralpaladin was in charge of giving Mac breakfast while I walked Eowyn. We had forgotten that we had left the cinnamon jar on the dining room table, in reach, as it turned out, of Mac in his high chair. While CP was getting cereal, Mac grabbed the jar, took off the cover, and shook it. We had an apple-pie baby briefly.
4. When Eowyn thinks it's time to go for a walk, especially if I've said the word, and I'm trying to quickly check email, she's learned that barking or growling gets her nowhere. Instead, she'll come up to me, insert her wet nose underneath my wrist as I type, and flick up gently, making it unable for me to type or use the mouse effectively. I haven't really discouraged it, since she only does it when she's right that it really is time for a walk, but it's a very subtle bit of affectionate nudging.
1. Mac (almost 20 months old!) has a favorite new game of tossing up objects in the air and then manuevering so they land on his head. ::shrug:: He also likes handing me shoes as a signal that he wants to go out. So yesterday, while lying on my lap, he grabbed his snow boot, tossed it slightly in the air while saying "shoes!" - and bonked himself in the head with it. I take absolutely no responsibility for his subsequent look of "ow;" some things you have to learn yourself.
2. It was snack time, and Mac was already chewing on an apple slice when I brought out a chunk of cheddar. He got very excited and started grabbing for it.
"No," I said, "You can't have cheese until you're done chewing the apple. I'll give you cheese when you can open your mouth and say "Aaah" and show me it's empty."
Mac looked at me and promptly spat apple chunks out all over my lap and chortled, "Aaah!"
Eowyn thought this was great.
3. This morning,
cerebralpaladin was in charge of giving Mac breakfast while I walked Eowyn. We had forgotten that we had left the cinnamon jar on the dining room table, in reach, as it turned out, of Mac in his high chair. While CP was getting cereal, Mac grabbed the jar, took off the cover, and shook it. We had an apple-pie baby briefly.4. When Eowyn thinks it's time to go for a walk, especially if I've said the word, and I'm trying to quickly check email, she's learned that barking or growling gets her nowhere. Instead, she'll come up to me, insert her wet nose underneath my wrist as I type, and flick up gently, making it unable for me to type or use the mouse effectively. I haven't really discouraged it, since she only does it when she's right that it really is time for a walk, but it's a very subtle bit of affectionate nudging.
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Betty/Betsy, our younger and more assertive dog (I call her "Betsy," my wife calls her "Betty," we agree on "Bette" -- it's a minor but long-standing disagreement), often sits on the floor right beside the chair, or sofa, one is occupying and repeatedly bumps against it with her rump if she thinks she's not getting enough attention. It's one of the strangest dog behaviors I've ever encountered.
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