Dog Rules

woodster · 12-24-2006, 09:45 AM

1. The dog is not allowed in the house!

2. The dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms.

3. The dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture.

4. The dog can get on the OLD furniture only.

5. Fine, the dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with humans on the bed.

6. All right, the dog is allowed on the bed, but ONLY by invitation.

7. The dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but NOT under the covers.

8. The dog can sleep under the covers by invitation ONLY.

9. The dog can sleep under the covers every night.

10. Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the dog.

troy2000 · 12-24-2006, 05:21 PM

Sounds familiar. Except that my wife's little dogs always seemed to skip the first nine rules, and go directly to nr 10.

woodster · 12-24-2006, 05:47 PM

My wife and I promised each other that we would not feed our dogs table scraps from the table while we are having dinner. The dogs would have their dinner while we had our's and following dinner they usually went outside and took their dump and came back in and took a snooze. This one night we were having steak and my wife couldn't resist the temtation of giving them a few pieces of meat from the table. Well... from that day on when we had our dinner, they were right there under the table looking up at us for some more table scraps and they would't touch their dinner until they got some scraps and when they figured we were done eating, then and only then would they go and eat their dog food.

troy2000 · 12-24-2006, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by woodster

My wife and I promised each other that we would not feed our dogs table scraps from the table while we are having dinner. The dogs would have their dinner while we had our's and following dinner they usually went outside and took their dump and came back in and took a snooze. This one night we were having steak and my wife couldn't resist the temtation of giving them a few pieces of meat from the table. Well... from that day on when we had our dinner, they were right there under the table looking up at us for some more table scraps and they would't touch their dinner until they got some scraps and when they figured we were done eating, then and only then would they go and eat their dog food.

And had well-bahaved, mostly sane dogs. Then I got married, and wound up with a houseful: wife, son, stepson, and various foster children (mostly teen-aged girls). I haven't had a properly-behaved dog since.

The wife's living at her mother's house now along with the stepson, and the foster kids are all raised and gone. So the beagles are pretty much my last hope, and they're about as hardheaded as a dog can be. I'll count myself lucky if they just become good little hunters.

12-24-2006, 09:45 AM	#1
woodster Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: High Desert, California Posts: 432 Trader Rating: (0)	Dog Rules 1. The dog is not allowed in the house! 2. The dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms. 3. The dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture. 4. The dog can get on the OLD furniture only. 5. Fine, the dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with humans on the bed. 6. All right, the dog is allowed on the bed, but ONLY by invitation. 7. The dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but NOT under the covers. 8. The dog can sleep under the covers by invitation ONLY. 9. The dog can sleep under the covers every night. 10. Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the dog.

12-24-2006, 05:21 PM	#2
troy2000 Resident Armed Liberal Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Southern California Posts: 9,121 Trader Rating: (0)	Sounds familiar. Except that my wife's little dogs always seemed to skip the first nine rules, and go directly to nr 10. __________________ If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing. -Anatole France

12-24-2006, 05:47 PM	#3
woodster Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: High Desert, California Posts: 432 Trader Rating: (0)	My wife and I promised each other that we would not feed our dogs table scraps from the table while we are having dinner. The dogs would have their dinner while we had our's and following dinner they usually went outside and took their dump and came back in and took a snooze. This one night we were having steak and my wife couldn't resist the temtation of giving them a few pieces of meat from the table. Well... from that day on when we had our dinner, they were right there under the table looking up at us for some more table scraps and they would't touch their dinner until they got some scraps and when they figured we were done eating, then and only then would they go and eat their dog food.