I have had the worst 7777ing case of “mondegreen” for the last 6 weeks or so. The playlist on my MP3 player currently includes the B52’s Love Shack. Towards the end Cindy yells ….. something. Honestly, I knew it wasn’t Tanned and Rested, but that’s the only thing my auditory skills could make of the syllables. It’s actually Tinned roof, rusted. Now how the hell was I s’posed to figure that out?
Keith here for supper, to pick up the coffee maker and AGAIN forget his taxes (something he’d stop doing if he ever read this blog and learned the manner in which his uncle was mercilessly mocking all but his split screen geekery) and of course I haven’t done mine, so I can hardly lampoon anybody.
The low ebb continues.
The downstairs neighbours’ dog jumped on me. Basically if the dog sees me it jumps on me. There’s nothing mean or threatening about it, Meadow’s an adorable dog, just really really poorly trained.
Spaghetti and meat sauce for dinner. Crudites on the side.
I hear crying from the basement. Now yelling. Certain areas of the downstairs resonate more than others.
It’s hard to practice. I’m going to give the guitar a whirl and see if it stayed in tune.
Re: dog
What you can do about the playful jumping:
Bring your knee up as s/he jumps. It doesn’t have to be abrupt – just enough to put the dog off balance (an uncomfortable sensation for anyone). Then once all four feet are on the ground, lavish attention.
Eventually the association should kick in.
Ok!
actually, you are supposed to time the knee with the dog’s solar plexus reaching the same spot. The association the dog makes is that jumping up on a person knocks the wind out of them. Some dogs will also turn this in to a game or contest, so it is important to have good aim from go. I didn’t use this on any of my own dogs, but have used it on many clients’ dogs with terrific success
Well Chipper you know precisely how good my timing and coordination is so I’ll have to reconsider now…
Allegra, there is a simpler version that I use on Sumer. I just put my knee up so Sumer can’t jump up on my chest and say “No Jumping” (a firm “No” also works). I usually hold on to the door frame when I do this and form a right angle with my knee so it blocks both sides of my body. You can folow this with a doggy treat and “Good Boy” for positive re-inforcement.
I’m still learning how to stand on one leg in Yoga class, i.e. most of the time I fall over (and that’s without the help of a jumping dog).
The tree pose is a poser, for sure. I will take your other advice under consideration. Temperamentally she’s a wonderful dog; it’s her owners, I suspect, who really need the training.
I used the knee-up with good success, she’s quit jumping on me, although she rushes towards me whenever she sees me still.
She simply doesn’t get enough exercise.