Worthy posted a reminded last night of how young he still is, at 20 months. He hasn't been too interested in lying on our bed except when we're there, so we weren't watching him. And though he had chewed on hubby's bed pillow some in the past, he hadn't shown interest in it lately, so we had it on the bed instead of out of his reach.
Well, I went looking for him, and lo and behold, he was on the bed in such a picture that I had to cover my mouth from laughing and call hubby in to see. Worthy definitely has an active sense of humor, and getting in touch with that has been very therapeutic for me.
Well, this was quite a sight. He had pulled lots and lots and lots of stuffing out of hubby's pillow. Hubby just said "Bad Boy" once, and that was the extent of the punishment. After all, what good would it do? He's just being a normal dog.
We have the toilet paper rolls protected by circled cord of braided nylon rope holding a good-sized brass bell. Obviously those are still needed!
And hubby's pillow (the replacement) will not be left on the bed between sleeps anymore, for now! I wish I had a photo of that scene. It really was funny. It reminds me, too, that this is a very young dog, and he's going to be awesome as he matures. He already is!
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series articles at http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=SRC&S=1&SourceID=47
