Bess was a very persistent Lab. When her supper was (she felt) too late, she picked up her stainless steel food dish in her teeth and kept throwing it against the floor until food appeared in it. When her water tank ran dry, she barked at it until it refilled. And whenever I got home right after work, Bess wanted to go out and retrieve; if I dallied in doing that, she picked up everything she could grasp to carry in her teeth and then dropped it on the growing pile at my feet until her retrieving dummies appeared and the door opened for us to go out. Since she never returned any of the things she dropped at my feet, I learned not to dally long.
Puff is much more of a girlie-girl and not usually as persistently demanding. With exceptions like this afternoon when I was stretched out on the bed, Puff by my side, reading a book that we'd just picked up from the library. One of Puff's most favored positions is to have her head very near or on my feet. I prefer those rare times when she stretches out alongside me with her head resting on my chest but she very rarely accommodates me.
We always go out for her afternoon potty break around 2 PM.
Today at 1:30, Puff began standing up and moving toward my head to lick my face ('guess what time it is and what we need to do'). Several times, I told her to lay down, she was too early -- and she did so right beside me, her head near my head. From there, several times she'd crawl forward, her head facing my head, inserting her muzzle under one of my arms holding the book, nudging it up, crawling far enough to get a long tongue on or near my face, tail wagging, ears perked, and the most plaintive, inviting, expectant look on her face.
I can't resist.
As soon as I say, "Okay!", Puff leaps to all fours, jumps down from the bed and looks over her shoulder waiting for me to follow.
Puff is much more of a girlie-girl and not usually as persistently demanding. With exceptions like this afternoon when I was stretched out on the bed, Puff by my side, reading a book that we'd just picked up from the library. One of Puff's most favored positions is to have her head very near or on my feet. I prefer those rare times when she stretches out alongside me with her head resting on my chest but she very rarely accommodates me.
We always go out for her afternoon potty break around 2 PM.
Today at 1:30, Puff began standing up and moving toward my head to lick my face ('guess what time it is and what we need to do'). Several times, I told her to lay down, she was too early -- and she did so right beside me, her head near my head. From there, several times she'd crawl forward, her head facing my head, inserting her muzzle under one of my arms holding the book, nudging it up, crawling far enough to get a long tongue on or near my face, tail wagging, ears perked, and the most plaintive, inviting, expectant look on her face.
I can't resist.
As soon as I say, "Okay!", Puff leaps to all fours, jumps down from the bed and looks over her shoulder waiting for me to follow.
