{"id":3974,"date":"2010-02-27T11:26:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-27T09:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.breigh.com\/wordpress\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2010-05-31T22:51:45","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T20:51:45","slug":"saturday-photo-hunt-daily-dog-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.canadutch.nl\/blog\/archives\/3974","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Photo Hunt – Daily (Dog Drama)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SONY<\/a> Bailey (top right) and Pixel (bottom right) peacefully engaging another dog.  A rare occasion indeed!<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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This week’s Photo Hunt theme is Daily<\/a>.  One thing that is a part of our daily life, come rain or shine, is walking the dogs… and the drama that comes along with it.  I snapped this photo last week while we were out for a walk in the snow, you can see my two on the right checking out this little dog we came across.  Look! They aren\u2019t even trying to kill her!<\/p>\n

The thing about our dogs is, they are hell to walk with.  As cute as they are and as much as I love them, walking them can be a nightmare at times.  Not just because they both apparently consider other dog\u2019s crap to be a delicacy, but they think they are the bees knees and any and all dogs they encounter should bow down before them.<\/p>\n

I suppose in some way we are to blame for this.  Perhaps we didn’t try training them at a young enough age or we baby them too much.   I\u2019m not sure what it is we did but they are really ridiculous.  I tried watching The Dog Whisperer<\/a> for tips but we still haven\u2019t broken them of their aggressive behavior towards other dogs.   Some of the tips did work though.  After dragging<\/em> Pixel a number of times (and feeling very badly about it, especially when other people saw and I’m sure thought I was the worst thing since Cruella Deville), she did eventually learn to walk beside us and not pull.  As did Bailey\u2026 until we see another dog, that is.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think Pixel is as aggressive as she is afraid, or perhaps she goes back and forth as she has different barks for different occasions.  One which is your usual I\u2019m gonna get you sucka! <\/em>type of bark, then another high pitched, mega loud, neighbours looking from every direction to see who is torturing their puppy, OMG DON\u2019T KILL ME PLEASE!!!<\/em> yelp which you have to hear to believe.  Both of which are usually triggered by Bailey barking, if he barks, she barks.  If he doesn\u2019t bark.  She stop, drops and rolls like she\u2019s on fire.  Belly up and ready for attention.<\/p>\n

Bailey?  He has two modes too.  Come here and let me chew your face off!!!<\/em> and Hmm, how YOU doin\u2019?! <\/em>You can see in the above photo that the dog is a female and he\u2019s in getting all Rico Suave on her.  A few minutes after this photo was taken Pixel was belly up, attention whoring her little behind off.<\/p>\n

Usually, when we are out for a walk and another dog comes along, it goes a little something like this:<\/p>\n