Don't Take Me Seriously - Book - Page 72
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Patience and dog-pointing
Dumb, stubborn or just messing with you,
dogs seriously love to test your patience
S
o, I’m out in the backyard
dog trainers, and people who have
recently, playing fetch with the had their faces surgically altered
to appear like dogs,
Lhasa Apso that I
please do not call or
inherited by default. (I
e-mail to explain to me
won’t go into details.)
how smart dogs are and
And, by “playing fetch,”
how easily they learn
I mean the dog did the
when presented with the
fetching, not me.
proper training.
He was inclined to
Proper training takes
think the game was
patience. I generally
played the other way
have none.
around, of course, and
Jim Walker
I don’t like chess or
the “learning” here took
Don’t Take Me Seriously
checkers or card games
some time.
or about anything else
I am so proud of my
that can’t be done while moving
little victory.
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Should someone like me even have
a dog? The point is moot. I have him
and he owes Ne back rent. He is
going nowhere.
Back to the story: So, I’m smugly
enjoying our little game of fetch —
which usually lasts about five tosses
before one of us gets bored and goes
for a beer.
Without even trying to fool him,
I accidentally toss the toy one way
while he is looking the other — and
now the age-old game of “Where is
it?” begins.
The dog scurries this way and
that, somehow unable to see the
brightly colored toy resting on the
green lawn as he passes within five
feet of it.
“Is he messing with me?”
I wonder.
I point at the toy.
He looks at me hopefully.
I enthusiastically say, “There it
is!” while grandly sweeping my arm
so that the extended finger points
right at the toy.
He goes the other way.
“No, no, here it is!” And I offer
another exaggerated point.
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