In Which We Discuss The Finer Points of Food and Toy Rotation

One of the dividends of cat sitting is having to drive by some of my favorite places to shop every day. Today, after checking in on the hungry kitties, I spent some time at Goodwill where I found an armload of new stuffed animals for the dogs to play with.

Last night I removed a particularly damp and smelly one from Snoopy's jaws before we went to bed and decided we needed some new blood. I mean fur.

Here is Snoopy, with his chosen toy. Sorry it's a little blurry. Light issues.

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He is doing fairly well all things considered. All healed from his operation. It seems that he is going to retain a certain tendency to snap and snarl at our dogs and sometimes us if the conditions are right. Though he has never inflicted any serious damage. I'm on the fence about it. I think if he went to the right people, it would not be much of an issue. I will need to talk it over with the director and see what's what.

I have been on a mission these last couple of weeks, to clear out our freezer. Sounds like that impulse is going around here on DD. I have six more days until the Schwan's guy comes again and I want that puppy to be nigh on food free so I can stock up without guilt. Time to rotate!

(Only you could get excited about food rotation. It's pathetic really.)

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There is nothing pathetic about it.

Food rotation is serious household business.

And don't you forget it!

(All right! All right! Sheesh, everyone is so INVESTED around here. If you don't believe me, just try taking that toy away from that short and tubby brown dog. . .)

Comments (6)

welshamethyst (Legacy)

It'll take 6-12 weeks for the testosterone to clear his system after the neuter so I wouldn't give up on a resolution to the snarling/snapping quite yet. As far as he's concerned he's still got all of his equipment and wants to show it. That said, there is a certain learned behavioral response that he might need to be trained out of once he gets the internal message that all is not as it had been. Time will tell.

RYC: Thanks for the compliment on Mags. She really is a lovely example of the Golden hunting lines. I only WISH I had hair half that lustrous!

mamallama (Legacy)

Sometimes I wish my other personalities would talk to me like your's do.
Or...maybe not. :o)

welshamethyst (Legacy)

P.S. Mags had a total melt-down the other night regarding her bone (the one in the picture that she refuses to eat at this point). She'd been pacing around with it all Christmas day, going back and forth to the door like she wanted to take it outside and bury it but she finally started to gnaw a knuckle on the rug next to my side of the bed. I went in to get my book off of my night stand and she actually growled at me. We had to have a mother/daughter talk about where bones come from and as a result I took it, placing it in a spot that she could see but not get to and she didn't get it back for two days. No more growling but she still won't eat it, just walks around with it in her mouth like it might run away given half a chance *rolls eyes*.

ksmiley (Legacy)

I would not give up on Snoopy yet. Hang in there! He is such a beautiful dog and I love that breed.

allimom (Legacy)

Would the snapping at people issue still be present if Snoopy were the only dog in the house, or are those incidents related only to people without the presence of other 4 legged pack members?
Alli

Supertrooper (Legacy)

Hey hen ..I get excited about food rotation too ..lol

All type A's you see ..!