Jasper’s Take: Hello from Board and Train! 😕
Hello, from Jasper the GSD! Guess where I am? Board and train. It’s a school for dogs. I think I should be really smart by the time I get done with all these schools.
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It’s All those Dumb Chihuahuas’ Fault
It’s all those dumb chihuahuas’ fault too! I can’t help it they make me get itchy between my shoulder blades! I’m a German shepherd I have a high prey drive and they yap and bounce around and all of a sudden they start looking a lot like a squirrel and you know how all dogs love to chase squirrels!
Mom says the problem with that is two-fold(Mom talks funny like that, probably because she reads so much) one problem is Mom ending up face-planted when I lose my, very bad word that starts with an F) mind. But the main issue is what would happen if I caught a chihuahua. Mom says Chihauhau’s owners love them just like she loves me and wouldn’t be happy if I ate their dog. I don’t really think I’d eat it. They don’t look that tasty.
It’s All About Me
Anyway, enough about the chihuahuas. Let’s get back to the important stuff. Me! Mom says she wants to take me to dog sports and I can’t be eating other dogs there as that is frowned upon. I went to one trial where I got to find rats! Mom says to tell you the rats are very safe I couldn’t actually get to them and the rats seem to know that. One even spit at me! No really! It did! I think it was spit anyway. Also, rats have teeth! I never knew that having never met one before. My teeth are bigger though. At least I got to bark at it. That felt good and everyone was saying how awesome I was. Of course, I am awesome but it’s nice to hear it. I even got a ribbon, actually several ribbons.
Mom says she’d like to see me win more ribbons but that might be hard if I can’t learn to ignore other dogs, especially the chihuahuas. Sigh. Anyway, my breeder Addy trains with a trainer named Calvin and she thought he could help me get over my chihuahua fetish. What’s a fetish? Sounds like a bad word. Maybe I shouldn’t have said it. Oh well.
I’m Homesick
I have been here a whole week now and Mom hasn’t got to see me although since Addy trains here she had her take pictures and send them. Next week Mom gets to visit and have a class on how to handle me around chihuahuas. I sure hope Mom passes the class and doesn’t end up face-planted. That sounds awful. It’s very puzzling to me. I always keep wondering why she falls down like that. Maybe she should go to the doctor.
Calvin says I’m doing good. He’s a man of few words that Calvin is. But Addy promised he would never hit me with a shoe. Apparently, hitting dogs with shoes is not considered a good training technique. Addy says it’s lucky I didn’t end up with a shoe fetish! 😯 Of course, I did eat one of her shoes while I boarded with her, but only one. It tasted really good too! Also, she did not hit me with the other one!!
It’s all About the Dopamine
I can’t say for sure how I feel about Calvin yet. I’ll talk to Mom about it when she comes to visit next week and she’ll let you know then. I can say I miss Mom. Calvin would say I don’t really miss Mom as he is feeding me and one vending machine is as good as another for a dog. That’s in his book. Mom says she will put a link. The hand-feeding idea is a good one for building your bond with your dog. But really how can Calvin know whether I miss Mom or not. Of course, Mom said I looked pretty chilled at Addy’s after she left me there. Addy sent lots of short videos. Frankly, I was pretty chilled. Maybe the truth is Mom misses me! 💡 That’s OK Mom you’ll see me next week and maybe you won’t even fall down!
Mom says studies have been done that show when people pet their dogs their dopamine levels rise and so do the dogs. It’s a mutual dopamine fest! She says that and the fact we helped humans hunt is how we became dogs. See! I’m supposed to hunt things. It’s in my DNA!
Anyway. that’s all I got for now. Jasper the dog signing off! Woof! 😆
