Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Dear Dairy,

I thought it might be fun to try out Maggie the Poodle Cross's Amazing Miracle Disobedience Theory today, & see if she was right about its practice bringing me to a position of leadership in my pack.

Mistress Wendy was teaching piano to a little girl & I wanted to play tug. There was an adult lady waiting for the girl's lesson to finish & I thought she might be a fun playmate. Normally, I'd just lie under the piano & wait for the lesson to end, but I thought of Maggie's theory, & I said to myself, "Schubert, good dog! You know what you want! Go out there and grab it!" So I trotted up to the lady & bit her playfully on the leg.

Not only did I not get to play with the lady, but Mistress Wendy yelled at me & put me in a down-stay for forty five minutes!

"Human beings want their dogs to be in charge!" Ha! Maggie's theory is crazy. Maybe it works for Cats, but it'll be a long time before I try it out again.

Unless I really, REALLY want something & I can't help myself.

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