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bayoubaby · 04-30-2006, 03:49 PM

MY GRACIE DID THIS ALOT WHEN SHE WAS A PUP, STILL DOES IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I LAUGH UNTIL I CRY IF HER DADDY IS CHASING HER! BUT IF SHE HAS SOMETHING THAT CAN HURT HER IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM. MY ISSUE IS WHEN SHE GOES OUTSIDE. GRACIE WAS REALLY SHELTERED B/C WE LIVED CLOSE TO THE ROAD SO IF SHE AND TAS WENT OUTSIDE IT WAS IN THEIR PUPPY PEN OR ON A LEASH. (SHE STILL WON'T WEAR A LEASH TODAY. SHE SAYS PRINCESSES HAVE TIARAS NOT LEASHES.) NOW WE LIVE ON AN EVEN BUSIER STREET BUT I HAVE A PRIVACY FENCE THEN A 16 X 16, 4 1/2 FOOT HIGH WOODEN FENCE INSIDE THAT ONE-I'M A LITTLE OVERPROTECTIVE SINCE GRACIE FOUND OUT THAT SHE CAN SQUEEZE BETWEEN THE HINGED GATE. I COULDN'T GET HER TO COME BACK THRU THE FENCE FOR ANYTHING. I SAW HER GETTING OUT, AND ALMOST CAUGHT HER BUT SHE JUST STOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE AND LOOKED AT ME WHILE I YELLED, THEN SWEETLY CALLED, THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED A "TREAT"-I COULDN'T GET THRU B/C THE GATE WAS LOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE...WHEN GRACIE GOT BORED WITH ME AND MY RAMBLINGS SHE HEADED FOR THE ROAD TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN(WHICH WAS ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE GATE) I STILL WONDER WHY SHE HAS A 50 X 75 FOOT FENCED IN AREA TO PLAY IN AND SHE WANTS "OUT"! THANK GOD (AND MY MOM) AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, MY MOTHER WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY ON HER CELL PHONE AND HEARD ME SCREAMING. SHE JUST STOPPED IN TO VISIT A MINUTE! SHE OPENED HER DOOR AND ALMOST STEPPED ON GRACIE. SCARED GRACIE OUT OF HER MIND. SHE RAN BEHIND MY MOMS SUV AND TUCKED UP UNDER THE BUMPER JUST 5 FEET FROM THE BUSY ROAD! MOM PICKED HER UP WITHOUT A BLINK FROM GRACIE. SHE WAS FROZEN. WE CHANGED THE HINGES SO ITS ALMOST TOO TIGHT TO OPEN THE DANG DOOR, AND GRACIE IS UNDER MY FEET THE WHOLE TIME LIKE IT OR NOT.

ANYWAY, I USED TO TRY EVERYTHING TO GET HER TO COME TO ME BUT SHE WAS VERY INDEPENDENT AND HARD HEADED! BUT IT'S LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO, IT CLICKED IN HER HEAD THAT I MIGHT BE UPSET. ITS ALL PLAY TO A PUPPY. ESPECIALLY A SPOILED PUPPY. TRY TO SHUT DOORS AND PUT UP PUPPY/KID GATES SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO FAR TO RUN. IT WILL GET BORING PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK IN A SMALL ROOM WITH AN UPSET MOMMY. JUST BE SURE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH SWEET TALK AFTER THIS CHASE SO SHE ISN'T SCARED TO COME TO YOU.

I'M SORRY AND I WISH I HAD MORE FOR YOU!

04-30-2006, 03:49 PM	#7
bayoubaby Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: louisiana Posts: 13	MY GRACIE DID THIS ALOT WHEN SHE WAS A PUP, STILL DOES IT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. I LAUGH UNTIL I CRY IF HER DADDY IS CHASING HER! BUT IF SHE HAS SOMETHING THAT CAN HURT HER IT'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM. MY ISSUE IS WHEN SHE GOES OUTSIDE. GRACIE WAS REALLY SHELTERED B/C WE LIVED CLOSE TO THE ROAD SO IF SHE AND TAS WENT OUTSIDE IT WAS IN THEIR PUPPY PEN OR ON A LEASH. (SHE STILL WON'T WEAR A LEASH TODAY. SHE SAYS PRINCESSES HAVE TIARAS NOT LEASHES.) NOW WE LIVE ON AN EVEN BUSIER STREET BUT I HAVE A PRIVACY FENCE THEN A 16 X 16, 4 1/2 FOOT HIGH WOODEN FENCE INSIDE THAT ONE-I'M A LITTLE OVERPROTECTIVE SINCE GRACIE FOUND OUT THAT SHE CAN SQUEEZE BETWEEN THE HINGED GATE. I COULDN'T GET HER TO COME BACK THRU THE FENCE FOR ANYTHING. I SAW HER GETTING OUT, AND ALMOST CAUGHT HER BUT SHE JUST STOOD ON THE OTHER SIDE AND LOOKED AT ME WHILE I YELLED, THEN SWEETLY CALLED, THEN ASKED HER IF SHE WANTED A "TREAT"-I COULDN'T GET THRU B/C THE GATE WAS LOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE...WHEN GRACIE GOT BORED WITH ME AND MY RAMBLINGS SHE HEADED FOR THE ROAD TO EXPLORE THE UNKNOWN(WHICH WAS ONLY ABOUT 20 FEET FROM THE GATE) I STILL WONDER WHY SHE HAS A 50 X 75 FOOT FENCED IN AREA TO PLAY IN AND SHE WANTS "OUT"! THANK GOD (AND MY MOM) AS FATE WOULD HAVE IT, MY MOTHER WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY ON HER CELL PHONE AND HEARD ME SCREAMING. SHE JUST STOPPED IN TO VISIT A MINUTE! SHE OPENED HER DOOR AND ALMOST STEPPED ON GRACIE. SCARED GRACIE OUT OF HER MIND. SHE RAN BEHIND MY MOMS SUV AND TUCKED UP UNDER THE BUMPER JUST 5 FEET FROM THE BUSY ROAD! MOM PICKED HER UP WITHOUT A BLINK FROM GRACIE. SHE WAS FROZEN. WE CHANGED THE HINGES SO ITS ALMOST TOO TIGHT TO OPEN THE DANG DOOR, AND GRACIE IS UNDER MY FEET THE WHOLE TIME LIKE IT OR NOT. ANYWAY, I USED TO TRY EVERYTHING TO GET HER TO COME TO ME BUT SHE WAS VERY INDEPENDENT AND HARD HEADED! BUT IT'S LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN ABOUT 5 MONTHS AGO, IT CLICKED IN HER HEAD THAT I MIGHT BE UPSET. ITS ALL PLAY TO A PUPPY. ESPECIALLY A SPOILED PUPPY. TRY TO SHUT DOORS AND PUT UP PUPPY/KID GATES SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO FAR TO RUN. IT WILL GET BORING PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK IN A SMALL ROOM WITH AN UPSET MOMMY. JUST BE SURE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH SWEET TALK AFTER THIS CHASE SO SHE ISN'T SCARED TO COME TO YOU. I'M SORRY AND I WISH I HAD MORE FOR YOU!