My dogs did something terrible. They know they’re not supposed to pee in the house, ESPECIALLY on the bed.

I left the house for a couple of hours and what do i see? Pee. All over the house. Yes, I was mad and infuriated, but angry to the point where I would punish them harshly. But this time the bed sheets were wet.  Apparently, one of the three actually got ON the bed and wee-wee’d all over the blanket. There was no simple fix. The whole thing had to be washed.

What I don’t understand is how they STILL pee in the house even after living in the house for more than a year. They should know better after MONTHS and MONTHS of training with treats (and of course, punishments). When I am with them, they are the sweetest angels, yet in my absence, they are pee monsters.

I know this isn’t the right thing to do and I regret every time I do it (and I try not to do more that i’ll regret but ergg.. lack of self control), but this time I was a little more vociferous and more spank-y. Guess I had a bad day. ;/

Here are the pictures of them hiding from me:

Worst part was that they were so scared that they wouldn’t come when I called their names. Eh.. i’m such a meanie

Sorry guys. I’ll control myself next time. But try not to pee/poop in the house anymore, huh?

PS: Yes, my dogs can read.. and turn on a computer… and open the browser and type in “blog.pawshpal.com” with their paws..

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It’s 1 AM. Appointment to get my dog Cocoa’s balls chopped off is in 7 hours. I can’t sleep; what do I do? Chop them off or keep them?

My logical side says to go for it. But my gut tells me this isn’t the way to go. My heart tells me God made them for a reason. As long as I can control my dogs (and thus, his breeding pattern), I should be ok. What i meant was… he should be ok.

I find myself in an odd engima. I am nervous. My hands are sweaty. I feel like I have butterflies in my stomache.

Would appreciate any comments or feedbacks.

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I am sure all dog (and well, cat) owners have at one point thought, “what if my pet can talk? wouldn’t that be great?” I personally think it would be more than just awesome. I think it would change our lives in ways that we cannot even fathom.

Take Brian Griffin from the animated TV show Family Guy. This guy is basically the baby sitter, wise advisor, and an alcoholic who gets into all kinds of troubles and gets other Griffins out of trouble.

Sure, it’s just a cartoon. Yuck yuck, ha ha. But there is this universal theme that all pet owners wonder… do they understand us? And if so, we’d love for them to respond back to us in a language we can understand.

Crazy you say? Well, there are some books that seem to have “agreed” with this crazy concept:

• If Dogs Could Talk & Dogs Can Talk Two
• Can Dogs Talk? (Happy Dog Trilogy from Alaska Series, Vol 1)
• If Dogs Could Talk: Exploring the Canine Mind
• If Dogs Could Talk: Tongues Unleashed! (Upsize Humor Book)
• If Your Dog Could Talk
• 101 Questions Your Dog Would Ask Its Vet (If Your Dog Could Talk)
• If Dogs Could Talk: Exploring the Canine Mind

That’s a quite lot of crazy people out there wondering this crazy thing.

But truly, how would your life change if your pet was capable of speaking your language? How would life be different? Here are some of my ideas for my dogs.

1. Dogs will tell me WHEN they need to go eat, poop, and/or pee.
2. I would ask them what kind of treats and toys they like, so I don’t have to buy and find out they don’t  like what I bought… (stores don’t take back toys with drool on them unfortunately).
3. My dog Cocoa loves to hump other dogs and I would ask him why he does that, then ask him cut it out and explain to him why I don’t him doing that (i.e. lawsuit, injury, vet bill, etc.)
4. When they do something bad and I punish them, they can ask why and we’d explain.
5. When they behave like dogs (especially the pack mentality), I would ask why they do what they do.
6. I would ask them to get a JOB that requires only his voice, such as telemarketer or customer service rep.

I got a zillion other ideas but I’ll save them for later. But I think I’m onto something with #6. Might pursue that further (when my dogs learn to speak)

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Breaking SAD news.

My dog Cocoa will be neutered on May 27th. He has slightly over a month in which to hump other dogs by utilizing his manliness balls to assert dominance. It’s sad, but it’s gotta be done. He’s way too aggressive for a puppy. I can’t imagine how much more aggressive he’ll get when he reaches his “puberty” so to speak.

Why did I wait? Well, he’s by far the most active, energetic, and playful of the three dogs that I have. I know this is stupid, but I somehow though that if I chopped off his testicles (without replacing them with neuticles), he would lose his spunk and that I would be left with three rather boring dogs.

But I know it has to be done. So I bit the bullet and called the Nut Chopper (i.e. animal shelter/control dept).

Here are some myths and facts that helped me mentally:

Many people, particularly men, have a hard time sterilizing their pets, imposing upon their dogs their own feelings on losing reproductive abilities. A dog will not feel like less of a “man” or “woman” after being sterilized. It will not suffer an identity crisis or mourn the loss of its reproductive capability. Your dog will simply have one less need to fulfill.

A dog’s basic personality is formed more by environment and genetics than by sex hormones, so sterilization will not change your dog’s basic personality, make your dog sluggish or affect its natural instinct to protect the pack. But it will give you a better behaved pet.

Neutered dogs have less desire to roam, mark territory (like your couch!) and exert dominance over the pack. Spayed dogs no longer experience the hormonal changes during heat cycles that turn your pet into a nervous dog that cries incessantly and attracts unwanted male dogs. Sterilized dogs are more affectionate and less likely to bite, run away, become aggressive, or get into a fight.

Another myth is that spaying and neutering cause weight gain. Dogs do not get fat simply by being sterilized. Just like humans, dogs gain weight if they eat too much and exercise too little or if they are genetically programmed to be overweight. The weight gain that people may witness after sterilization is most likely caused by continuing to feed a high energy diet to a dog that is reducing its need for energy as it reaches adult size.

Dogs do not mourn their lost capability to reproduce. They reproduce solely to ensure the survival of their species. They do not raise a puppy for eighteen years. They do not dream of their puppy’s wedding. They do not hope for the comfort of grandchildren in their old age. Female dogs nurse for a few weeks, teach the puppies rules, boundaries, and limitations and send them off to join the pack. Male dogs are not “fathers” in the human sense of the word; they do not even recognize puppies as their own.

Bye bye, Cocoa balls. Farewell. It was nice knowing you. You were so cute and cuddly.

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Dogs are great because they empathize with you and feel the same emotions you do. It’s like they read your spirit and somehow internalizes what they sense.

But apparently, that goes for falling asleep at the wheel too (on my way from the Chihuahua meetup):

“We’re getting sleepy… sleepy… sleepy…”

But apparently, that goes for falling asleep at the wheel too:

What’s most incredible is that the person taking this picture (Rose) was actually letting me fall asleep just so she can take this Kodak moment.

I don’t recommend you try this at home.

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