RE: bring me . . . a sock
Wylie doesn't bother with socks or shoes, but does take stuffed toys out every time he goes outside. He often will collect as many as he can cram in his mouth, maybe 3 fairly large toys. If he drops one he works diligently to pick it up before he will go outside. He carries them to the back yard and drops them when he pees. The toys don't get played with much, just carried out to the yard so I can carry them back in. Vicky Hall in Utah
Re: Bring me . . . a SOCK
Ah, yes, the berner that needs something in the mouth when s/he is excited... We have learned to keep stuffed animals handy by the door, so when we come home we can stuff them in her mouth... If we don't she mouths us, chews on Apollo, and barks incescently in the highest pitched bark a berner could possibly have (Rowan is defintely a Soprano!) Stuff the green moose into her mouth though, and she is happy as a clam. :-) Given that we are moving from the country into an apartment building in two weeks and Rowan loves the sound of her own voice, I can see that we're going to be stuffing toys into her mouth often... Is Micawber otherwise a mouth oriented dog? Rowan gives these love nibbles when she is cuddling with us. They are very cute, as long as she doesn't get bare skin or sensitive places. ;-) When she was a puppy, I was constantly shoving a toy into her mouth, to keep other stuff out of her mouth! Corie
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Mack also needs something in his mouth when he greets me. He is usually at the door to say a quick hello and then runs into the living room to get a bone (or his favorite toy - a plastic ham steak). Then he runs around and keeps coming up to me to show me that he has the bone. It always seems like such a nice gesture on his part - but I have no clue as to why he does this. It must mean something, if so many berners have this same ritual. Maureen - Original Message - From: "Eileen Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: Bring me . . . a SOCK > We need some levity here. > > Micawber the Berner boy has been bouncing along, doing just fine. Currently > he is standing outside the office barking at me because I have the baby gate > up so he can't get in. The purpose is not to keep Mic out, but Nessie the > Newfie, who is recovering from her second surgery from her double ACL > rupture this winter, IN. > > Does anyone else have a Berner who has to pick something up and hold it in > order to greet them? What Mic really wants is a sock. If he can't get a > sock, he'll get a shoe. And if he can't get either of those things he'll go > trash my bed and carry down some bedclothes. So I leave him some socks out > to grab and carry when I come home. How sad is THAT, I ask you!!! > > Eileen Morgan > The Mare's Nest > http://www.enter.net/~edlehman > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/2003 >
Re: Bring me . . . a SOCK
Hi Eileen: Our 10 month old Berner Gertie INSISTS on having something in her mouth when she greats us. Actually, she won't even come over to us till she has something, then she'll come over, tail going a mile a minute, and shove the item (usually one of her stuffed toys) into our legs...or elsewhere. I thought it was a conditioned response on her part to have something in her mouth so that she wouldn't give "welcome home love nibbles". Maybe the experts on the L could give us the REAL reason :) Mike and Gertie - the orally fixated Berner - Original Message - From: "Eileen Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: Bring me . . . a SOCK > We need some levity here. > > Micawber the Berner boy has been bouncing along, doing just fine. Currently > he is standing outside the office barking at me because I have the baby gate > up so he can't get in. The purpose is not to keep Mic out, but Nessie the > Newfie, who is recovering from her second surgery from her double ACL > rupture this winter, IN. > > Does anyone else have a Berner who has to pick something up and hold it in > order to greet them? What Mic really wants is a sock. If he can't get a > sock, he'll get a shoe. And if he can't get either of those things he'll go > trash my bed and carry down some bedclothes. So I leave him some socks out > to grab and carry when I come home. How sad is THAT, I ask you!!! > > Eileen Morgan > The Mare's Nest > http://www.enter.net/~edlehman > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/2003 > - Original Message ----- From: "Eileen Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:39 AM Subject: Bring me . . . a SOCK > We need some levity here. > > Micawber the Berner boy has been bouncing along, doing just fine. Currently > he is standing outside the office barking at me because I have the baby gate > up so he can't get in. The purpose is not to keep Mic out, but Nessie the > Newfie, who is recovering from her second surgery from her double ACL > rupture this winter, IN. > > Does anyone else have a Berner who has to pick something up and hold it in > order to greet them? What Mic really wants is a sock. If he can't get a > sock, he'll get a shoe. And if he can't get either of those things he'll go > trash my bed and carry down some bedclothes. So I leave him some socks out > to grab and carry when I come home. How sad is THAT, I ask you!!! > > Eileen Morgan > The Mare's Nest > http://www.enter.net/~edlehman > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/2003 >
Re: Bring me . . . a SOCK
Our Cooper is a "shoe thief". It gives him the most pleasure to greet us with a shoe. He never chews them, just likes to carry them around. So, we keep randome shoes and sandals just inside the entry of the back of the house. It's not an unusual sight to find me out in the wee hours of the morning looking for one of my slippers. Now that we just brought our Bella home, she's taken to doing the same thing ... only she really wants to chew them. Barb Gasper Zionsville, PA www.enter.net/~mgasper for pix etc. of our gang (which just got bigger) - Original Message - From: "Eileen Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bernese Mountain Dog Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 9:39 AM Subject: Bring me . . . a SOCK > We need some levity here. > > Micawber the Berner boy has been bouncing along, doing just fine. Currently > he is standing outside the office barking at me because I have the baby gate > up so he can't get in. The purpose is not to keep Mic out, but Nessie the > Newfie, who is recovering from her second surgery from her double ACL > rupture this winter, IN. > > Does anyone else have a Berner who has to pick something up and hold it in > order to greet them? What Mic really wants is a sock. If he can't get a > sock, he'll get a shoe. And if he can't get either of those things he'll go > trash my bed and carry down some bedclothes. So I leave him some socks out > to grab and carry when I come home. How sad is THAT, I ask you!!! > > Eileen Morgan > The Mare's Nest > http://www.enter.net/~edlehman > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/2003 >
bring me . . . a sock
Eileen, This must be a berner thing (along with leaning on you!!) Briar absolutely LOVES stuffed animals!! He is waiting at the bottom of the stairs every morning with his "bear" in his mouth (or his raccoon, buffalo, soccer ball or football... all plush toys). And he doesn't chew them, but they are almost like a security blanket to him. We can even specify which stuffed animal to bring to us and he does!! We have found that if he doesn't have something to put in his mouth, then he will substitute a hand or arm instead!! He isn't a kisser, so I'm guessing its his way of showing affection...he just has SO much love to give... haha! But he can give it to a stuffed animal, instead of me having a slobbered-on arm! I thought I was the only one with a strange dog!! Angela & Briar
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Oh... my...word... This is why we don't have girls. They are just WAY too smart! Andie and Tugboat (huh?) and Steamboat (What's THAT supposed to mean??) Wilmington, NC Mary-Ann Bowman wrote: My puppy, Halo, also likes things in her mouth. For example, when she wakes me up at night to go out she always has something in her mouth -- a toy, a sock, clothes, whatever :) This morning it was a collar that had been on the floor. She carries her object to the back door where I take it from her and out she goes, happy as can be. When she was about five months old I noticed that my oven mitts and place mats kept showing up in the hallway. I reminded the kids of the need to not leave these things around where the puppy could get them. After a couple more days of this and more reminders to the kids (who, as always, said they did not do it :) I discovered that the wee fiend was opening the drawer and taking the items out. As I sat on the couch, she calmly went to the correct drawer (among four) in the kitchen, scratched at the top until she could get her nose in it, opened the drawer and removed the desired items. She carried each to the hall and went back for more. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I am not sure I would believe it but it is true. She has never opened the drawers above or below -- just that one and she doesn't chew the things but rather just carries them places. Since I blame all devious actions on her father (since it could not possibly come from my own sweet Abra) I informed Terri Zimmerman of this new talent of Zaltana's offspring. Being a diplomat, Terri usually blames my cats for the puppies' bad habits, but this time she blamed me -- said it was from the tracking training I was doing with Halo since after all, she was just finding (oven) gloves ;) And she might have been right since little Halo deVil did get her Tracking Dog title on her six month birthday. I guess the trick is to practice at home with hidden oven mitts. Of course, now (the inappropriately named) Halo has learned to get the frig open -- since the cats do not do this nor does her perfect mother, I am sure we can agree that it must be from her father's side of the family ;) Mary-Ann Bowman Utah
Re: Bring me . . . a SOCK
My puppy, Halo, also likes things in her mouth. For example, when she wakes me up at night to go out she always has something in her mouth -- a toy, a sock, clothes, whatever :) This morning it was a collar that had been on the floor. She carries her object to the back door where I take it from her and out she goes, happy as can be. When she was about five months old I noticed that my oven mitts and place mats kept showing up in the hallway. I reminded the kids of the need to not leave these things around where the puppy could get them. After a couple more days of this and more reminders to the kids (who, as always, said they did not do it :) I discovered that the wee fiend was opening the drawer and taking the items out. As I sat on the couch, she calmly went to the correct drawer (among four) in the kitchen, scratched at the top until she could get her nose in it, opened the drawer and removed the desired items. She carried each to the hall and went back for more. If I had not seen it with my own eyes, I am not sure I would believe it but it is true. She has never opened the drawers above or below -- just that one and she doesn't chew the things but rather just carries them places. Since I blame all devious actions on her father (since it could not possibly come from my own sweet Abra) I informed Terri Zimmerman of this new talent of Zaltana's offspring. Being a diplomat, Terri usually blames my cats for the puppies' bad habits, but this time she blamed me -- said it was from the tracking training I was doing with Halo since after all, she was just finding (oven) gloves ;) And she might have been right since little Halo deVil did get her Tracking Dog title on her six month birthday. I guess the trick is to practice at home with hidden oven mitts. Of course, now (the inappropriately named) Halo has learned to get the frig open -- since the cats do not do this nor does her perfect mother, I am sure we can agree that it must be from her father's side of the family ;) Mary-Ann Bowman Utah
Bring me . . . a SOCK
We need some levity here. Micawber the Berner boy has been bouncing along, doing just fine. Currently he is standing outside the office barking at me because I have the baby gate up so he can't get in. The purpose is not to keep Mic out, but Nessie the Newfie, who is recovering from her second surgery from her double ACL rupture this winter, IN. Does anyone else have a Berner who has to pick something up and hold it in order to greet them? What Mic really wants is a sock. If he can't get a sock, he'll get a shoe. And if he can't get either of those things he'll go trash my bed and carry down some bedclothes. So I leave him some socks out to grab and carry when I come home. How sad is THAT, I ask you!!! Eileen Morgan The Mare's Nest http://www.enter.net/~edlehman --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.504 / Virus Database: 302 - Release Date: 7/24/2003
