Luk's First Bike Ride

SUCCESS!!!! Luk and I went on our first bike ride together!!! He did sooo good;)))) We ran into another dog and he just kept going;)))) ...all the way around the neighborhood! Poor thing is dead tired;)

How to quickly train your dog not to bark

Luk, my Doberman mix, happens to be quite the vocal puppy when he wants something, like to go outside, again, and again, for no good reason.  Why? because he'll come back two seconds after; he just likes to make rounds on his squirrel territory.

It's become quite a pesky thing, this thing he does.

One day I decided to borrow a trick out of "Mom's Book of Tricks" and put my index finger up in the air saying "ONE".
Then, after he barked again, "TWO"
and again: "THREE"
At which point Luk was grabbed by the collar and calmly walked over to the guest bathroom.

After he came down, he was let back out.

After several trips to the bathroom he put two and two together:

bark = finger in the air
three fingers in the air = time out


Now, I only count to ONE
TWO tops:)
Okay, okay, once in a while THREE is used as well:)

The Advocate Magazine Fun Bit

A funny thing happened this weekend; I get a message from Travis: "was just at the gym doing cardio reading the advocate...saw your quote about Amy Acker:-)"

I was like what???

Turns out, it's actually there... LOL
What a blast!

The Squirrel Incident

Well, Luk finally did it.
He was chasing the squirrels all this time and he finally got one.
The poor thing was pinned to the ground when Laimis and I ran outside to rescue it.
Luk's damages: bleeding from squirrel bites.
Squirrel's damages: freaked the hell out and slobbered on.
The little squirrel finally got up enough courage to move and made it for a tree, but was barely holding onto the bark from breathing so hard and being so shaken by the ordeal. Slowly it went up the tree, barking at me; I made sure it wasn't hurt otherwise. So glad Luk was just "playing" with it like a lion playing with a mouse to show the kids how it's done... I just don't think I could handle a squirrel death by mauling.