EXCUSES
I cannot train my dog today,
the sky is overcast and gray,
the air's too damp, I've got a cramp,
and the dog's just eaten anyway.
Can't find the leash, got home too late,
I'm due somewhere tonight at eight.
I've got a rash, a gash and bumps,
Too tired now to get the jumps.
Traffic's made me tense and strained,
I have to lose this weight I've gained.
How can we work when it's just rained?
The dog's too hyper, my mood is blue,
I must be coming down with the flu,
I cough, I sneeze and wheeze and choke,
Darn! My only dumbbell broke!
Too cold outside - my feet are numb.
There's a sliver in my thumb.
The house needs cleaning, it's a sight.
I have to work overtime tonight.
I had a nap. Had company.
Lawrence Welk is on TV.
My toe is sore - it might be gout,
I think my hair is falling out.
I ate too much. My day's been rough.
I think my dog has had enough
Of this daily training grind,
we need some time off to unwind.
Author Unknown
I cannot train my dog today,
the sky is overcast and gray,
the air's too damp, I've got a cramp,
and the dog's just eaten anyway.
Can't find the leash, got home too late,
I'm due somewhere tonight at eight.
I've got a rash, a gash and bumps,
Too tired now to get the jumps.
Traffic's made me tense and strained,
I have to lose this weight I've gained.
How can we work when it's just rained?
The dog's too hyper, my mood is blue,
I must be coming down with the flu,
I cough, I sneeze and wheeze and choke,
Darn! My only dumbbell broke!
Too cold outside - my feet are numb.
There's a sliver in my thumb.
The house needs cleaning, it's a sight.
I have to work overtime tonight.
I had a nap. Had company.
Lawrence Welk is on TV.
My toe is sore - it might be gout,
I think my hair is falling out.
I ate too much. My day's been rough.
I think my dog has had enough
Of this daily training grind,
we need some time off to unwind.
Author Unknown
It's been awhile since I've diligently trained Abby. I've come up with a hundred and one reasons not to: it's getting dark early, it's too cold, it rained again, it upsets the other dogs, I worked too late, etc. Reading that poem really cracked me up because I think that I have used every one of those recently. But the truth is that I just needed a break. Life has been crazy/hectic/stressful lately and something had to give. I figured that it was the kid's turn to take the back seat for awhile (both figuratively and literally)
For most of the year, my life revolves around dogs. If it's not my own, then it's a friend's or work's. I'm either driving to training classes, or watching a friend trial, or driving a dog to/from the shelter/vet hospital, etc. If I don't have one dog sitting on my lap, I have two. If I try to give them chewies to keep them calm for awhile, I end up playing playground police making sure that everyone stays happy with their own chewie. Everything, including my food, is covered in dog hair. My life doesn't feel like my own at times.
I need to feel like a person again. I need to pretend that my life revolves around me, and not the dogs. I need to find a hobby to keep my other hobby from taking over my life! I need a break from the constant go that is dogs. So, for a little while anyway, we are a "normal" dog family. The dogs are getting walks around the house instead of in the hills. They are getting cookies for "sitting" instead of "sit -down-stay-walk around". I'm trying to spend more time reading an actual book and less time reading dog blogs. It's tough, but I'm trying.
I know this won't last for long, as the dogs are already a bit antsy with this slower pace. And I'm sure I'll get bored quickly too. But we have no trials coming up any time soon, and if ever there was a good time to take a training break, now is the time. Since we aren't training as much, I'm blogging less and less. But hopefully I'll find more time to take pictures of the kids again and post those instead.
For most of the year, my life revolves around dogs. If it's not my own, then it's a friend's or work's. I'm either driving to training classes, or watching a friend trial, or driving a dog to/from the shelter/vet hospital, etc. If I don't have one dog sitting on my lap, I have two. If I try to give them chewies to keep them calm for awhile, I end up playing playground police making sure that everyone stays happy with their own chewie. Everything, including my food, is covered in dog hair. My life doesn't feel like my own at times.
I need to feel like a person again. I need to pretend that my life revolves around me, and not the dogs. I need to find a hobby to keep my other hobby from taking over my life! I need a break from the constant go that is dogs. So, for a little while anyway, we are a "normal" dog family. The dogs are getting walks around the house instead of in the hills. They are getting cookies for "sitting" instead of "sit -down-stay-walk around". I'm trying to spend more time reading an actual book and less time reading dog blogs. It's tough, but I'm trying.
I know this won't last for long, as the dogs are already a bit antsy with this slower pace. And I'm sure I'll get bored quickly too. But we have no trials coming up any time soon, and if ever there was a good time to take a training break, now is the time. Since we aren't training as much, I'm blogging less and less. But hopefully I'll find more time to take pictures of the kids again and post those instead.
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