Frequently as I watch The Dog Whisperer in wonder you would think I would have better behaved dogs. Nay, they are two idiots sharing half of the same brain. Doug and Didge have shown a stubborn resistance to all training techniques geared towards behavior improvement. Dumbly they stare back at you with floppy ears and tails curled in opposite directions. Hence affection is secured.
My home is guarded like a medieval castle by Doug the Pug AKA Douglas Fur. No threat goes unaddressed from the six year old, elderly speed walker or even stroller derby that goes by daily in varying intervals. If the two legged variety are the worse than the four legged are the funnest aspect of his work. Chipmunks, squirrels and the dread bunny fare no better. At any rate the price for defense has grown.
Letting the idiocy of my dogs behavior is trying on the poor neighbors just strolling by and regaining my pack leader authority is time consuming and frustrating. Work will continue and who knows in three years progress might be evident. My day dreams include acquiring one of those "intelligent" dogs in the coming years. Sort of like an upgrade in which the user instructions are less than fifty pages and are not some poor translation from the original text.
