Fashion Faux PAWS

It's been nearly two years since I started going to the dog park. I went from never owning a dog to owning two dogs and going to the dog park every single day! Here are some FASHION lessons I have learned!

1) Never wear a white shirt.
2) If you like your gloves, make sure you keep them on because the second those puppies come off a dog will snatch and chew them up!
3) Your legs will get battered by excited dogs so if you want to wear shorts be ready to be a scratching post.
4) Remember those brand new shoes you bought? They now have poop in all the tiny crevices. Good luck cleaning them!
5) High heels? PLEASE! Those suckers will sink into the urine infested ground. YUM.
6) Nice phones and other expensive electronics will get drooled on, stolen by a sneaky pup and ultimately broken because dogs don't mind yanking things off the table and using them as their personal chew toy.
7) Scarves can prove to be ultra hazardous especially if you wrap them nicely around your neck. This can incite a type of tug of war between you and a dog or one dog on each end.
8) That gorgeous Louis Vuitton bag that you own won't stand a chance. First, it smells like a cow (yummy) and second, dogs don't care how much you spent on your accessories.
9) Wild, untamed hair may attract the opposite sex but it will also attract dogs. Scrunch it up lady! Unless you want your hair chewed on and ultimately pulled out.
10) Summer dresses might be nice but if you are conservative be prepared for sniffing dogs to push up your skirt. They don't follow the same moral codes that we do and screaming just makes them want to do it more!

That's SHOCKING!

Simba has had a obsession with eating poop, wood chips and dirt. I have tried everything I know to deter him but it has gotten to the point that he has resisted every tactic. I have used so many different types of water bottles to spray him in the face each time he was bad but he would stop for a moment and then back at the bad behavior. He has reached a point where he seeks out dog poop of any kind. It's not like I can put medication in every dogs poop so as to deter him from eating it! Then one day he had eaten so much stuff at the dog park that when we got home he could not stop gagging. He ended up throwing up all over the place. There was so much vomit that I couldn't believe he had ingested THAT much stuff! A friend mentioned that he could get very ill by eating all that junk and so I knew that I needed to take drastic measures. I purchased a training collar otherwise known as a shock collar. I did a lot of research before I purchased it and I felt so guilty once I put in the order. I don't like the thought of shocking my dog. It makes me feel sad and wicked. So before I used the collar on Simba, I decided to feel the shock first hand. I was apprehensive about it but I put the collar on my leg and went through four levels without feeling anything. At the fifth level there was a big change. It didn't hurt but it did shock me. I let out a little scream because I wasn't expecting it and Simba came running to see if I was OK. I quickly hid the collar and pretended all was well. So at least I know now that it won't hurt him but it will certainly surprise him.

The first time I used the collar on Simba I spent most of my time using the negative tones when he would approach poop.Then I had to use the shock and he yelped and jumped up in the air. I wanted to cry! Needless to say he was extremely depressed and confused. He did not want to play or go near me. I hate that I have had to resort to this but am hopeful that because he is a smart dog he will learn quickly that he is not supposed to eat all that stuff. I would prefer never to use this device again!