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Blue Is The Most Ferocious Pet In The Neighborhood

Ferocious

Ferocious!

Through a series of social media posts, we now know the identity of the black-and-white cat that has been tormenting poor Blue.

Her name is Trixie.

Trixie the Cat often parades herself in front of the window, ignoring Blue’s ferocious warnings.

Trixie likes to nap in the sunbeam on the front porch, pretending to be oblivious to Blue’s ferocious warnings.

Sometimes, when the sunbeam moves, Trixie will nap and/or parade further down the front walk.

She always stays in view of the window.

And always, Blue’s ferocious warnings fall on pretend-to-be-deaf ears.

Would Trixie be so brave if I let Blue out?

Would Blue be so ferocious face-to-face with a rumored tough cat?

We’re not going to find out.

I have a sneaking suspicion that Trixie would win that fight.

But don’t tell Blue I said that.

She’s already insulted that I laugh at Trixie’s antics.

We’ll just let Blue continue to think she’s the biggest, baddest, most ferocious pet in the neighborhood.

Good girl, Blue, good girl.

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Liz Brenner

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Good Girl, Blue – What A Good Watchdog

Good Girl

Good Girl, Blue

Good girl, Blue.

Blue is a watchdog.

But not a very effective watchdog.

She’ll bark at random leaves.

Passing schoolkids.

And, more often than not, nothing at all.

Last night, at 2:00 am, she went bonkers.

She never barks at night, so Bob got up to investigate.

In our driveway, dressed ninja-style, were three bad guys, checking out the cars.

Bob yelled, and the ninjas ran off.

The cops came to the house to take a report.

My biggest disappointment is that I slept through the entire thing.

I missed all the excitement.

Blue is a hero.

I will never again tell her to shut up when she’s barking at random leaves.

Good girl, Blue, good girl.

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Why It’s Important To Teach Your Dog To Heel

Heel

Teach Your Dog To Heel

Heel!

I’ve got Blue in a dog training class.

She’s very smart, and she’s very eager to please.

At our last session, we worked on “heel.”

One lady took her dog and left class.

She thought that this lesson was boring.

Seriously?

It’s the most fundamental thing to teach.

Once the dog learns to heel, all the other commands fall into place.

Plus, heeling makes walks more fun because the dog doesn’t pull.

It’s a huge loss if she doesn’t learn this thing.

During our dog class, a rabbit wandered by.

It was either a very stupid rabbit or a very brave rabbit.

All the dogs went nuts.

The rabbit, either very stupid or very brave, lived, thanks to the very skilled dog trainer.

It was a teachable moment.

Heel!

Liz Brenner

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Lessons From A Dog – It’s Not a Bad Way to Start The Day

Lessons From A Dog

Lessons From A Dog

Blue has come to expect a fervent and slobbery good morning kiss.

Every single day.

From each and every member of the household.

Enthusiastic leaping, wagging, and licking is a requirement.

From the dog, not necessarily from the humans.

She is wildly excited to greet each person as they awaken.

The family, on the other hand, is grumpy and delirious and hasn’t had any coffee yet.

Blue doesn’t care.

She demands a wholehearted, full-contact, good-morning wrassle.

And she always gets it.

To tell the truth, it’s not a bad way to start the day.

Unbridled happiness is her go-to mood.

We could learn some serious life lessons from a dog.

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It’s Been Confirmed

It's Been Confirmed

It’s Been Confirmed

It’s been confirmed.

Blue gets carsick.

If anyone needs me, I’ll be spending the rest of the day detailing my car.

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These Stupid Crutches Are Going To Be The Death Of Me!

These Stupid Crutches

These Stupid Crutches!

These stupid crutches have changed my entire routine.

Everything is now an enormous pain in the butt.

I’ve started holing up in my home office with some snacks so that I don’t have to leave the room all day.

There’s a bathroom next door, so my need to lurch around the house on crutches is limited.

Today, however, I was home alone.

And I kept hearing weird noises.

The dog was going in and out of the doggy door.

Again and again and again.

What the heck was she up to?

I couldn’t stand the suspense any longer.

I crutched my way to the other end of the house.

Blue was nowhere in sight.

There were no signs of doggy destruction.

I called to her, but she didn’t come.

She was probably destroying something around the side of the house.

There was nothing I could do.

I peg-legged myself back to my office.

Again, I heard the doggy door flapping.

“Oh for **** sake!” I muttered and hobbled back to the other end of the house.

Again, Blue was nowhere to be found.

Unwilling to make the perilous journey all the way across the house yet again, I plopped myself into a chair to wait for her to make that noise again.

And then I heard it.

Oh no!

It wasn’t the doggy door after all.

I had accidentally shut her in the bedroom.

Blue had been scratching on the door.

She was so excited when I freed her that I had to hold onto the door frame for dear life.

Poor girl.

Poor me.

She was about to knock me right off my only good leg.

I had to stomp my crutches to get her to calm down.

She doesn’t like those things.

To be fair, neither do I.

I hop-stepped over to the couch to cuddle an apology to her.

But she was still very excited, and I was afraid that she was going to jump on my bad knee.

I had to stomp the crutches again.

But all’s well that ends well.

She spent the rest of the day napping on the rug in my office.

Blue and I will both be glad to be done with these stupid crutches.

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The Rabbits Have Been Warned!

The Rabbits Have Been Warned

Wrigley was a good girl.

She was The Best Dog Ever.

But she was a terrible hunter.

Her life was spent chasing rabbits and squirrels and cats and birds.

She never once caught anything.

On a few occasions, she cornered a critter.

But it always got away.

Blue, on the other hand, has proven herself to be quite a hunter.

This weekend, she killed her first rabbit.

Ewww.

Don’t get me wrong, I hate rabbits.

They’re destructive, evil garden wreckers disguised as adorable, fluffy Disney characters.

I don’t want the rabbits killed.

I just want them chased away.

Blue didn’t get that message.

She killed it.

Thankfully she didn’t know what to do with it once she broke its neck.

It was not as gross of an ordeal as it could have been.

I’m kind of horrified.

The Grown Son is proud.

The rabbits have been warned.

There’s a new good girl in town.

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Such An Amazing Thing!

Such An Amazing Thing!

Such An Amazing Thing!

I have been trying to get Blue to use the doggy door.

She’s terrified of it.

I haven’t pushed the issue.

I don’t want to stress her out.                          

She’s only been with us a few weeks.

I do hope that she figures it out before the weather turns cold.

I’m dreading the thought of opening the door on frosty mornings.

Today she stuck her head outside and looked around.

Then she tentatively brought her front legs out.

I gave her a gentle push from behind before she could cower back inside.

She startled when the door flap bounced off her rear end.

But then she was very pleased to find herself outside.

All day long she went inside and outside and inside again.

Each time, we did a happy dance together.

What a good girl.

Such an amazing thing Blue taught herself to do today!