Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Coming home to the Royal Court



I made up a little ditty last night in the shower:

Frou Frou is the Queen
Bender is the wayward Prince
Barbie is the Princess with the Pea
Mittens is the joker and the jester and the fool
Their humble servants are we!

Frou frou seemed to be frightened of my singing.

Nic works away, and when she gets home she always gets loving looks from the whole Royal Court, but I think Bender gets the most excited. Bender has a obsessive compulsive urge to catch and fetch his toys. I have long learned not to give in to his requests. I will throw his toys a few times for him and then say 'no more' and he stops.

The conversation between Bender and Nic goes like this:

Bender: Throw my Kong now
Nic: OK *throws*
Bender: That was easy, throw it again
Nic: No, you've had enough and you are getting too noisy
Bender: But you always throw my Kong
Nic: No, that's enough. Last time it almost bounced off your teeth and into the TV
Bender: Throw my Kong
Nic: No
Bender: Throw my Kong *places Kong in Nic's lap and stares at her*
Nic; OK *throws*

It is an endless cycle. It seems I am one of the few who is immune to his evil tactics.

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I'm cracking up because I have been victim to this exact same form of manipulation myself! We can say no a hundred times, but we always cave with one yes!

I love the royals holding court there from their dias!
I like your song! My mom makes up songs and sings to me too! Here is a little tip for Bender: When you are not getting your fetch game or any attention, just grab a pant leg and pull, or else start stealing stuff and run around....then you will get lots of attention. Works every time!!

Wyatt
1 reply · active less than 1 minute ago
lol Wyatt! stop teaching Bender your Airedale tricks ;)
Lol, while this sort of thing doesn't happen with Frankie and Beryl (Frankie doesn't do toys like that, he has another form of manipulation which I must video some time) and Beryl just isn't pushy. But I have had this happen with other dogs. We seem to get sick of the game first:-)
1 reply · active 760 weeks ago
Hah even kids can't keep up with Bender's demand for fetch... :) he gives people repetitive strain injury!

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