Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for January 14, 2015

Real life human training!!

My “puppy” is 15 years old, and still training us.

As long as it’s not chocolate chip.VERY bad for puppy dogs.

Dog gone it all! Son of a pup…..

You know, sheep dogs are really good at herding sheep, (They have competitions!), but how good are they at herding dogs?….Sorry, just idle idling….carry on…I’ll step aside….

Shift Changes: my husband has three idiot cats that NEVER want to do ANYthing at the same time. I find hiding in the bathroom behind a closed door periodically keeps me sane.

dukedoug, interesting…

Dang, that is so one our dogs. It is just like he can’t even hear you… until you say, “treat”. Comes like a bullet, then.

My dog always has access to potty breaks via dog door, but I also let her come out front with me when I do chores like taking out the garbage. If she wanders off and doesn’t come back in when called, I just shut the door and leave her. I then lock up her doggie door. I let her sit for a minute outside once she does return, then take her by the scruff of the neck out to the backyard for a 15 minute time-out.

If she comes when called she gets a treat. She’s becoming much better behaved about this.

I had sorta the same problem. But a pet door would cause another problem. Wildlife would then have easy access to the house, and so would the -6 degree temp that we have this morning. My house is drafty enough as it is without allowing it free access.

Who? Yeah, who is the puppy? Obviously not the human—guy sitting in the chair?

Still prefer this one…my all-time favorite NS from 2/16/95: http://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/1995/02/16

Re: herding anything: Once upon a time, when our son was small (maybe 4?), we took him to a fair which included a demonstration of sheep herding. The trainer had three dogs, all very smart and quick, but the female one was the fastest. After the demonstration, lots of parents gathered around the presenter to ask about dogs and training, and the many kids present wanted to pet the dogs or watch the sheep. Just a few minutes later, a panicked parent realized that her child was not right nearby, and could be heard calling a name . . . which led all of the parents to notice the closely gathered group of children, all quiet, all watching the female dog walk a circle around them, not even quite looking at them or being threatening in ANY way, but clearly in total control. It was a very educational experience.

I once had a dog that cold you hear you opening cheese wrappers. Now are two dogs know the treat routine and even where they are kept.

You sound like someone ripe for a dog door.

We have a pet door on the screen door. Works great when the weather is good and we can leave the door open. It’s sort of useless in the winter when the regular door is closed. However the cat has figured out that if she paws at the flap, it hits the inner door and she uses it like a knocker.

We can tell how cold it is outside by how frantically she knocks. We also wonder how many hours she spends knocking to come in when we’re not home

I had a dog for almost 16 years that my wife discovered tied to a tree in the woods when she was out mushrooming. He was a Black Lab mix with we thought a bird dog as he would come on point whenever he saw a Pheasant or Grouse and was quite disappointed when I would not shoot them. He also loved the water and would run into Lake Michigan in the middle of the winter. He would follow us for miles if we did not take him with us in the car-we lived on a very large farm-one time h came to the door carrying a Pheasant, when he dropped it at my feet, the bird shook itself and tried to fly away. We had a heck of a time running around trying to catch that bird without hurting it. He always went with a friend duck hunting, he told my my dog was the best natural duck dug he had ever seen and tried for years to buy him. He was the best dog I ever had

Bruno, Ha! Heard it before, but there is a reason there are some good old jokes…..They’re just good old jokes, funny any time…They make me feel like pulverized pepper….How’s that? Fine…..Vaudeville didn’t die, it escaped…..

A pet door’s out of the question here….raccoons and possums, maybe even bunnies for all I know…man, raccoons always seem to find a way into my house even without a pet door….One fell through the ceiling….My cats don’t always help, one night I walked outside to see my cat sitting on a chair with a possum, just watchin’ the night together….la de da….

I have one like that. And the other one won’t go out unlessI promise a treat.