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| CP Juris Prudence nka Dixie getting settled in Forever! |
Yes, Miss Juris Prudence has finally
settled on a Forever name: Dixie!
Dixie aka “Little
Miss Bossy Boots” arrived on March 3 and life will never be the same in our
household! She had a long journey from Wisconsin to Illinois to Maryland
before she finally reached Virginia, but she wasted no time making herself
right at home. She tested all the chairs, found a perch from which to
survey her kingdom, and soon thereafter let the chipmunks know there was a new
sheriff in town. In the backyard, she
bounded joyfully from corner to corner, announcing her splendid self to the
world at large, and she was equally at home tearing around inside the house
with her toys.
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Dixie
tries out the first look-out perch…
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| …Well, maybe this perch is better?... |
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| What? I need to see what’s going on out there! |
The poor critters that lived in the
crawl space have now been forced to find a new home, since Dixie
kept her Mom up all night long, whining and scratching the air vents in protest
of the subterranean land claim. There will be NO INTERLOPERS allowed on
her watch! Needless to say, this is at odds with Mom's “live and let live”
policy - and with her pocketbook!! Even
shopping around, exterminators tend to be pricey when you really NEED to clear
out whatever it is under the house!
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| I just KNOW there is something down this vent! |
Training has been interesting… Displaying a propensity to pull like a sled
dog, we tried using the gentle leader to improve her walking skills. Dixie HATED it,
and did a very funny little dance each time she finished a walk and was
released from THAT HORRID THING! Indeed, the gentle leader was the only
thing that made her very big personality shrink a bit. We swapped it for a
gentle leader harness, and Dixie seems much
calmer with this new arrangement (“calm” being a relative term). She is still, of course, very
energetic and loves to run and run and run at the dog park. Sometimes I put her on a regular harness and
leash and we have a good run. She loves that!
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| Come on, Mom! I’m ready to go! |
Dixie is truly adorable,
but “Selective
Compliance” is her middle name! We've had several training sessions (LONG
uphill battle...), and we've been to daycare a couple of times. Dixie has proven herself to be a skilled hunter, very
nearly trotting her prize rodent into the house one time! The only way I
could convince her to drop it was to make a swap for ham!
Did I mention we are working on
training?!!!
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| Maybe this will make a good bed?... |
When Dixie
doesn't feel she's getting enough attention, she'll steal something and wag her
entire back end until I chase her! When
she becomes bored with that, she'll bring whatever she's stolen to her
"safe place" (a particular rug in the dining room) and demand belly
rubs and scritches.
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| Well, maybe a little Yoga move will do the trick?... |
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| A good hard bed, maybe that’s the ticket?... |
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| Back to the blankie pile – what can I say! |
Did I mention we are working on
training?!!!
Dixie is also an
escape artist, and Mom is now having to put up a new fence... Oh well!!! Never a dull moment with this girl!
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