Teddy is about to celebrate her 6th birthday. For almost every single day of her life she has gone to her favorite park for a couple hours each morning. Teddy is steadfast when it comes to her routine. If I am off by a few minutes for anything, she lets me know it. This is why I was very alarmed recently when she refused to go to the park. For a day or two I was not too concerned but I still found it curious. By the end of the first week, I was fearing the worst. I tried bribing her with treats, but even that failed.
If you've followed my blog for sometime, you know that Teddy is extremely quirky when it comes to water. On one hand, she has never seen a lake she doesn't love.
During this park standoff, Teddy would stand at the bottom of the steps which lead to the driveway and bark at me on and off all day. I knew she was trying to tell me something but I just couldn't figure out what she was saying.
If you've followed my blog for sometime, you know that Teddy is extremely quirky when it comes to water. On one hand, she has never seen a lake she doesn't love.
During this park standoff, Teddy would stand at the bottom of the steps which lead to the driveway and bark at me on and off all day. I knew she was trying to tell me something but I just couldn't figure out what she was saying.
So, after racking my brain for almost 2 weeks, I finally figured it out. We have a suburban and the entire back part of the car is Teddy's mobile kennel. She is very protective of her area. My husband is the one that takes her to the park each morning. Let me just say this, he is not the most observant person I know. I hardly ever drive that car and rarely ever look in the back of it. When we first got Teddy, we bought a cooling mat for her to keep her cool when she is in the car. It works like a thin waterbed. Recently, my husband has been hauling a dozens of bags of very heavy mulch in the back of the car. Two days ago I awoke to an AH HA moment. I ran downstairs and out to the driveway and opened the back of the car. Sure enough, the cooling mat had leaked from the weight of the mulch and Teddy's entire area was saturated like a wet sponge. The first ting I did was kill my husband. Then I soaked up all of the water. I put down clean dry towels and a clean blanket and bingo! Teddy got right in the car and went to the park. My husband said when she saw the park she cried a little bit. She is once again a happy pup!
Just one more bit of insight into this little story. The day before she stopped getting in the car, my husband had driven her to the vet which is a 3 hour round trip. That poor puppy sat in all of that water for the entire trip. End of story......you must excuse me now while I go and kill my husband a second time.
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Poor Teddy. I'm glad all is right with her world again.
she is just so adorable...
kary and teddy
Cheers!
our jojo dog will be six this june . she is a grumpy gal and she likes to jump up at bite the 2 fun muttskies we have on the nose if they get to close to her ;-)
I haven't clue what to say about the dh aside from yes it is a good thing they appear to have 9 lives .
Lots of love to You & Teddy & Family on her Happy Day
I can imagine how happy she was when she finally came to the park again!
Have a great day now!
Christer.
Men! -sigh- Sometimes they can be so dense. -sigh-
♥ Gentle hugs ♥
We made jack & lizzie a meatloaf cake for thier b-day one yr. and placed the birthday candle rig around it .I let them sit on chairs at the table .
Okay that may have been a mistake because ever since they think they can stand at the table and snitch food off where they never used to but the picture of the two dogs sitting in front of thier b-day cake with the lights dim was priceless ;-)
I can just picture Teddy at her park, making up for lost time, sniffing everything and everything to see what had changed, and who had been there in her absence, and then insuring that every living creature that would know that Teddy Is Back!!
I'm surprised that she got back into the car at the vet if it was wet on the way there. .it probably started on the way home, which only makes it a little better. .poor wet puppy.
But, I'm happy to read that you hubby bounced back from his killing. .at least the first one! He must be made of sturdy stuff!! I was going to suggest that he sleep on the leaky mat one night, but remembering how beautiful your bed is, that isn't such a good idea. .I know who would have to clean up the mess..maybe the doghouse. . .
Hugs,
Mona
LisaDay
Glad you figured it out!
vi