{"id":733,"date":"2008-01-30T10:17:03","date_gmt":"2008-01-30T15:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/?p=733"},"modified":"2008-03-10T09:27:10","modified_gmt":"2008-03-10T14:27:10","slug":"bitches-rule-dogs-drool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/doberkids\/bitches-rule-dogs-drool","title":{"rendered":"Bitches Rule, Dogs Drool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raven’s\u00a0slowly <\/span>growing up\u00a0in the brains department <\/span>and testing her rank in the Fort Doberdale hierarchy.\u00a0 <\/font><\/p>\n

She’s\u00a0still a<\/span>\u00a0puppy-head, but an older model puppy-head,<\/span>\u00a0and has little self-control over some of<\/span>\u00a0her impulses.\u00a0\u00a0OK, many of her impulses.\u00a0 For example,<\/span> when I give treats to others among our group, she doesn’t think twice to either grab my hand (hard, I might say)\u00a0as it and the treat move toward the non-Raven snout, or to grab any morsel that is hanging out or dropping from the non-Raven snout.\u00a0 How rude!<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

When I\u00a0dole out<\/span>\u00a0treats, anyone who sits, gets one.\u00a0 And most of them will stay seated to see if there is a second treat<\/span>\u00a0go-round.\u00a0 Raven doesn’t get that part.\u00a0 She is one-of-a-kind and wants it all.\u00a0 So she sits, grabs, then grabs grabs grabs\u00a0because she thinks that will get her more treats faster. It doesn’t.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I have my second hand ready\u00a0when I am moving the first one with treat\u00a0towards another dog’s beak.\u00a0 That way,<\/span> I can\u00a0divert Raven’s beak before she\u00a0clamps down on\u00a0my hand.\u00a0 She will sit when I ask, but\u00a0only<\/span> for a second or two<\/span>.\u00a0 We\u00a0are working <\/span>on the “Raven, stay” part, and that should resolve some of this, along with maturation.\u00a0 I have not received\u00a0the “mature brains installation disc” yet for Raven.\u00a0\u00a0W<\/span>hen that disc\u00a0comes, probably in 12 to 18 months, the neighbors won’t hear\u00a0“RaaaVeeeN!” echo over the sounds of freeway traffic and construction drills.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

With that said, I was amazed at first, then not at second, when yesterday, Baby,\u00a0the Queen Mother Herself, took her Abuelita Tortilla strip out into the yard away from the crowd to eat.\u00a0\u00a0Raven ran right behind her.\u00a0 The QM dropped her chip and gave the usual Queen Motherly warning bark, which every dog in Fort Doberdale understands and respects.\u00a0 Except Raven.\u00a0\u00a0Raven grabbed the chip, chomped, swallowed and ran.\u00a0 Baby and I looked at each other.\u00a0 Action\u00a0was necessary.\u00a0 No one disobeys the QM’s warning bark without repercussions. \u00a0I barred Raven from the QM’s territory, gave her Queenliness one chip for the lost one and one chip for pain and suffering, and we all listened to Raven thowing\u00a0a fit while Baby crunched her chips.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Baby was recompensed\u00a0by the fact that the majority of the FDSP watched her eat.\u00a0 That is one of Baby’s favorite ruling skills.\u00a0 She waits till everyone else is available before she eats something special, so they can watch her enjoy what they don’t have.\u00a0 She is always the last one to finish dinner, and has an audience of droolers by then.\u00a0 In between dainty bites, she warns them to stay away from the dish with her best, ferocious warning barks.\u00a0 She loves it.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Raven’s other current process is the toy guarding game, which I had witnessed for the first time last night.\u00a0 She usually guards her toys by keeping them in her mouth and generally swinging or\u00a0shoving them at me.\u00a0 Last night, I sat on the sofa, Baby curled up next to me, and Luigi brought a toy.\u00a0 Somewhere in the games we were playing, Raven got that toy, and jumped on the sofa with it.\u00a0 Oddly enough, she placed it right by Baby’s tail, which didn’t exactly please the QM, but she could live with it.\u00a0 When Luigi approached, she growled a warning and snapped the air.\u00a0 This went on for a while, and had I had my camera, there would be pictures to share as it was the first time\u00a0Raven initiated the game.<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

This behavior is common between Dobergirls and Doberboys.\u00a0 Generally, Dobergirls are hardwired to dish it out and Doberboys are hardwired to endure and react at the speed of\u00a0lightning\u00a0to\u00a0Dobergirls’ snaps.\u00a0 Frankly, it’s downright\u00a0comical when the game is played the way it’s supposed to be and everyone’s following the rules of nature.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Ginger and Luigi are experts as a team, and often play a prolonged and more sophisticated version of the game in the backyard.\u00a0 When\u00a0Ginger gets Luigi’s ball, he follows her as she takes it from one place to the next, drops it nearby, sniffs the ground, looks up and lifts her lip at Luigi, sniffs the ground, and\u00a0all the while, Luigi is taking one step forward, one step back, trying to figure out when it will be safe to grab that ball and\u00a0walk away\u00a0with it.\u00a0 Eventually, Ginger relinquishes control by finding a spot to sniff that is so darn\u00a0interesting that she forgets about that ball.\u00a0 But it is her choice when that happens.\u00a0 She’s in charge.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

There is a saying in Dogdom that is very true.\u00a0 Bitches rule, dogs drool.\u00a0Raven is on her way to\u00a0being true to her calling.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

Helen<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raven’s\u00a0slowly growing up\u00a0in the brains department and testing her rank in the Fort Doberdale hierarchy.\u00a0 She’s\u00a0still a\u00a0puppy-head, but an older model puppy-head,\u00a0and has little self-control over some of\u00a0her impulses.\u00a0\u00a0OK, many… Read more ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doberkids"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/dobermannpinscher.org\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}