How do you decide if you need a Halloween costume or not? The bottom line is believability.
Some of us don’t need to dress up for Halloween. We already have what we need to be beautifully Vampirish.
Yet, there is a certain pleasure in indulging in our moody fantasies…which may not be too far away from the truth.
While other fantasies could never be pulled off without the absolute of a costume.
They simply could not be imagined in one’s wildest dreams otherwise.
Lilian, a temperamental Doberdiva, did not like her batty headdress. She refused to cooperate for a picture.
Lilian would not lift up her head outside either. Not for a moment. Not for me. Not for a picture. Not with those bats over her head! (Run Lilian run!)
Come on Lilian. Just one picture? Lift up your head and let’s see your pretty face and the bats flying overhead.
No! You’ll regret this!
Raven to the rescue! Raven came out of nowhere, thrusted Lilian’s head in the air, and I got my picture! (Lilian looks like a zombie.) She’s now off somewhere casting a spell over us.
Lilian’s not speaking to anyone currently. She’s still getting over her humiliating experience. Well, it’s all in how you perceive fun.
Ginger felt pretty … and looked pretty too!
Regis thought she looked like a babe, too. He loves those batty boppers on her head, and tells her so.
Annie looks wicked.
She is. Bahahahahahahahahaha!
Raven is ringing the door bells.
She concentrates very hard on the job.
And like anyone who works hard, deserves to be paid for her dedication to the task at hand.
Here are some pictures of Raven’s first lesson on her way to learning to ring the door bells. She first has to learn to target. That is to touch her nose on an object. I will use my palm as the target today.
First, I lure her to touch my hand by concealing a treat.
After she catches on, I keep the treats in the treat bucket, instead of my hand. When she touches, I click and grab a treat for her from the bucket. She’s doing a good job.
When I walk away for a moment, and turn around, what do I find? Raven up to her usual antics!
We end the session on a high note. Raven is still looking to do more. When we start next time, she will associate my palm, the clicker and treat bucket with a really good feeling from her first training session.
Raven’s an eager Dober-beaver!
The Blood Moon is coming on Friday. Here is a little about it from my LLewellyn calendar.
The LLewellyn website.