The word of the day for January 4, 2008 is “educated” — adjective 1: having an education; especially : having an education beyond the average <educated speakers>. 2 a: giving evidence of training or practice : skilled <educated hands>. b: befitting one that is educated <educated taste> c: based on some knowledge of fact <an educated guess>.
The puppy is now in fine fettle. He is inquisitive. I had to fix the striker plates on the bedroom doors so that he could not push his way into places he should not be. I wouldn’t mind if he didn’t pull things off of the beds, disarranging my “piling” system.
Also, we are going to have to have a long discussion about toilet training. (Imagine me the great explainer—when Cybil was learning to deal with shoes, I harangued her for fifteen minutes on right versus left. I then asked, “What’s the first thing you are going to do when you put on your shoes?”She looked at me, all pitiful and said, “Look for you, Mommy.”) So Bubbles is going to have to put up with a lot of “Outside?” in the next little bit. I’ve learned a few things since writing L and R on Cyb’s shoes.
Our quote for the day is from Allan Bloom (20th century), U.S. educator. The Closing of the American Mind, preface (1987):
The liberally educated person is one who is able to resist the easy and preferred answers, not because he is obstinate but because he knows others worthy of consideration.
;^) Jan
2 comments:
Good luck with the toilet training. Thankfully, it does not last long!
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I was so glad that Sadie was mostly housebroken when we got her. (Though we did have some accidents the first few month because we missed the signs.)
I tried with no real success to have her ring a bell hangin off the back door to let us know she needed potty. (She was not impressed and perferred the "stare down" method.) With such a small dog, it's too bad you can't just box train it like a cat.
Oh and one thing that we did and still do to keep Miss Sadie out of places that she need not be is a baby gate. May not work for some of the house, but to keep Bubbles basically confined in one room. Another thing we when I lived with roommates and we had two cats was get those child-proof things for the cupboards. Godsend.
And are you guys doing any kennel training. Most dog trainers (and your niece) strongly recommend them for a safe timeout area. Not punishment, but a good place to be calm.
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