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Nathan Mondrowitz, Staff Writer
Lesson Five • Live Life Fully
Play hard. Work hard. Relax. Get excited. Eat. Sleep.
When you do it. Do it!
Lesson Four • Wag From The Heart
There’s no pretence in the wag
Nathan Mondrowitz, Staff Writer
Lesson Five • Live Life Fully
Play hard. Work hard. Relax. Get excited. Eat. Sleep.
When you do it. Do it!
Lesson Four
1. Remove film from box and load camera
2. Remove film box from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash
3. Remove puppy from trash and brush coffee grounds
from muzzle
4. Choose a suitable background for photo
5. Mount camera on tripod and focus
6. Find puppy and take dirty sock from mouth
7. Place puppy in pre-focused spot and return to camera
8. Forget about spot and crawl after puppy on knees
9. Focus with one hand and fend off puppy with other hand
10. Get tissue and clean nose print from lens
11. Take flash cube from puppy’s mouth and throw in trash
12. Put cat outside and put peroxide on the scratch on
puppy’s nose
13. Put magazines back on coffee table
14. Try to get puppy’s attention by squeaking toy over your head.
15. Replace your glasses and check camera for damage
16. Jump up in time to grab puppy by scruff of neck and say,
“No, outside! No, outside!”
17. Call spouse to clean up mess
18. Fix a drink
19. Sit back in Lazy Boy with drink and resolve to teach puppy
“sit/stand” and “stay” the first thing in the morning
20. Consider buying “older, trained” dog
10. Stamina
Cats are sprinters, while dogs are marathoners. Dogs who run the Iditarod cover 1100 miles in less than
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“There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.” - Ben William
Two
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.” - Samuel Butler
Three
“Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails.” - Max Eastman
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“If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.” - Will Rogers
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“The dog was created specially for children. He is the god of frolic.” - Henry Ward Beecher
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No philosophers so thoroughly comprehend us as dogs and horses.” - Herman Melvill
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“Happiness is a warm puppy.” - Charles M. Schulz
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“The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.” - Author Unknown
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“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.” - Andy Rooney
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“The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother - and they’ll settle for a puppy every time.” - Winston Pendelton
Eleven
“Dogs are not our whole life but they make our lives whole.” - Roger Caras
Twelve
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.” - Josh Billings
Thirteen
“A dog can express more with his tail in seconds than his owner can express with his tongue in hours.” - Author Unknown
Fourteen
“The more one gets to know of men, the more one values dogs.” - Alphonse Toussenel
Fifteen
“I aspire to be the person my dog thinks I am.” - Author Unknowns
1. The puppy dog is not allowed in the house.
2. Okay, the puppy dog is allowed in the house, but only in certain rooms.
3. The puppy dog is allowed in all rooms, but has to stay off the furniture.
4. The puppy dog can get on the old furniture only.
5. Fine, the puppy dog is allowed on all the furniture, but is not allowed to sleep with the humans on the bed.
6. Okay, the puppy dog is allowed on the bed, but only by invitation.
7. The puppy dog can sleep on the bed whenever he wants, but not under the covers.
8. The puppy dog can sleep under the covers by invitation only.
9. The puppy dog can sleep under the covers every night.
10. Humans must ask permission to sleep under the covers with the puppy dog.
