{"id":15503,"date":"2022-01-13T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=15503"},"modified":"2022-01-09T14:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-09T18:22:04","slug":"20-days-of-chill-2022-four-paws-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoohaa.com\/?p=15503","title":{"rendered":"20 Days of Chill 2022: Four paws (Day 9)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Four paws on the floor seems to be key. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am sure many of us have pets. Growing up, we always had a cat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To me, cats are a great animal and pet. When they want attention, they come to you. When they don\u2019t want attention, they do their own thing. What\u2019s that old saying? Cats don\u2019t have owners, they have servants?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, once a cat is house or litter box trained, they are pretty self reliant, as long as you give them food and water. That makes travel easier, too, as you can usually just get somebody to come and feed them once or twice a day and maybe play a bit with them for a few moments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But then I got a dog. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say, training is a bit different for a dog than a cat. Also, it\u2019s an ongoing thing. But the one thing I\u2019m really working on?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Four paws on the floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harper gets overly excited in many situations. At eight months old, she\u2019s still a pup, so it\u2019s understandable. But it gets hard to have her out for a walk when people go by us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She wants to go to those people, she pulls and lunges and will sometimes get off the ground. And it\u2019s not in an aggressive way, rather in a way that she is like \u201cHi! I\u2019m Harper! Pet and play with me!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alas, she has to learn she can\u2019t always get the attention. She needs to have a little bit of self control. We\u2019re working on it the best we can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s truly a smart dog. She has a lot of the basic commands down, and we\u2019re working on things like her recall and such. But she is usually on a leash, unless she\u2019s in a fenced area, or in a place it\u2019s safe for her to be without. There aren\u2019t many places like that. But we work on everything we can. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have a book of 101 tricks I\u2019ve been reading. There are some I think she\u2019ll be able to do, and others I don\u2019t want her to know for various reasons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She will definitely have more things, though. And being treat motivated, we keep working and working\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jumping up, though, is coming along slowly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So she will get there<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four paws and all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post is part of the 2022 20 Days of Chill Writing Challenge hosted by A \u2018lil HooHaa. Please check out the links (<\/em>intro<\/em><\/a> I<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>themes<\/em><\/a>) if you\u2019d like to see the setup and  themes! You don\u2019t have to do every theme if you don\u2019t want to! And for those participating, take a moment and check out the other participants!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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