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How My Dog Changed My Life

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October 4, 2022 3:04 am

How My Dog Changed My Life

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October 4, 2022 3:04 am

On this episode of Our American Stories, regular contributor Paul Bauer reflects on a pivotal moment involving his canine companion.

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So I went for one how to go about picking the right precious canine very few brains in my head. I went with my ear. I chose to swim something real I could find. I purchased a King Charles Cavalier spaniel real name like that how can I lose this regal SunGard is going to be my ticket out of middle-class and young Prince William of England. I was sent straight into royalty not so sure that was a good plan. Looking back, I'm not five years into the skin and experiment have agreed that starts was working. Charles is with work Cavalier.

I have yet to meet Queen Elizabeth sit next to Bob, you brought a baseball game for that matter, gizmo, prissy dog is means to teach me a few things. I've compiled a list of the top 10 things I learned from this furry creature number one is humility. There is very little pride in owning dog, especially when you use intuition duty to like holding those bags swinging by your knees on the hike. Furthermore, walking your dog's approach would use yourself to a passing stranger were friendly neighbor.

We have a baby in one hand lease and the other pricing part in the poop without being humble.

It's very sad.

Number two, you have to learn who is boss short and long-suffering dog like me that canine character builder will teach you his boss in no time.

Take for example the game of fetch.

I thought all dogs played that throne retrieve interactive practice. When I first bought my dog forward to spending hours and hours of quality time with me throwing balls in my happy pooch back over and over, back and forth. Offer not my dog has no interest in that kind of bonding nonsense rest of the ball. She posed some breeze looks me I glancing up from arching eyebrows as if to say too much work, sir.

Sorry I can't help is with the King Charles Perkins in my dog gizmo should really be waived on then returning such as throne by me.

Her master my silly reteaching his basic animal instincts is not for lack of trying try just about every kind of object possible. Stick a rope tennis ball golf ball racquetball fuzzy balls and super balls.

It doesn't matter all of them are losers. Throw them out as far short as possible and with hope. I see fetch, but the reaction is the same standard on 90 minutes with a muscle or hint that maybe she should go chase the ball I end up retrieve it myself. My complaint is he a smirk on gizmo's face as she observed this routine. I even tried with that was pure genius cutting a hole in tennis ball throwing retreats that one actually brought minor success.

We got halfway there. She did she sit down but there was no way she was being the ball back to me. It was a close deal negotiations were off shape the treat on the spot. And of course left the bother for me to fetch my patients is really being tested after five years of trying, I have not given up number three I learned my diet is not so bad after all.

First, stressing something with a straight face not have an eating disorder.

There I said it only problem is it's all I know my late 50s I matured and got real about life and Evelyn securing a few exchanges around my waist's time to get used to the idea never to be ultraslim again you have any problem.

I admitted at least not as bad as gizmo that dog will eat anything that resembles food even some things that don't grass, dirt road kill. It doesn't matter also to her.

As for human food. No matter how sneaky I am. She knows and I have food and when pressed I will hand it over and she will gobble down in seconds flat with no minutes to boot. I've come to realize I have problems with eating from a model of self-discipline compared to that dog before your never really alone. You don't need sunshine to cast a shadow.

I've learned this dog will not leave me out of her sight. Even the bathroom is not safe if not for the door, she would be right there wondering why I'm in there sitting on that thing with my pants down to my ankles as it is. She's relegated to scratching at the door telling me to go hurry up and finish my business number five. I'm not that smart. If there's anything I've become convinced of, since buying gizmo. It's this I'm being outsmarted by dog. She is my superior dog is one charge not me, so I used that fact walking.

She wants to mark the go or she wants to go.

If I flick stepping up making it into a job.

No guarantee she will talk with me gizmo dog. She feels like it is almost never is. Will follow my leader and obey her instincts. Kind of like the old Hannibal bear cartoon character quick draw McGraw gizmo says, in essence, I will do the thing around here, but the boy she noticed food for us both when outfitting on the grill.

I know I should wait until watching me intently. She's not happy to see me. She's only making sure I cook the steak just right, medium rare, Evelyn is a feeling too guilty to give her peace with Sunset Grill on Jamaica sick.

I think to myself. So of course she gets the Seneca leaving me eat does not fit for Don number six I'm a lousy barber.

My dogs also tell me something about personal care in our personal hairstylist and too cheap to pay for the grammar don't even pay to have someone give my own haircut, not about pay someone to do my dog so gizmo is at the mercy of my scissors play fetch. I'm not to go to beauty school precious for quote looks as though it had a run with the weed Wacker and lost. Luckily for her. I was told he can see the King Charles covers Daniel just doesn't work. But if it did, the regal gizmo would have a look just like my personal favorite Michael Jordan for pocket chrome dome dog be made to look just like me, as it is. She's only are the neighborhood symbolic seven if you snooze you don't always lose. I'm not lazy number compared to gizmo at least I don't have to feel guilty taking a 10 minute nap in the afternoon. This is not eating following around refusing to play fetch or complain about her mother.

She sleeping. She believed in the power nap strategy for success like Einstein's will follow her example number eight don't have a fuss about housework house used to be spotless before gizmo with a model of good housekeeping all thoughts about her house being perfect, or even any guilt but leaving little slow but messy desk be vanished.

Gizmo gave us perspective from the beginning of this experiment. Setting these has turned our house into one continuous fuzzball house of impeccable perfection is 103 vacuum cleaners still cannot keep the pace funds free.

I think Mr. Hoover invented the notion that every home is a pet number nine is better to stick to a routine change. Variety is the spice of life. Right now my Middle Ages been with my King Charles Cavalier spaniel. I've changed my mind. You mess with you routine you pay for the following day gizmo reinforces the notion that even think about sitting down to unwind after a hard day at the office the dog rescue art first try putting a theater for a few minutes.

She will stay down was electric to the squirrel. This is gizmo's time and you better get a positive mood and take your offer a lot so that she can come home afterwards and sleep number 10 doctors are overrated for anyone considering the medical profession might want to forget about brain surgery or heart transplants go into more lucrative position with veterinarian and never paid for one of those surgeries. I can't imagine a more expensive than gizmo's really check at that corresponding medications has been trained animal science and Canon medicine. That's where it's at is a gold mine. There is always wisdom requires an dog ownership in all these lessons learned from life with gizmo and an empty nest.

I have to wonder how did I learn anything life without a dive that pooches change my life too much weight too much. She has taken over become a dog intern stylist psychiatrist personal attendant provider and student aviation be such a pushover should consider teaching is all about a few new tricks but I'm too prone to rollover. At this stage in my life. This is the way it goes. She's the dog I am detail, it is after all dog's life is great. Work is always by Greg Hagler on this piece at a special thanks to Paul Bauer for Minneapolis, Minnesota.

He's a devoted listener and also a great contributor. By the way, I have pugs anyone has pugs understands and empathizes with my friend Paul, my goodness, King Charles Cavalier spaniels and pugs have a lot in common.

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