Around the middle of May we bought a new puppy.
- I should say we adopted it from a local shelter however it cost as much as one from a breeder so I view it as a purchase.
Roxey is a small poodle mix and is smart as a whip most of the time. The kids just savor her and she adores them as well, then as the temperatures are turning colder now we have begun to worry about taking her outside. She is just a tiny thing and I fear that she will be too cold. She did do something funny the other morning that made us laugh though, she started barking at the heat register. My associate and I laughed at first I should say because each time the heat came on she would run to the register and beginning barking again, then you see, the registers make a clicking noise as the hot water starts to run through them. Roxey must assume that something is in there because she barks to try and get it to go away, but i have tried kneeling on the floor next to the register and assuring her that all is well although she just doesn’t see it that way. My associate and I have started ignoring the barking and praising the quiet so that she will learn that it is better to be silent. I even put a blanket next to the register hoping that she will savor kneeling next to the heat it provides. The constant need to bark has to stop soon. Eventually she will get used to this new noise and I hope it is sooner rather than later.