Scruffy The Legend

Now that Charlie is back to normal, we can get on with normal life activities such as learning new tricks.  I don’t teach Charlie tricks; he invents his own.  His newest:  He takes his barbell toy outside with him, but refuses to bring it back in like he used to.  His old trick was making believe he forgot his toy so I coud remiind him.  Then he would run and get it to bring it back in the house.  His new trick:  He refuses to get the toy once outside and makes believe he doesnt understand me telling him to get it.  So he come in without it.  This is so he can consantly remind me in the house that his toy is missing.  So I open the door and he goes flying out to get his toy which he now brings in the house.  I have also noticed that he knows several English words now: toy, bone, walk, good dog, bad dog, upstairs, bed. sit, paw, cat, down – there are more I can’t think of right now.  These are words that don’t require hand signals.  For example, when I see the shankbone under the coffee table, I may say “get the bone Charle.”  Frequently he will  stare up a the TV cabinet becasue he thinks I was referring to the rawhide “bones” that we keep there (which I also call “bones”).

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