Now I realize most dogs probably get excited when their humans come home. Heck, we get excited when she comes out of the bathroom. But when she returns from work - especially on a FRIDAY, we all lose total control. And don't kid yourself - we KNOW it is Friday.
The problem with the frenzy at this time of the year, is the fact that it now gets dark out by 5PM. When my human gets home, she usually opens the door and let's us all run outside. And she has to do so rather quickly, because as SOON as she lets Astro out of his kennel, he jumps on her and begins to pee. He just cannot contain his excitement - and he well...he dribbles. So she rushes him out the door. At which point we ALL race around barking at each other. Like we have not seen each other in years.
My human usually puts a leash on Mr Dribbles, but on Friday, he pushed open the door and bolted out. Which usually would be FINE - but now that it is dark, my human doesn't want us taking off into the woods...
As soon as he went out, she followed. And he had a big pee. At which point, yours truly started heading for the woods. And of course, my sidekick followed. Immediately my human starts desperately shouting "Supper time. Time to eat. Mmmmmm. Who's hungry?" Like in the frenzy state we listen to anything. We never really listen at any time, come to think of it - but the frenzy state is even worse. So she raced back into the house and grabbed her trusty headlamp and a flashlight. And back outside she went.
Of course Velcro dog was right there by the door. We KNOW he's first on Santa's NICE list. And as she headed around toward the back of the house, I came racing back. Minus Astro.
When one of us goes AWOL - even for less than a minute, my human panics. As she came around the side of the house, armed with her headlamp and flashlight - who did she see peeing on the big tree in the backyard but Astro. And now she had to sound all joyful and happy so he would actually COME BACK instead of doing the zoomies in the woods. She did the old "pretend I'm running - come and chase me" trick. And it worked. He came racing toward her and then went past her and proceeded to "attack" Frodo - his favorite prey. Really, just Frodo's tail. Then he grabbed his long line which was lying on the ground. My human basically reeled him in - so she could put the leash on him. AND then she breathed a sigh of relief.
My human is thinking she really NEEDS to start uttering the mantra "Just be calm," when she gets home. She can try that - but we all quite enjoy the adrenaline rush. And it looks like Astro is responding well to training. My training.
Have a good one!
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