"I'm not playing." But the words choked out over a laugh. "I'm not! You're a bad dog." She tapped a finger on his nose. "A very bad dog."
He plopped on his butt, lifted a paw to shake, then spat the roll onto the floor at her feet.
"He wants you to throw it so he can fetch."
"Oh, yeah, that's going to happen." She snatched the roll up, put it behind her back. "Simon, go get the vacuum cleaner. Moe and I are going to have a little chat."
"She's not really mad," he said in Moe's ear. "Her eyes get sorta dark and scary when she's really mad."
He bounded up. Moving fast, Zoe grabbed Moe's collar before he could follow.
"Oh, no, you don't. Look at the mess you made. What do you have to say for yourself?"
He collapsed and rolled over to expose his belly.
"The only way that's going to work on me is if you know how to run a vacuum cleaner."
He plopped on his butt, lifted a paw to shake, then spat the roll onto the floor at her feet.
"He wants you to throw it so he can fetch."
"Oh, yeah, that's going to happen." She snatched the roll up, put it behind her back. "Simon, go get the vacuum cleaner. Moe and I are going to have a little chat."
"She's not really mad," he said in Moe's ear. "Her eyes get sorta dark and scary when she's really mad."
He bounded up. Moving fast, Zoe grabbed Moe's collar before he could follow.
"Oh, no, you don't. Look at the mess you made. What do you have to say for yourself?"
He collapsed and rolled over to expose his belly.
"The only way that's going to work on me is if you know how to run a vacuum cleaner."
Key of Valor
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Behaviorists: Dogs feel no shame despite the lookThe next time you start shaking your finger and shouting "Shame on you!" because your dog chewed up your favorite fuzzy slippers, just remember that no matter how guilty your dog looks, it doesn't know what your rant is about. Behaviorists insist dogs lack shame.
(the photo above belongs to my dog Fluky who was caught digging the garden and when caught made that absolutely hillarious expression of "mum, did you see what the petunias made me do? I'm so ashamed..." as if :sigh:)