Chapter 13: The Doll House: Bonnie Gets Punished

[cirquemom]

It's not a garden shed. It's actually a moveable construction office that contractors pull around to different job sites when they are going to be there for a while. My husband got it from a client, and gave it to me. I use it as my Doll House. The inside shots you see in these pictures are taken inside of it. It's about six feet by twelve feet, with a built-in L-shaped counter on the inside that would have been the desk for the contractor.

[Evelien]

Total awesomeness. You've got me SO jealous

[catshem]

Well, had the damage been worse, we would have had puppy tacos for dinner that night. He was only 12 weeks old. I didn't realize that he could get the door to my bedroom open (it had been securely shut), so that has now been puppy-proofed. So far he hasn't chewed much else because we have a plethora of dog toys from Otis the Wonder Dog for him to chew on. Mainly he's just CRAZY. He's 3/4 lab, which in my experience are mellow, but 1/4 Jack Russell Terrier (which we didn't know or we would not have taken him), which in my experience are always INSANE. So he can be really really hyper. Thankfully we have a big fenced yard and Otis the Wonder Dog to play with. So when he gets crazy he has to go outside. He has to be Calm Puppy in the house. He's definitely a Two Walk a Day dog.

Well, at least he wasn't some weird Chihuahua mix. Those, in my experince, range from scared of their own shadow to IMMA KILL YOU FOR LOOKING AT ME!

[Alopecia No Hime]

Well, had the damage been worse, we would have had puppy tacos for dinner that night. He was only 12 weeks old. I didn't realize that he could get the door to my bedroom open (it had been securely shut), so that has now been puppy-proofed. So far he hasn't chewed much else because we have a plethora of dog toys from Otis the Wonder Dog for him to chew on. Mainly he's just CRAZY. He's 3/4 lab, which in my experience are mellow, but 1/4 Jack Russell Terrier (which we didn't know or we would not have taken him), which in my experience are always INSANE. So he can be really really hyper. Thankfully we have a big fenced yard and Otis the Wonder Dog to play with. So when he gets crazy he has to go outside. He has to be Calm Puppy in the house. He's definitely a Two Walk a Day dog.

Well, at least he wasn't some weird Chihuahua mix. Those, in my experince, range from scared of their own shadow to IMMA KILL YOU FOR LOOKING AT ME!

I can vouch for that. Chihuahua's are weird in general and can be worse then a guard dog.

My mom had one as a teenager and she told me that it bit her family's german sheperd right on the nose and ruled the roost. She only liked two things: My mom and my grandma. Everyone else? Bit, bit, bit. (She even bit my dad.)

[cirquemom]

In my experience more little dogs are vicious than big dogs. I've known some very cool chihuahuas. I've also known some that would rip your face off it they got a chance. Some of them are really psycho! It always happens when a breed gets really popular- there is overbreeding and inbreeding and the dogs get nuts (like the Royal Family).

[Alopecia No Hime]

Yep...And my mom's chihuahua was in the: "Total psychotic rage against the world' setting...And she was a rescue! My uncle saved her from some punks and gave her to my mom.

That dog thought she was a superhero or something always jumping off high places.

[landwhale]

Ah, I'm sorry I can't talk about dogs because I never had one, but I looooved the story, I haven';t been around for a while so I just read it.

FUnny thing about doing the photostory.....means you do all the cores while making the photostory...lol. Makes it more fun.

[OkamiKodomo]

Heheh I'm a huge fan of the Dog Whisperer and did a lot of reading about canine psychology when I got my Shiba Inu. Those are some high strung doggies. In a nutshell, dogs don't actually have a concept of size. A little dog doesn't know that he's little, so humans tend to anthropomorphize their "fearlessness" in the face of overwhelming odds. The problem comes in when their owners communicate this concept to their tiny dogs. Behavior that is unacceptable in large dogs -- ie: jumping, barking, sitting in laps or on furniture, etc -- is cute in a purse dog. Thus, the small dog feels as though it is the king or queen of the castle, aka pack leader, and so will try to dominate any other dogs or humans that enter its territory.

And I'm going to stop acting like a know-it-all or something and just say "aawwwwwww" Is it bad that I feel awful for Bonnie? Doing all those chores and thinking she'll get her best friend back, only to be told no?

[Alopecia No Hime]

Heheh I'm a huge fan of the Dog Whisperer and did a lot of reading about canine psychology when I got my Shiba Inu. Those are some high strung doggies. In a nutshell, dogs don't actually have a concept of size. A little dog doesn't know that he's little, so humans tend to anthropomorphize their "fearlessness" in the face of overwhelming odds. The problem comes in when their owners communicate this concept to their tiny dogs. Behavior that is unacceptable in large dogs -- ie: jumping, barking, sitting in laps or on furniture, etc -- is cute in a purse dog. Thus, the small dog feels as though it is the king or queen of the castle, aka pack leader, and so will try to dominate any other dogs or humans that enter its territory.

And I'm going to stop acting like a know-it-all or something and just say "aawwwwwww" Is it bad that I feel awful for Bonnie? Doing all those chores and thinking she'll get her best friend back, only to be told no?

Not at all to me. I feel the same way Bonnie was expecting to get Pinkette back only to get her taken away. Makes me wanna give her a hug.

Hey Cirque will she get Pinkette back?

[Evelien]

I'm hoping the same she'll have learned her lesson... right?