Hi Jakey

On Tuesday 22 May 2001 12:21 pm, Carla MacInnis wrote:
> Dear Murphy,
>
>   A really greeaaaaaaaaaatttttt toy for puppies is an old sock
> stuffed with other old socks.

Rightio, I've now collected 5 of Dad's socks, got 'em hidden under
the wardrobe. How do you stuff'em inside each other?

>   I don't like the bacon chewy toy as well as my Wigglye Giggly
> ball but I play with it a little bit.

Whoah up a bit - a Wigglye Giggly Ball - a young pup's got to have a
bit of street cred.

>
>   Tell your Mommy not to bathe you too much.

I have, I have!! I rolled in some really steamy horse pooh at the
weekend, and I begged mummy not to give me a bath.

>   If there are lots of carpets in your house, and you're peeing on
> those, Mommy and Daddy can get rid of smells by spraying vinegar
> after sopping up the piddles with soapy water. The vinegar will
> neutralize the bad smellies.

Vinegar!!! I've got a better idea, I'll tell Mum you said to smear
peasnut butter all over, that should get rid of the smell alright.

>   When Mommy trained Mr. Clancy, she put a pee paper on some clean
> newspaper

Now this is the real dope. I'd wondered what the old newspapers were
for on the floor. So, I'm meant to move them around (nearer the back
door I think you said). There's not enough paper to cover the whole
kitchen so I help by ripping it up into little pieces and making it
"snow". Also - top tip for you here - whatever you do don't make the
paper wet, it stops it making that great ripping noise.

> We're major little escape artists and
> an open door is an invitation to run off hunting. Are JR's like
> that?

What!! I'm the bird pup of alcatraz!!!

>   Your Daddy needs to get you to puppy obedience classes ASAP. It's
> fun meeting other dogs and you learn manners, which are very
> important. I didn't go to puppy classes cause my other people just
> kept me and Mr. Alex (RIP) shut up in the house all day. When Mommy
> adopted us, we were nervous little wrecks, so Mommy spent months
> teaching us how to be proper little gentlemen.
>

Mummy's taking me to my first Puppy Club tonight, I'll show those
stuck up brats a thing or two - woo hoo. I've heard Mummy call my big
Aunty Sandy a "rescue dog" but quite frankly I don't think she could
rescue a fly out of a bowl of custard - I could - in my tummy. Mum
says she's a Colly Cross (but I can easily change her into a cross
Colly!!!).

>   Also, a neat trick for Daddy's computer cords and television
> cords and stuff is to put a nail high up on the wall and hang the
> cord up so you can't chew and get `lectrocuted. That would be very
> bad. Mommy heard of a dog getting a nasty mouth burn from chewing a
> cord. Even putting cords in paper towel cardboards helps a bit, but
> high up is way safer :)

Like the sound of those cardboard tubes, I know where Mummy keeps a
whole stack of them in the cupboard under the stairs. It could be a
big job though, you've got to do a lot of rolling till you get to the
good cardboard thingy in the middle, talk about well wrapped up!! I
think I'll wait till everyone's gone out and give 'em a big surprise
when they get back.

>
> Your friend,
>
> Mr. Jake
> http://www.brunnet.net/terrier/jake.html for pics of me if you
> didn't see the most recent ones

Wowza Mr Jake, who's the cuty blond scots lassie at the bottom of
your page - you lucky dog!!!

Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun, fun,

Murphy