You CAN put a price on trouble

Meet trouble (aka clover, aka hoodini)....see that, yes it's a price tag...$999.99! (trouble can be expensive!)

Who me? No, look at this face. Is this the face of trouble???

Mmmm lettuce...the taste of deceit......

Alright, this is NOT as bad as it looks! I REALLY didn't make this mess!

Yes, these are dad's slippers, but mmmmmm did they taste good!!!

Hoodini 5 - Fence 0

Hoodini has outsmarted the shock collar..........she managed to annoy our neighbor again this morning.....the hot tub was inaccessible for her to use as a spring board. Nothing was close enough for her to jump on......

Plain ol' leg power....at least 4' of distance in the air over a 6' fence...she can leap tall fences in a single bound, she can annoy neighbors with one jump, she can outsmart all electric defenses...is it a genius? is it a superhuman? No...it's a 1 year old malbarian.....

when all else fails........turn to google.....ugh

Hoodini's revenge

hoodini and poochie-poo called it an early night and were in their beds by 9pm, of their own free-will. to take advantage of this freedom the hubby and i decide to use our hot tub. it's a gloriously freezing evening, about 40 degrees out and we are enjoying the hottub and all it's 99 degree glory. poochie-poo and hoodini realize the moment of freedom and frolic - un watched - through the house and into the back yard. awe, how cute! they are playing! keep in mind that hoodini lacks the ability to get within 4' of the hot tub due to her new best friend (shock collar). so she wasn't too happy when poochie-poo came up to see us in the tub.

several moments go by and poochie-poo and hoodini are back to playing......this time it's with a toy. again, happy for their distraction I think nothing of it. and that was my mistake......letting my gaurd down. that and trying to identify an item through the steam coming off the hot tub.

we get out of the hot tub and walk across the patio and low and behold....it's not a toy they are playing with, it's a black plastic spoon looking......dangit it's my George Foreman spatula (special made item for the foreman grill)! since poochie-poo is height challenged I can only assume that this is what happened.....

Hoodini: Mom and dad are in the hottub, kid is sleeping......we are alone in the house.
Poochie-poo: Don't even think about it hoodini.
Hoodini: (as she is jumping up on the counter to snag the spatula from the sink) MMMmmmm, but poochie-poo it has pieces of hamburger on it, mmmmmmm
Poochie-poo: Get off the counter, you are going to get in trouble.
Hoodini: You get to go near the hot tub and get love, I get to eat the plastic/burger taste; all is fair! (taking it outside) Now see, we are playing with it, they don't care. It's an "okay" item for us to chew, come on poochie-poo try to take it from me. We can play tug of war.
Poochie-poo: No, not right in front of them.
Hoodini: Mmmmmmm plastic and burger, mmmmmmm (gnawing on the spatula)
Poochie-poo: I think i heard the cat, come on lets get him!

They frolic off to torment the cat..............

Ya....to be a fly on the wall.....apparently Hoodini had a problem with her new boundaries....doh! My poor spatula!

Hoodini vs. fence & team work

round 3: a collar and a wire. seems simple, run some electricity through it (safely) and it should keep hoodini away from the fence/hot tub. the collar beeps when she gets close and shocks her when too close. her first shock was almost enough to teach her; but being a husky she had to try again and whammo another shock. system is  a success, she realized her boundaries....we left her alone for 10 hours with no problems, no visits to the neighbor...we came home to 2 very excited to see us dogs

success? lol

round 4: if you move the sensor higher than 3' above the cord; it does not beep and does not shock. to test this theory hoodini took a flying leap across a 6' span, up on top of the 4' high hot tub and over the fence. she proceeded to frolic through the neighbors back yard and in their house with muddy paws. the instructions did not mention this, apparently hoodini figured it out all on her own. well, at least we know she is not stupid. must be her pointing out the obvious flaw in the system to us...

amen for understanding neighbors....

team work: poochie-poo watches hoodini and these antics and gets annoyed at her frequently. while hoodini has out-smarted the shock collar, mundane acts such as sitting, staying, shaking hands, or listening in general are still beyond her. poochie-poo got fed up and showed hoodini how to shake hands during the most recent lesson. how did she do this? she bit hoodini on the leg when we asked for hoodini's paw and wallah....hoodini understood. whether she understood "paw" = shake hands or "paw" = poochie-poo will bite me if i don't shake hands we may never know, but as long as it is working we don't care.

amen for team work (although i'm sure i will regret this statement later)

Hoodini vs. fence

the adventures of hoodini and poochie-poo.....what happens when you put a 3 year old husky and a 1 year old malberian together...

round 1: apparently hoodini (aka clover) has realized that the hot-tub doubles as a spring board to freedom. up and over the fence she goes.

round 2: the springboard being blocked off is no deterent, hoodini can leap a 6' fence in a single bound. then look at you, over the fence, from the other side. apparently the grass is greener on the other side and was calling out to her for some fertilizer. while she is on that adventure, poochie-poo (aka dakota), has gotten in touch with her ancient pig ancestors turning the grass into a mud hole. then proudly sports her new mud outfit.

round 3: stay tuned

No Incompetence for him

Dark blue jeans look as if they are ironed. Well kept black penny loafers, black leather jacket, matching gloves, scarf and baret. Older gentlemen, very refined looking. "I need to talk to that guy about incompetence...I hate incompetence and I hate when I find incompetence." I overhear and giggle. "And the curbs are black. Now that is incompetence. Who the hell thought of that? Oh, you said you can drive, bullshit your incompetent too." Quite intrigued. Not sure of the just of the conversation he was having, but had a great time ease dropping.
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Same small spot. Newspaper propped close, loosely flipping through the pages. Never the same actions twice.
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Again a smile, a wave and a tiding; just like normal. Always pleasant. Fascade or true nature? I would hope the latter.
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Some are more pleasant than others, this one not so much. Not rude just not into pleasantries. At least it smells good.
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At least its friday.

33 Degrees....just another Thursday

Wise outfit choice; safe and unobtrusive. Brown slacks, jean jacket, and travel bag. The slacks say you have an appearance to keep up. The jacket shows how you secretly despise wearing slacks. The bag says you don't leave home without comforts.
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Now, she walks with purpose. Eyes forward with her goal in mind. A stride almost. Same outfit as most days; black slacks and brown dress jacket. Restaurant industry perhaps? Backpack high on back carrying all kinds of goodies for the day, not her usual choice though. Her normal wear is a black tote bag. Maybe today is a special day.
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He's doing mathematical equations involving more symbols that even my statistics class taught. Appears to know what they mean. Casually refers back to the book. Almost a caress of each page as he's looking it over. Deep in thought or passionate about it, who knows. When all else fails, he pulls out the iPad and calculates away. He gets distracted; stares at an object behind me.
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She went on a cruise to Mexico, a Disney cruise. Then she got ill. She tells them all the same story. Sounds healthy enough and her cough is a tad bit faked during her stories to the inquisitors.
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33 Degrees....just another Thursday.