Frodo Meets Rowdy

Rowdy, our personable POA (Pony of the Americas), has come back to live with us again after being gone two years. None of my current Corgis have ever met him before, so after putting Rowdy in the back pasture, I let the dogs out to meet him. Phoenix wanted to herd him, Frodo ran in the opposite direction as fast as he could, and Wallace sauntered up to the gate and touched noses with Rowdy through the gate. Those two formed an instant friendship and Wallace would hardly come in to eat because he wanted to hang out with Rowdy at the fence. I lifted up Frodo and let him meet Rowdy a bit closer. Rowdy's head is bigger than Frodo's whole body!

Life's a Stage....

Here is what Frodo is now doing:

1. He barks at EVERYTHING! We are learning "inside voice", which means to stop barking.

2. He knows sit and down, which he does with gusto. He doesn't get his food dish unless he sits, which he can do from midair as he bounces over to his food rug like Tigger. When there is a treat involved, he does the world's fastest down, flattening himself like a runover frog. He is most certainly food-orientated.

3. He learned how to say, "No" this week. He is in the "terrible twos" and wants to see "What happens if I don't do what mamma says?"

4. He's chewing on everything. My dining room table, my computer power charger, my bra, Phoenix, etc.

5. He weighed 14 lbs when he got his shot this week.

6. He continues to be ear challenged, so I am trying the Phi Vestavia (http://www.phi-vestavia.com/EARTAPING.htm) method and will use moleskin to help the ear stand up under the layers of tape.