Thursday – A Little Personal – More Lessons for Twiggy

~ John W. Howell

Twiggy, Lucy, and Bailey

“So Twiggy. We have a couple of things to show you today.”

“Really Lucy? I can’t wait.”

“You have to get up and follow me.”

“Where we going?”

“Oh nowhere. I thought I heard the sound of the UPS truck and wanted to check.”

“What’s the UPS truck?”

“Remember the FedEx lesson? It’s a truck like that only brown. Okay not here. Let’s go up on the porch.”

“Wait, Lucy. I can’t get up there.”

“Sure you can. You have to do a little jump. Like this.”

“Oh, I get it.”

“Hey, Twiggy.”

“Hi, Bailey. Lucy just showed me how to jump up on the porch.”

“How nice. So now you can get up on the porch. Nice going, Lucy.”

“Oh hush, Bailey. You are such a grump.”

“Twiggy you have your own bowl over there.”

“I know, but I want to drink out of the big dog’s bowl.”

“Well help yourself. Then we have to show you the Jolly ball.”

“Twiggy. That orange thing is a Jolly ball.”

“What do you do with it?”

“You take that handle. Pick it up and run with it.”

“Ummm. This is hard.”

“You’re supposed to grab it by the handle.”

“It’s too heavy for me.”

Twiggy and Lucy

“Forget the ball you two.”

“What’s happening?”

“It’s the UPS truck. Hurry.”

“Let me at em.”

“You go, Bailey. Twiggy. Bark your head off.”

“Why do we bark?”

“Not sure. It’s a custom. All dogs bark at the UPS person.”

“That was fun. What do we do now.”

“Well, Twiggy. We take a sunbath.”

“Sunbath?”

“Don’t let Lucy kid you, Twiggy. We take a nap. After all, we worked pretty hard today.”

“Good idea, Bailey. I’m beat.”

47 thoughts on “Thursday – A Little Personal – More Lessons for Twiggy”

  3. I love this exchange. I’ve never understood why dogs hate the UPS and FedEx trucks, but now I do – it’s custom. 😀

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  13. A dog’s life can be mighty good, huh, John?! Love the first photo of Lucy and Twiggy going to check out the UPS truck and of Lucy trying to get on the porch. When our dogs turn into adults, we forget how many things were hard for them as pups!

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  14. Working hard in the yard and training the new kid on the job – that’s a pretty hard day for Lucy and Bailey – very good teachers. Twiggy is just cute as a button.

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  15. These three should have their own TV show! They are so entertaining – of course, the dialogue is a big part of that, Pops. 🙂

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  16. I am glad to see Twiggy got her barking at UPS lesson:) My dogs have learned that FedEx gives treats so she doesn’t get the bark, but UPS always does. Great pictures on a beautiful spring day with the girls.

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