Sunday, June 20, 2010

Some Kind of Crazy


There's a whole lot of crazy that comes from living with Gunny Man. As if we didn't already have enough of that around here. Gunny Man is . . . ahem, special. 

He has lots of quirks.

When we first brought him home, we put him to bed at night in his crate, in our room next to our bed. We put him in the crate to ensure there were no potty accidents, and that we didn't wake up on the floor because he had eaten our bed. He loves him some wood, that's for sure.

Well, we took his crate away a couple months ago and gave him a little rug. He liked that just fine until recently. He has taken to army crawling his way under our bed to sleep. There isn't a lot of space under there, hence the army crawl. He thinks it's quite cozy, and I'll let him stay as long as he promises not to eat the extra leaf to our kitchen table that's under there. It's wood, so you'll understand if I'm a little nervous.

Since Gunny likes to chew so much, we buy him dog toys constantly. Every time we go to the store, we come home with a new toy for him. He's so spoiled.

I think it has helped some with his chewing, although Peanut Head would probably disagree with me. Gunny has completely ripped out Peanut Head's drip system, yanked out all the weed cloth in the planting beds, eaten the sandbox cover, eaten the wood rails off the wagon, and ripped out and eaten all of the dog deterrent fencing that Peanut Head installed around his raised gardening beds.  I'm sure he's so glad he bothered with that fencing.

Anyway, my point was going to be that Gunny's chewing also extends to his toys. I brought home this CEE-UTE little Hedge Hog the other day, and within 20 minutes Gunny had ripped off his face.

Literally.

I'm thinking it takes some talent to extricate the face so perfectly.

Peanut Head gave Gunny Man a stern lecture about taking proper care of his toys.

And Gunny listened intently for about 20 seconds. Then he jumped onto Peanut Head's lap and gave him a kiss with lots of tongue. I would have taken a picture of that, except he launched off me and knocked me over.

I was still getting up.


We discovered recently that Gunny is quite alarmed by the sprinkler. He barks at it incessantly, chases the spray, and bites the sprinkler head over and over and over again. Our neighbors love us.


Who needs a Neti Pot when you can give yourself a nasal enema in the comfort of your very own backyard?

It takes care of ear wax build up too.

And toothbrushing.

I found some similar pictures of Stinkerbell as a baby. She was pretty curious about the sprinkler for awhile too.

Thankfully she never barked at it.


She did learn about cause and effect though--something I'm not sure Gunny will ever get. 

14 comments:

  1. Oh the memories this brings back! Maybe you will laugh at some of these things much later!! We are still cursing the dog for the trampoline she ate!!

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  2. Dogs are hilarious! Sometimes it's like having another toddler in the house! I love the sprinkler pics - too funny.

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  3. aw lol

    too bad you don't live closer so our dogs could have a play date!

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  4. Awesome!
    You sure Gunny isnt a woodpecker?

    Try those rubber tire toys..mayby they will last longer.

    Doesn't matter what a dog does - all you need are those puppy eyes and a wet face & all is forgiven!

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  5. Ha ha hah ahaa!!! Those are some great photos.

    Especially the sad little hedgehog face... you could re-use your toys and find a little scrap of wood that hasn't been eaten, mount the hedgehog face on it all hunting trophy style, and voila! New dog toy! :-p

    I hope that as Gunny man gets older he gets a little less chewy... my family's first dog, he ate everything. Remote controls, boots, chairs... he did grow out of it, eventually.

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  6. I think my Izzy must be related to your Gunny. ugh. the chewing. its makes me NUTS. Husband has had to replace the lawn mower starter cord 3 times because she has chewed through it. (it now lives in the garage- just in case)....

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  7. First of all...naked baby butt is just the cutest thing in the world! LOL! :)

    Bailey is constantly destroying toys. We have found a few that she has yet destroyed...but it isn't easy! Oh and we tried leaving her out of the kennel as well. She chewed my carpet apart. Sigh. I can't get over how Gunny is 'loving' that sprinkler! LOL! :)

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  8. Pets are so fun to laugh at:-)

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  9. oh my!! How funny! My dog has a thing with sticks...rather eat sticks than her food. Love the sprinkler pics also.

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  10. Oh I see that's how you clean your nose properly. Thank Gunny for me. I may drown myself if I try it that way. ha

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  11. We were told by a Vet, if a dog chews up stuff all the time, they usually have allergies and if you change their food to a Lamb and Rice diet that it will help with the allergies. It takes a few weeks to get the food allergies out of their system.

    I am a new follower and would lvoe to have you come over and do the same.

    Cheri

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  12. Those sprinkler photos are hilarious!

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  13. I remember those chewing days. Ours ate tile, door frames, and even metal fencing. The only thing that works for our dog is pig nuckles. They are big and smelly when they first start eating them but they keep them busy. Teddy gets one at Christmas and just finished it up so he got another that should last till Christmas. My new wood floor is hopefully safe now. Have fun

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  14. I remember those chewing days. Ours ate tile, door frames, and even metal fencing. The only thing that works for our dog is pig nuckles. They are big and smelly when they first start eating them but they keep them busy. Teddy gets one at Christmas and just finished it up so he got another that should last till Christmas. My new wood floor is hopefully safe now. Have fun

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