We had thunder again the other day. We don’t usually get thunder this time of year. I think whoever makes that loud sound up there must be picking on me because we’ve had a lot of it. Anyway, my person put my anxiety vest on and it helped some.
That awful thunder was starting to calm down, but I wasn’t sure it was gone yet when my person had this horrible idea. She decided to leave the house and leave me here alone – well, Scratchy was here but he doesn’t count.
She started out the front door and I wasn’t about to let her do it. I ran right over to that door and made like I was going to push myself outside. She knew I’d do it, and I knew she wouldn’t let me because then she has to catch me before she can leave. And I’m pretty good at playing keep away.
My person went to the garage door and I was right there. I wouldn’t let her go into the garage unless she took me with her. She headed back to the front door and I went ahead of her. Then she did something I didn’t like at all. Halfway to the front door she cut back and went out the door to the garage and shut it before I could get there.
I’m supposed to be the escape artist. I guess I taught my person a few of my tricks without meaning to.
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Mumsy
November 3, 2011 at 10:38 am
Huh, oh! Sweet Bongo you better be careful what you let your person see you do so she will not learn any more of your escape artist tricks. Sorry you had to stay home with Scratchy who doesn’t count. Get your thinking cap on and come up with a good way to fool her next time so you can go with her. Hugs and nose kisses
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:02 am
Mumsy, my person said she was going somewhere that dogs aren’t allowed. I think she should have cancelled and stayed home with me. At least it didn’t thunder while she was gone. Hugs and nose kisses back to you.
KatiesCameraBlog
November 3, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Ah, poor you, Bongo! You have taught your human your ways! I hope you were okay by yourself! Thunder can be scary. You can come here. We don’t have thunder, but it was 18 degrees this morning. And we’re just a state away!
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:03 am
Katie, my person can turn the heat on in the morning. I wonder if I could talk her into moving to New Mexico. I like that no thunder thing.
philosophermouseofthehedge
November 3, 2011 at 2:15 pm
Bongo – Brain hurt….the German can identify (found my Croc, but kindly just slobbered them up and didn’t destroy…this time)
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:06 am
Karen, maybe the German can come over and keep me company next time my person leaves me alone.
Kari
November 3, 2011 at 3:40 pm
Bongo I am so glad that you are ok, try and not to be scared of the thunder , it will be ok. Silly humans are always looking when we least think it 🙂
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:07 am
Kari, I think my person is getting too smart for her own good. At least she was right this time – the thunder had stopped by the time she left.
whatimeant2say
November 3, 2011 at 5:31 pm
Wonderbutt sticks his face in the door and refuses to move as I gently, then not so gently, try to close it. I have to reach down and push, well, kind of shove, him backwards so I can close the door. I think he’s trying to get a reverse facelift on his wrinkles.
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:08 am
Wonderbutt is my kind of dog. I bet he could hold the door open while I run through it.
sylvia
November 3, 2011 at 11:32 pm
Hey Bongo
Poor thing:( got scared of thunder……Next time hide under the cot before woman comes and chases you outside..
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:11 am
Sylvia, I might just have to try that.
rumpydog
November 4, 2011 at 4:43 am
Jen has to do that with June Buggie. He thinks he should go outside when us dogs do. Jen uses a squirt bottle with water to keep us back. Be glad you don’t have to suffer such a humiliation. *sigh*
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:14 am
Rumpy, my person told me she used to have a squirt bottle to keep Scratchy off the counters when she first got him, but my younger person was only six at the time and he thought the squirt bottle was great fun and squirted Scratchy all the time. Me, I would think it was great fun and try to catch the water in my mouth. Maybe I should talk my person into getting that squirt bottle out again.
2browndawgs
November 4, 2011 at 6:00 am
Bongo those humans can be tricky. You’ll just have to out smart them. 🙂
the 2 brown dawgs
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:18 am
Brown Dawgs, I can outsmart my person sometimes, but I think I’m going to have to come up with some new tricks. She’s getting to know me too well.
katyoparty
November 4, 2011 at 6:02 am
Hi Bongo! My name is Sophie and katyoparty is the human who belongs to me. I read your post while she was out in her art shack. I’ve realized my owner plays the same tricks on me sometimes except she’ll make me stay outside while she goes in the house. She’s even been known to throw the ball and when I go to get it she’ll go in. Usually I stay within a foot of katyoparty but sometimes she thinks I need to be outside for awhile. I’d like to go in her art shack and make her stay outside. Nice to meet you.
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:20 am
Hi Sophie. Nice to meet you. I trained my person to not leave me outside by myself because sometimes I jump the fence. Of course this works against me sometimes. On nice days I’d like to stay out there and she won’t let me.
Andrea Thomson Viner @ Iowa Dog Blog
November 4, 2011 at 9:09 am
It’s interesting that dogs who are scared of thunder are comforted by anxiety vests, while dogs in costumes generally get stressed. I suppose the vests hug the dogs in just the right place, while costumes may squeeze in unpleasant ways.
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:22 am
Andrea, I read some info on the development of the anxiety vest and they tried lots of different things, and came up with the right fabric and the right design to hug the dogs the right way.
sandrabranum
November 4, 2011 at 9:32 am
Poor Bongo! I used to be able to move that fast, but gravity has slowed me down… and made me a bit clumsy. See if I was there, you’d still be lucky…
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:24 am
Sandra, come on over. Then I could go with you. The only way my person can catch me easily is to open her car door. I jump right in. Of course she usually takes me right back in the house and shuts me in.
Bassas Blog
November 4, 2011 at 11:08 am
Always keep a few tricks up your sleeve Bongo 🙂
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 11:24 am
Bassa, I’m working hard to come up with some new tricks.
Laurie Bartolo
November 4, 2011 at 1:24 pm
Hi Bongo. I’m sorry to hear that you don’t like thunder. My dog Webster doesn’t like it either, and I got him one of those anxiety vests, but it doesn’t seem to help him. 😦 My other dog Daisy is also an escape artist and I’ve had to chase her a few times, but she is very fast and like you, is very good at playing keep away. Are you fast, Bongo? I bet you are. 🙂
BongoDogOwner
November 4, 2011 at 1:47 pm
Laurie, I’m fast but I usually like to tease my person. When I get out and she comes after me I let her get close and then I move about twenty feet further until she gets close again. She tricks me though. She gets in her car and I think she’s going to take me for a ride so I jump in the open door.