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Note: This post is the third and concluding post in a series that started with “How to Choose the Perfect Puppy<\/a><\/strong><\/span>” followed by “My Perfect Puppy – The Arrival of Lupe<\/a><\/strong><\/span>“.\u00a0 All three posts can be found\u00a0in the Dingo Tales category on the homepage main menu.<\/em><\/p>\n

The reader may recall from\u00a0an earlier post entitled “How to Choose the Perfect Puppy” that I had discouraged my spouse in January, 2011 from even getting a puppy with a rather long list of objections.\u00a0 However, as related in a\u00a0subsequent post\u00a0“My Perfect Puppy – The Arrival of Lupe”, I was over-ruled and on\u00a0February 11, 2011\u00a0became the unwilling new co-owner of Lupe, who converted me over in a single evening from not wanting a puppy at all to being delighted at becoming\u00a0Lupe’s new best friend.<\/p>\n

Despite this joyful near instant conversion to Lupe’s side, there was merit to many of the objections I originally presented to getting a puppy.\u00a0 Having Lupe around made for all sorts of interesting new developments, some unforeseen and many others much as I had predicted.\u00a0 My spouse had read a number of books about dogs prior to getting Lupe and worked quite diligently toward training her.\u00a0 I, however, was not much interested in books and training and discipline.\u00a0 I preferred to just have fun with the puppy.<\/p>\n

Which do you prefer?\u00a0 Discipline and training, or having fun?\u00a0 Lupe took to my methods like a duck to water, and my spouse’s diligent training efforts suffered because of it.\u00a0 Of course, some of the puppy problems were unavoidable.\u00a0 It took a little while to house-break Lupe, our old cat fled to the basement and lived\u00a0self-exiled in\u00a0needless\u00a0fear, and\u00a0we had\u00a0vet and other expenses\u00a0associated with having a\u00a0dog.\u00a0 However, some problems were made worse, much worse, by my endless frolicking and rough-housing with Lupe.\u00a0 I was teaching Lupe bad habits.\u00a0 She loved them.<\/p>\n

Lupe chewed.\u00a0 She chewed holes in shoes and socks.\u00a0 I egged her on by using old socks for games of tug-of-war with her.\u00a0 As a result, anytime I\u00a0carelessly left a sock on the floor, it was doomed to destruction at the enthusiastic jaws of the puppy.\u00a0 Many a time I wound up trying to catch Lupe, who had just\u00a0discovered\u00a0a perfectly good new and unprotected sock, before she could chew a hole in it.<\/p>\n

Lupe thought this was the best game in the world.\u00a0 She raced with a mouthful of sock up and down the stairs, dashing in and out of various rooms, and\u00a0leading me on a merry chase.\u00a0\u00a0When I got too close, she\u00a0usually disappeared under\u00a0the bed where she promptly chewed a big hole in her latest victim before I could rescue it.\u00a0 My brother-in-law could scarcely contain his mirth when one day I took off a shoe to unexpectedly reveal\u00a0four toes sticking out of a huge hole at the end my sock.\u00a0 It was about the best pair of socks I had left.<\/p>\n

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Lupe and her favorite nemesis, Mr. Woof, the pink puppy of Peace & Love.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lupe\u00a0ate my feather-filled slippers and feathers were everywhere.\u00a0 Lupe chewed my hands while we engaged in mock battles.\u00a0 She grew so strong I had to get gloves, and then she shredded and devoured the gloves.\u00a0 One day when Lupe was bored, I found her chewing a big chunk out of the drywall in the living room.\u00a0 Lupe chewed holes in pillows which then leaked even more feathers.\u00a0 Nightly she enjoyed ripping the stuffing out of the comforter on the bed and chewing holes in the blankets.\u00a0 I awoke some mornings to find she had eaten embarrassing holes in my pajamas while I slept.\u00a0 With great gusto, Lupe chomped and destroyed the dog toys my spouse got for her.<\/p>\n

Chewing wasn’t all that Lupe did, though.\u00a0 Dingoes are high-strung and loud.\u00a0 Lupe right away understood the concept of territory.\u00a0 She barked at anything that came anywhere near the house.\u00a0 She barked at other dogs.\u00a0 She barked at squirrels.\u00a0 She ran full speed\u00a0barking underneath birds flying over the yard.\u00a0 She barked at our good neighbors, even\u00a0though they\u00a0gave her treats.\u00a0 She learned to eagerly await the arrival of the mail lady, and barked in such a frenzy it seemed certain she was going to burst through the front window and go after her.<\/p>\n

Lupe had certain fetishes that set her off too.\u00a0 She was deeply suspicious of drapes and attacked them whenever someone attempted to open or close them.\u00a0 She attacked shovels, rakes, the lawn mower\u00a0and the garden hose.\u00a0 It became impossible to get anything done in the yard when Lupe was around.<\/p>\n

Most of the stuff Lupe destroyed was old anyway.\u00a0 No one got hurt, though my hands regularly\u00a0got roughed up a bit.\u00a0 Through it all, I laughed and had fun playing with Lupe.\u00a0 I followed her path of destruction, picking up after her when needed.\u00a0 I looked on it all as just normal puppy stuff.\u00a0 There was no doubt though that Lupe was guilty as charged.\u00a0 She did most of the stuff I had predicted.\u00a0 What I hadn’t predicted was that I would also be equally guilty right along with her.\u00a0 I was her accomplice and sidekick.\u00a0 Together we led a life of puppy crime and had a great time doing it.<\/p>\n

No doubt Lupe would be a better mannered doggie today, if my spouse had been\u00a0free to discipline and train her without my constant bad influence.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I’m glad it all happened the way it did.\u00a0 I’m pretty certain Lupe is too.<\/p>\n

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Who me? I’m innocent! What do you think I am, your sock’s keeper?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Want more Lupe adventures?\u00a0\u00a0Choose\u00a0from\u00a0Lupe’s Dingo Tales Index<\/a><\/strong><\/span> or Master Adventure Index<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0Or subscribe free\u00a0to\u00a0new Lupe adventures<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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