Facebook page.When Geyser and I are training and playing, I'll slap her sides pretty well, especially when we're tugging or I'm telling her what a great job she just did. She loves it. If we're tugging, it revs her up more; if it's a kudos, she just puts her ears back and smiles.
OK, so the other day, she committed a major transgression. I don't hit her very often, but on occasion, well, sometimes you gotta
. So, I came up behind her and smacked her on her butt, as I was telling her what an ass**** she is, and scolded her but good. Now, the intensity of the slap wasn't even near what I do when we're playing, but of course, she acted like I'd hit her with a 2x4. Then she went into her "I'm just a poor little puppy...don't be mad at me," routine, and then, since I was giving her the Evil Eye and Cold Shoulder, she decided to take herself into the front room and lie quietly on her rug 
. Eventually, she came into the kitchen and crept out onto the back screened in porch. I just kept doing whatever I was doing at the kitchen counter. The nextdoor dogs were taken out for their walk, which usually has her going into hysterics of "MOM...MOM!!! They're out! Can we go out! Can we? Please Please PLEASE!!!!!" What I heard were these little, dainty woofs, almost subvocal, so I went out to see what was up. I really cracked up when I saw it was the neighbor and his dogs and how much she was restraining herself in announcing their appearance.I let it go on for about 30 minutes, then relented and told her she was OK and petted her a bit, and then her world was fine once again and she was her regular, happy, exuberant self.
She's the same way about injuries. When she hurts herself, as she did today, somehow cutting and scraping the upper pad on her wrist, she doesn't even notice it, other than to lick the blood off a bit. No limping, nothing. But, the second I put a sock on it to protect it once I'd cleaned it up and put some stuff on it, suddenly, she couldn't walk without limping and holding her foot up, etc etc etc.
Took the sock off to replace it with a small bandage secured with some vet wrap, just to be a little more secure, and suddenly, she's little miss clingy/dependent/I-need-my-mom. I can't wait to find out what she's like when she gets spayed next month 
. Very theatrical Geyser is and she sure knows how to work it :dswink"
). She was quiet for about 45 min, the set up the "please let me out, I promise I'll stay on my bed" routine, whining and yipping, and then barking when that wasn't convincing enough ("are you listening?"). When I'd had enough of that, went and covered the crate with a sheet...silence for the rest of the nite 
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