Re: Cliff, Tricia and the singing dogs.

[Guest guest]

Aren't dogs just the cutest things? They can be so entertaining with the things they come out with. is so funny about her "singing" though. Because Skylar, our middle dog, can do it so well is very sensitive about her "voice". So, if you praise her and tell her she's a good girl she'll get all excited and wag her tail, etc. But, if you laugh at her (cause despite her best efforts, it's still an unnatural thing for her) she gets offended and leaves the room. Perhaps she was a diva in a former life? Tricia wrote:

Cliff and Tricia,

We have had 2 singing dogs, the first one was when my sister and I were teenagers he was a papillon basically a long haired Chihuahua. My sister started him by first howling with him then we started singing with us. Then our cocker out of the blue started howling along with me. I was goofing off around the house many many moons ago singing Oh what a beautiful morning and all of a sudden Freckles started howling right along, for the longest time that was the only song he would do it to, he then became a lot less picky, it was sad when he lost his hearing after many years of singing along with me. My girls would bring their friends home to show them

-- Cliff

I know exactly what you mean about dogs. Spencer and Skylar (a sheltie and a mutt), the two older ones prefer to live life in peace and quiet - so they spend most of their time at my parent's house cause I like to play my music loud and sing along (closest I've been able to get to my former weekly kareoke outings.) On the other hand, my baby (3yr old Great Pyrenees) will join in....yes, despite not having any hound in her she's taught herself to howl (and boy was that a fun learning curve to watch.) Before the RSD, she used to dance with me in the living room. As she gets older the little habits she picks up and skills she learns just entertain the heck out of me. Love her to death.

Speaking of which, you may want to pace yourself with the Red Sox coverage. Any die hard fan can attest to shortness of breath and a rapidly increasing heart rate on several occasions throughout their life. Now that the whole world is watching them, everyone's getting a taste of what we Sox fans have always known......they've never done anything the easy way Enjoy the day and the game tonight. Tricia