Cats & Dogs

            So lately, my dog Margo has had a big change in behavior. When we first got her she was a puppy so of course she was hyper. We did a good job training her though and she behaved very well. When we got the other dogs she started to become unruly. We thought this was just because she wanted more attention.

            When Bella had her puppies, this bad behavior got worse. This time we knew it was because of the attention she wasn’t getting. Even though we got rid of all the puppies she still jumps on everyone and I’m not sure why. No matter what we do she doesn’t learn. No matter how much I try to punish her she never quits. When she’s left alone she will rip up everything, and she’s about a year old now or a little more. When she rips up my shoes I put her in her crate and yell at her, sometimes I’ll hit her with the broken part of the shoe. She never learns. I would never actually hurt her but I don’t know how she will learn. She has always been kind of a pansy. If you yell at her you can see it in her face she gets sad. It’s kind of funny. You can tell what she is feeling just by her eyes.

            A random change of topic, I think it is fascinating how animals clean themselves, especially cats. Dogs clean themselves too, but they only do the…important parts.  Cats are just cleanlier I guess. My cat Oreo cleans herself all the time.  I’m not sure what makes it that way. People are all completely different, some don’t shower at all and some do all the time. All cats clean themselves and dogs don’t really. Maybe it is because dogs can’t reach everywhere else. Cats are just more flexible. Oreo has some sort of skin disorder or issue. I already took her into the vet once. They gave her a shot, but now it is getting worse, it is like open wounds. They said it was just a staph infection, but I will have to see what it really is when I take her in on Tuesday.