Goya
Well-Known Member
Tell These Rules to Your Dog at Christmas Time
Be especially patient with your humans during this time. They may appear to be more stressed-out than usual. They may come home with large bags of things they call gifts. Do not assume that all the gifts are yours. Be tolerant if your humans put decorations on you. They seem to get some special kind of pleasure out of seeing how dogs look with fake antlers. Crazy.
The Christmas Tree:
They may bring a large tree into the house and set it up in a prominent place and cover it with lights and decorations. Bizarre as this may seem to you, it is an important ritual for your humans, so here are some things canines need to know:
Don't pee on the tree.
Don't drink water in the container that holds the tree.
Mind your tail when you are near the tree.
If there are packages under the tree, even ones that smell interesting or that have your name on them, don't rip them open.
Don't chew on the cord that runs from the funny-looking hole in the wall to the tree.
Discretion
Your humans may occasionally invite lots of strangers to come visit during this season. These parties can be lots of fun, but they also call for some discretion on the part of we dogs:
Not all strangers appreciate kisses.
Do not eat off the buffet table.
Beg for goodies by all means but do it........ subtly.
Be pleasant, even if unknowing strangers sit on your sofa.
Don't drink out of glasses that are left within your reach.
Manners:
Likewise, your humans may take you visiting at Christmas. Here your manners will also be important:
Respect the territory of other animals that may live in the house.
Tolerate children.
Turn on your charm big time.
A big man with a white beard and a very loud laugh may emerge from your fireplace in the middle of the night. Do not bite him.
A Puppy's Christmas
It's the day before Christmas
And all through the house
The puppies are squeaking
An old rubber mouse.
The wreath which had merrily
Hung on the door
Is scattered in pieces
All over the floor.
The stockings that hung
In a neat little row
Now boast a hole in
Each one of the toes.
The tree was subjected
To bright-eyed whims,
And now, although splendid,
It's missing some limbs.
I catch them and hold them.
"Be good", I insist.
They lick me, then run off
To see what they've missed.
And now as I watch them
The thought comes to me,
That theirs is the spirit
That Christmas should be.
Should children and puppies
Yet show us the way,
And teach us the joy
That should come with this day?
Could they bring the message
That's written above,
And tell us that, most of all
Christmas is love.
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and New Year
Be especially patient with your humans during this time. They may appear to be more stressed-out than usual. They may come home with large bags of things they call gifts. Do not assume that all the gifts are yours. Be tolerant if your humans put decorations on you. They seem to get some special kind of pleasure out of seeing how dogs look with fake antlers. Crazy.
The Christmas Tree:
They may bring a large tree into the house and set it up in a prominent place and cover it with lights and decorations. Bizarre as this may seem to you, it is an important ritual for your humans, so here are some things canines need to know:
Don't pee on the tree.
Don't drink water in the container that holds the tree.
Mind your tail when you are near the tree.
If there are packages under the tree, even ones that smell interesting or that have your name on them, don't rip them open.
Don't chew on the cord that runs from the funny-looking hole in the wall to the tree.
Discretion
Your humans may occasionally invite lots of strangers to come visit during this season. These parties can be lots of fun, but they also call for some discretion on the part of we dogs:
Not all strangers appreciate kisses.
Do not eat off the buffet table.
Beg for goodies by all means but do it........ subtly.
Be pleasant, even if unknowing strangers sit on your sofa.
Don't drink out of glasses that are left within your reach.
Manners:
Likewise, your humans may take you visiting at Christmas. Here your manners will also be important:
Respect the territory of other animals that may live in the house.
Tolerate children.
Turn on your charm big time.
A big man with a white beard and a very loud laugh may emerge from your fireplace in the middle of the night. Do not bite him.
A Puppy's Christmas
It's the day before Christmas
And all through the house
The puppies are squeaking
An old rubber mouse.
The wreath which had merrily
Hung on the door
Is scattered in pieces
All over the floor.
The stockings that hung
In a neat little row
Now boast a hole in
Each one of the toes.
The tree was subjected
To bright-eyed whims,
And now, although splendid,
It's missing some limbs.
I catch them and hold them.
"Be good", I insist.
They lick me, then run off
To see what they've missed.
And now as I watch them
The thought comes to me,
That theirs is the spirit
That Christmas should be.
Should children and puppies
Yet show us the way,
And teach us the joy
That should come with this day?
Could they bring the message
That's written above,
And tell us that, most of all
Christmas is love.
Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and New Year
Pip wasnt here to see because I think she would have gone mad.
