"diddy" none wrote in message
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It was funny. Last night Tuck played basketball with me for 20 minutes.
Then DH came home. Tuck met him at the door with his basketball and
implored him to shoot hoops with him. So DH played basketball with the
dog
for 5 minutes before he sat down for supper.

Then DH had the audacity to say, he just doesn't understand how I can have
such an awesome dog, and ignore him all the time. huh?
I ignore him when DH is home because, well, I have all day to play with
him! How does DH think the dog LEARNED all that stuff? By ignoring him? I
DON'T THINK SO!!!

I talk to the dog all day long. In fact, I talk to him more than I talk to
anyone combined all day long!

And he listens, because he knows I'm babbling to HIM. So he reacts
appropriately. I was talking to someone on the phone a little bit ago, and
Tuck was obviously listening in on the conversation, because he got up and
got the object I was talking about. And then I told them about DH shooting
hoops with him last night, and he went and grabbed his basketball and
started playing.

Jeez, sounds like we could be living parallel lives! Kiba will play with me
all day, and still run to the door to greet Dad when come home. He'll grab
a toy or ball, and ask Dad to play. On more than one occasion, he's said to
me, "Don't you ever play with him while I'm at work?" Ass.
Last time (and I mean LAST time) I replied, "Oh you're so right. I
shouldn't let the dog joyously greet you when you come home and ask you to
play, even though he may be tired out from playing with me. But he loves
you so much and the only way he can show it is by bringing his favourite
toys and sharing play with you, so that's what he does, every day. Yup,
I'll put a stop to that tomorrow."

I still say, "Dad's home!" and Kiba still runs joyously to the door to say
hello, and maybe engage the man in play with his favourite toys. Dad plays
right back.
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Phyrie
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