I bought her a Mac, and the Windows sound ritual ceased.
A couple of years later, I found a youtube video compilation of every Windows signature sound and I played it. Despite it being the middle of the afternoon, the moment that specific log out tune played, the two dogs leapt up and went to their crates.
(I wonder what he thinks this magical sound IS, but I guess the answer is he does not think, he just accepts. Dogs are have a wonderful lack of introspective angst, they just take the world as they find it.)
I was (and still am) a really heavy sleeper, but it would wake me up instantly.
I want my children to have a dog Or may be two or three They'll learn from them more easily Than they will learn from me. A dog will teach them how to love, And have no grudge or hate I'm not so good at that myself But a dog will do it straight I want my children to have a dog, To be their pal and friend So they may learn that friendship Is faithful to the end. There never yet has been a dog That learned to double cross Nor catered to you when you won Then dropped you when you lost.
We're getting two rescues next month. Greyhounds again.
My most previous greyhound would play bite, which indicates to me he knew what a real bite does. On occasions I have said "ow ow" he would stop immediately and looked at me with surprise. I have also stepped on him or otherwise jostled him by accident, and I immediately and profusely said "sorry, sorry", and he would lick my hand as if he understood it was a mistake. Am I anthropomorphising the behavior? I've never doubted that dogs could differentiate what is intentional and unintentional.
It isn't just that dogs know when it was a mistake or not, they do, they also want the apology. Apologies are always key, even if predictable.
I believe this is because I didn't know how to win another thing's affection. A dog just gives it to you. Unconditionally.
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Rest In Peace my old best friends, you’ll never be forgotten.
You're right to say it's hard, but so is life. The companionship is worth the grief for me.
It took me a surprisingly long time to come to terms with my first dog's death. But the memories have made it all worth it.
I inadvertently trained my dog to recognize Frozen Creek by Circa Survive. Years later all it takes to calm him down is to play the opening to that song. I attribute it to a day or two where I had the album on repeatedly and and he wasn’t feeling well - pretty sure he just ate something he shouldn’t have - and he’d come lay in my lap and sleep.