{"id":48625,"date":"2021-07-18T01:39:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-18T01:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=48625"},"modified":"2021-07-18T01:39:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-18T01:39:33","slug":"puppy-tales-part-91-still-learning-about-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=48625","title":{"rendered":"Puppy Tales, Part 91: Still learning about skills"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By John Kanelis \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/p>\n

Toby the Puppy cannot speak English, at least as I understand the language. He does, however, “speak” in a unique way that I have learned to comprehend.<\/p>\n

He answers “yes” to questions by doing something in the moment that he does not do any other time.<\/p>\n

“Are you hungry?” I might ask. “Do you want to go for a walk?” “Do you want to ride in the truck?” “Do you want to go see Emma?”<\/p>\n

If the answer is “yes” to any or all of those queries — which almost always is the case — he responds by grabbing one his many chew toys that he has thrown around every room in our house.<\/p>\n

He then shakes the toy. He throws it in the air. He growls at whatever toy he grabs. He might even bark at it.<\/p>\n

That is how Toby the Puppy communicates his agreement with whatever question my bride and I would pose to him.<\/p>\n

Oh, how do I know when he says “no”? No sweat. He doesn’t do anything. He might offer us a hang-dog look. What question produces something akin to a negative response? “Do you want to take bath?” He doesn’t fight the bath, but clearly it isn’t among his favorite things to do.<\/p>\n

He joined our family more than seven years ago. We learn more about him almost daily. I am quite certain Toby the Puppy has his Mommy and me figured out.<\/p>\n\n

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By John Kanelis \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com Toby the Puppy cannot speak English, at least as I understand the language. He does, however, “speak” in a unique way that I have learned to comprehend. He answers “yes” to questions by doing something in the moment that he does not do any other time. “Are you hungry?” I … Continue reading Puppy Tales, Part 91: Still learning about skills<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[6016],"class_list":["post-48625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-toby-the-puppy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48627,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48625\/revisions\/48627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}