Our dog Honey has many stories to tell.  Or at least I imagine she would if she could talk!  There are times she seems almost human, even though I know she is a dog.

Guarding food in the kitchen

If you are browning ground beef on the stove, Honey usually lays on the kitchen floor right next to the stove.  She stays there the whole time the meat is browning.  Also, she likes to lay right below the cutting board when we make cookies.  I don't understand this, since cookie dough never falls on the floor.  Yeah, right!  LOL!  She gets a treat every time.

Sneaking food off the kitchen table

A few months after we got her, she had a defining moment in our house. One Sunday morning, we left leftover waffles on the table as we rushed to get kids to Sunday school.  Honey knew I was gone, but forgot that Gary was still home.  He was downstairs on the computer and heard her creep up the stairs to the kitchen as my car pulled out of the driveway.  Soon he heard a fork and a plate hit the floor.  He apparently ran upstairs, pulled her out from under the kitchen table and said something to her about getting food from the table!  I have a feeling he really laid into her because she has never touched food on the table since then. I guess she wasn't a very smart criminal!

Parking herself next to the fridge

She likes hotdogs and expects one every evening.  If you are in the kitchen, she will park herself on the floor near where the door of the refrigerator opens hoping for a treat.  If you are down in the basement watching tv or surfing the net, she will whine to get your attention to tell you it's time for the hotdog!  If you look at her, she will plead with her eyes and wag her tail!

Kohler-Andrae Park

We don't dare say "park," "Kohler Andrae Park," "walk," "leash" etc. in her hearing unless we are really taking her for a walk at the park.  It is her favorite place to walk and you better be going there if she hears the words!  I like going there because it's a bit of nature just at the end of the city!  It is also one of the few places you can walk your dog on the beach!  She likes to wade in the water, but not go swimming!

Rawhide bones

Honey seems to think that rawhide bones can't be chewed on, until they have been thrown and retrieved about 10-15 times!  LOL!  She loves running across the room to get them and bring them back.  After a while, she will stop and get busy chewing.  Sometimes she throws them in the air herself and then pounces on them.  She also won't chew on them unless we are all home.  I guess it's no fun by yourself!

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