My husband has been deployed since the beginning of January. He has a wonderful relationship with both of our dogs ( a 1 year old Cairn terrier and an 11month old lab/shepard) We don't have children, so these pups really are our kids, and we treat them as such. As soon as he left (that night) my Cairn, who isthe smaller of two, but the more dominate, got extremely possessive of my husbands pillow. I have managed to break him of that to the point that he'll let me near the pillow, but still not our other dog. I've done experiments, putting a pillow that looks the same in place of the one that Maximus has 'claimed' and even hid his daddy's pillow. he knew as soon as he smelled it, and even went to the closet door (the real pillow was inside) and scratched and whined until i gave it to him. Could he have recognized the fact, even that soon after he left, that 'daddy' wouldnt be back for a while? Is it because the pillow smells like my husband?
2007-05-09
20:02:20
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