Socks do get STUCK!!! 6 week UPDATE

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

 

Well, we are 6 weeks out from our viligent observation and training of Bella's sock fetish and I have to report she has been passing with flying colors!!! We have set her up repeatedly to try to catch her and time after time, she just looks at the sock, sometimes sniffs very quickly, and walks away. She doesnt usually know we are watching, and I have taken to leaving the clean clothes in the laundry basket again when we aren't home and DH and I have all matching pairs of socks with every load.

 

We are thrilled and we have progressed now into training to include not eating tissue out of the waste baskets in the guest bathrooms.  I am doing the same training, rewarding her when she stops a few feet from the basket so that she doesn;t even get close enough to inhale one before I get to her.

So, she's doing well in the sock department, however, has taken to counter surfing. Geez, I guess training is never really done!!!

I think everyone pretty much knows my Bella has a fetish for all things NON-food, but socks, little pairs of grandson's socks in particular, are by far her favorite snack.

The pair usually pass pretty easily, quickly and without much fanfare.

 Except today. No, nothing needing going to the Vet for. Just some minor assistance from me. Ofcourse, where is DH when you need him?

Bella was outside for quite awhile this morning. She is allowed out by herself when I have secured the area of lingering poops, as I just had earlier. After 20 minutes or so, I decided she'd been out enough and went to call her and found her dragging her little but on the brick pavers. Something she never has done before.

FIrst thought....anal glands, darn! Nah, she poops like a horse, can't be!!! Well, upon closer examination, I see a pretty good sized poopy bundle hanging from her bottom, with the visable signs of sock in the package. She shook, rolled, swung her hips, layed down to try to pull it out herself, but it was STUCK!!! Oh dear. Dr Mom to the rescue. However there are no nurses hand gloves in close proximity! What's a mom to do? Gotta get this out for her before she starts rolling all over in it! Not to mention, the poor look on her face was just screaming "Help me Mommy!"

I grab a towel, reach down and pull! And pull, and pull and about 18 inches later, out comes the whole deal!

Now I ask you, is this something that can be classified as going Above and Beyond the call of Doodle mommy Duty? 

Sorry, no pictures, and aren't you glad???

So we are a week into training Bella to "Leave" socks alone and I think yesterday she validated just how smart she is. During the day of doing laundry, there were no less than 3 times that a sock had fallen on the floor unattended by us.

One in the laundry room, that I know I had not been in since I emptied the dryer several hours beforehand and she had been in and out of several times. When I saw the sock still there, I casually called her to me, ignored the sock to see what she would do. She did walk over to it and stayed about a foot away, stopped, looked up and then walked away!!! I didn't say a word to stop her but praised her up and down. 

 She did this in the bedroom also with DH's socks later in the day when she acknowledged them on the floor, but stayed about a foot away and turned and left the room. That would NEVER have happened a week ago and I have to say, we really only practiced this maybe for 3 days. I still don't trust her 100% nor will I knowingly leave socks down yet, but this is a big improvement and I guess a habit that can be trained out of them. Thought you'd all like to know!

[Nina, Phil, Harlow & Lacey]

You did good doodle mom.

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

Yes above and beyond! No need for pictures I think you did an excellent job with the description! Yes, I really hope she can stop this before there's internal damages!!! Crazy fetishes! I can just picture her swinging and trying to get it off. Yummo!

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Actually I would have laughed too if I weren't trying to find something to put over my hand to pull it out and feeling sorry for her,at the moment. Now reliving it, it really was kinda funny. The look on her face was priceless though!

[Denise & Sophie]

Oh wow!  I am thankful Sophie threw the socks up.  I am very worried about putting our Christmas tree up. I never did buy a fence because I  need one 84 inches to block the living room off.... Yes, you are a good doodle mom.  :)

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Oh, now that you mention it, DH told me this morning she woke him up barfing around 3 am. Wonder what that was? Probably the stuffing from one of Murphy's balls that she ate on Thurs.

[Donna K & Quincy]

Bella was doing her own version of a Sock Hop. Glad everything turned out well in the end. :>)

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

OMD Donna. Yes she could make up her own new dance!!!! Doodle Sock Hop. I remember this song. How old am I????

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Although the split might be a little tricky.

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Yes, please have the camera ready when she gets to that part!!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Love this Donna!!!  Of course I have no memory of ever hearing it before!! LOL!

[Donna K & Quincy]

They do say that memory is one of the first things to go.  ">)

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

I've pulled a few hangers off of sophie's butt before, but nothing like a sock. let us know if you decide to try the e-collar and if so how it goes.