Vern and the Man in the Lawn Chair!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Most of you know that our Vern is a big ol' chicken. Yesterday, I was doing some training with them up at the state park and both dogs were doing beautifully until Vern spotted a man sitting in a lawn chair. I did not have my camera, so some of this blog will be a reenactment. Here is how threatening the man appeared:

Vern started backing into me and nothing I did could get him to refocus his attention. He started acting like this:

and like he had this hot on his tail:

Fudge kept looking at Vern and me like she was thinking, "It is a lawn chair, Vern! Get a grip." or maybe even like she was thinking this:

Luckily, because the man never moved from his spot, we were able to escape and make our way to the car. There was one scary moment, when he shifted in his chair and adjusted his hat, but we kept moving. When we got home, Vern was exhausted. After all, it isn't being such a good watchdog!

Monday, we are going back to the park in search of more men in lawn chairs and we'll keep going back until Vern conquers this fear. I only hope I can find subjects and distractions that look like this:

and not like this:

[Camilla and Darwin]

ROFL, yet another awesome post. Poor Vern...

[Jennifer,Chloe & Myla]

So funny! I wish you lots of luck with what you find in the lawn chair!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

Poor Vern! I'm so glad that you are planning to go back looking for worthy distractions to help train him! Don't forget  to share with Lauricki if you find a distraction like option #1! :) Great story!

[F, Calla & Luca]

Good reenactment. Good luck finding someone like picture #1, they don't show up often.

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

Ha ha! this is hilarious. Only tonight I was thinking up my next blog post about things that scare SB so laughed so hard when I read this.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

OMD, great story telling Laurie. I can picture it as if I were there, probably because Daisy is a mix of both Fudge and Vern....looks for Fudge and Chicken for Vern.

[Wendy and Eddie]

I am SO glad you made it back to your car safely. Eddie would have been shivering in his boots right along with Vern. Good luck in your quest for distractions worthy of YOUR attention!