Let the dog in!

bird feeder. Yes, it’s time for more about our wirehaired pointing griffon, Becca, our dearly loved family pooch, also known as walnut brain or LTK.

It seems that we have somehow mistakenly encouraged her to bark away the birds from our bird feeder posted off the side of our deck. I am SURE we started off sarcastically, as in “ooooo, better go get those birds, you fierce hunting dog you!” as we opened the door to the deck. She began charging and barking at the birds on the feeder. Then, she began charging the feeder even if there were NO birds. Now, she will not only charge the feeder, she alternates between barking at the empty feeder and BITING the post it hangs from. I am so proud. I am also wondering if she is getting splinters in her gums.

This dog is 5 1/2 years old. This should qualify as proof that you can teach an old dog a new (stupid) trick. Now, how to unteach it…..