We have two akitas, River and Ocean. We got Ocean to help our overly-anxious bullmastiff, Lobo. When Lobo passed away, my lovely hubby decided Ocean was lonely and needed a buddy (side note: He’s a therapist. He can’t help thinking those things) and we got River. Another akita.
River grew up in a kennel without much interaction with humans because he was originally intended to be a breeding dog. We’ve been trying to fix that by socializing him, hugging and kissing him and basically spoiling him rotten.
We’ve been making steady progress. He sleeps on his cushion, has the run of the house and even knows how to take treats without snapping at your fingers like a hungry piranha.
Then, in a leap of faith, we decided to leave them alone in the house for a couple of hours and see how he’d do on his own.
We returned to this.
And this.
Oops.
The culprit in question was clearly River, since he was still in the middle of his hors-d’oeuvre when walked in.
My hubby might be a therapist but so was Hannibal Lecter. I ushered the dogs quickly outside and tried to think of the bright side of things.
“Look at it this way, we get to buy a new couch…” I tried.
He wasn’t convinced. Apparently, couches are really important to therapists.
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Taylor Grace 
Wow!
Oops . Dogs are adorable and great to have around, but sometimes hard work!
So true!
Oh, I feel your pain!
My mother has just bought a King Charles Cavalier puppy. He’s as cute as a button but has a habit of chewing on my shoelaces and undoing them each time I go to visit. If its not my shoelaces it’s the buttons on my coat. The problem is that he’s just too darned cute to stay mad at! 🙂
It’s so true! Do you think we got mad at River? Nope. My lovely hubby made a show of trying to ‘explain’ things to him and I did as well. He probably understood absolutely nothing.
It’s the big soppy eyes that get me, I think. Barney the KC Cavalier pup is such am adorably sweet little thing that I can’t stay mad at him for more than two seconds 🙂
I get that. I really do.
Oh boy. That’s not a fun thing to come home to. The sofas seem like they must have been pretty nice … leather and all. Maybe River sees it as beef jerky. I had completely forgotten that Hannibal Lecter was a therapist! And that Far Side joke is to die for. I LOVE it! It cracked me up!! It added a welcomed happiness booster to my day. : )
I’m so glad you liked it! I loved the couch reference and the therapist connection. I didn’t want the story to end on a bad note and I’m so glad I found that twist at the end. Even my lovely hubby laughed!