I'm not asking you nice folks. That's what I asked our new hound dog. Brand new Provence guide. We have those threads here about cutting them up to make them lighter for travel. But chewing up the covers and index? Not cool, dude.
We are re-learning habits in our household, such as putting away shoes and keeping the garbage closed.
Did he/she give you the "sad eyes"? It's hard to get mad at a cute new dog :-)
Dogs are like kids, just one expense after another!
A hound? Which breed? :-)
He heard you were planning a fun vacation without him!
Wait until he gets into your suitcase while packing and give you those sad eyes...Pathetic on both sides. That's what I live with. She is great with the guilt.
Oh, he's the sweetest thing. A Tennessee Coon Hound, eight years old. Pretty lazy but shows signs of rambunctiousness. He's getting heart worm treatment still so we have to keep him calm. He and the beagle are getting along nicely. Big hound and little hound.
I can still use the middle part of the book. But I need new oven mitts. They were an early loss.
A candidate for Doggie School. Perhaps - elementary school.
Your big hound is doing NOTHING wrong! So many here purposely destroy books without blinking an eye; so why can't your beloved hound? :-)
Hey, a new RS guide is probably the smallest expense you'll have for the hound this month.
I don't destroy them, I use them. The next time I visit I'll want the latest version anyway. Slice and dice them, then throw away the parts you no longer need to keep your bag light.
Actually, I find myself using kindle versions now to pack even lighter. No added weight advantage to slicing and dicing - just bookmark. I'll probably still want the latest version next trip.
Coonhounds are the sweetest dogs. I actually belong to a coonhound fan group on Facebook, even though I have never had one as a family member, just as a visitor. When I was a child there was a Redbone Coonhound named Muffin who adopted our family and would make a beeline to our house, over several miles of Southern California suburbia, to visit whenever she could escape her own yard. Fortunately she was very traffic-wise. We would call her people to say “Muffin is here, again” and stress that they need not hurry to come pick her up. Sometimes she even got to stay the night, which was probably reinforcing her bad habit.
I have a near-new and completely unused copy of the Provence book (bought in anticipation of a 2016 trip we never took) I would be happy to send you to atone for your pup’s errors if you like. Just PM me.
That's nice of you, Lola. I actually have two copies, since I'd ordered one myself and then got one for Christmas. But I'll give him a hug from you.
How nice that your dog wanted to help you reduce the size of the book for easier packing. Must have read it here in the Forum. Good boy.
Pets are often like some in-laws. One loves them, but at the same time .......
Karen, I just love this post. And so many of the responses!! Grateful for the smiles and chuckles that this thread has brought.
Would that a chewed-up guidebook were the only pet-related travel expense! Just mailed a check to the dog-sitter ... Might be cheaper to take the Chihuahua and get him his own hotel room.
I had to laugh when I read this. 58 years ago when we were first married our little beagle puppy chewed up my husband's pay check. OMG what to do. Luckily the bank took the little parts we had. All was forgiven and our darling dog lived to be 17 years old.
Like Kim, I am happy for the fun post, Karen. Lovely change of pace and lots of chuckles reading OP's post and the replies; very welcome after the past few days! Hounds are adorable-my folks had a bloodhound, Sassy Mae, who was passed on to my daughter and her family after my parents moved into a (sadly) "no dogs allowed" residence. Sassy came to visit frequently!
I was the one in the house that pushed for an older, calmer dog that the existing dog would better accept, She doesn't like bouncy puppies. Hopefully this guy will not cost us as much as our Labrador did. We could have raised another child for what he cost us.
Sassy Mae! What a great name!!!
Okay, this was not the thread I expected when I read the title. Poor baby hound! We used to have a Bassett who would eat anything. Literally. He ate at least two saplings out back, part of a yard chair and possibly a bit of someone's bottom as they were sitting in said chair.
Despite those facts, he was a good baby whose ears daily fell into his food and water dishes.
