How to get my dog, Abbie, inside the house before we go somewhere:
- Go to the garage door, open it, and yell “Abbie!” You may need to do this a couple of times, with varying degrees of amplification. Abbie will most likely appear outside of the garage.
- Open the door widely and tell her to come inside. She will now sit down or walk away.
- Go inside and get a dog biscuit. Go back outside and attempt to lure Abbie in using the dog biscuit. By this time she will know what you are up to, and stubbornly refuse the biscuit.
- Break off a piece of the biscuit and stick it in her mouth. She will eat it, and give in and want the biscuit.
- Don’t give her the biscuit! Wave it around and say “let’s go inside now!” and then start to walk inside, showing it the whole time.
- At this point, she will lie down in the grass. Just give up and call for your mom, who will come out of the house with her purse and shoo Abbie inside.
This was another assignment I read in front of the class. It was funny, but it made me miss Abbie.
