1. Doors : Do not
allow closed doors in any room. To get
door opened, stand on hind legs and
hammer with forepaws. Once door is
opened,it is not necessary to use it.
After you have ordered an "outside" door
opened, stand halfway in and out and
think about several things. This is
particularly important during cold
weather, rain, snow, or mosquito season.
Swing doors are to be avoided at all
costs.
2. Chairs and rugs : If you have to
throw up, get to a chair quickly. If you
cannot manage in time, get to an
oriental rug. If there is no oriental
rug, shag is good. When throwing up on
the carpet, make sure you back up so
that it is as long as the human's bare
foot.
3. Bathrooms : Always accompany guests
to the bathroom. It is not necessary to
do anything---just sit and stare.
4. Hampering : If one of your humans is
engaged in some close activity and the
other is idle, stay with the busy one.
This is called "helping", otherwise
known as "hampering". Following are the
rules for "hampering".
- When
supervising cooking, sit just behind
the left heel of the cook. You
cannot be seen and thereby stand a
better chance of being stepped on
and then picked up and comforted.
- For book
readers, get in close under the
chin, between eyes and book, unless
you lie across the book itself.
- For knitting
projects or paperwork, lie on the
work in the most appropriate manner
so as to obscure as much of the work
or at least the most important part.
Pretend to doze, but every so often
reach out and slap the pencil or
knitting needles. The worker may try
to distract you; ignore it.
- For people
paying bills (monthly activity) or
working on income taxes or Christmas
cards (annual activity) keep in mind
the aim---to hamper!! First sit on
the paper being worked on. When
dislodged, watch sadly from the side
of the table. When activity proceeds
nicely, roll around on the papers,
scattering them to the best of your
ability. After being removed for the
second time, push pens, pencils, and
erasers off the table, one at a
time.
-
When a human is holding the
newspaper in front of him/her, be
sure to jump on the back of the
paper. They love to jump.
5.
Walking : As often as possible, dart
quickly and as close as possible in
front of the human, especially on
stairs, when they have something in
their arms, in the dark, and when they
get up in the morning. This will help
their coordination skills.
6. Bedtime : Always sleep on the human
at night so he/she cannot move around.
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