...dogs and kids

(crazy dog)

In thinking about dog obedience training I began to wonder why they don't offer obedience training for kids? If you're a parent you've had those "other peoples kids" in your house...you know, the ones that are louder than yours, they don't listen or get off the furniture...they run fast, jump high, and eat everything...they may even pee on the floor. Well, when the dog we were watching for a friend starting showing all that behavior I in my snotty-I-know-everything manner texted the owner that she should consider obedience training so the dog could walk properly on a leash, listen to "no", stop eating my furniture and attacking my kids...I know, I'm a keeper! She answered back in a defensive tone, with good reason...if someone said those things about Max (the most perfect and best dog in the history of dogs) I would be defensive too! But back to my question...haven't you ever had kids in your house and thought "what the hell are wrong with them?"...Wouldn't it be great if "kid obedience" was just what ya did? Just like dogs...like when they turn 3 you sent them off to have someone else show them how to be nice, not jump, not eat the furniture, not destroy things, not pee on the floor, how to share, and how to walk properly on a leash, oh wait no, I don't walk my kids on leashes...really.
Anyway, I'm glad MY kids and dog are SO perfect!! Ha! :)


(Max & this Buddy Oliver)