Video, Picture, and Notes from 21 September, 2012

Since I joined the Army in 1989, all of my dogs have had "dogt tags", just like me.  They have had the dog's name, our address, and our contact information on them.  If one of those pieces of information changed, then the dogs received new "dog tags".

For instance, Radar and Tasselhof lived with us in Panama (one set of dog tags), then moved with us to Oklahoma (new set of dog tags), they came with us to Germany (another set of dog tags), and then to Washington (another set of dog tags).

Some of our dogs have taken to the dog tags on their collar right away, and others haven't.  Some dogs have liked a "naked" dog tag, and others have preferred a "silencer".

Hugo, our first dachshund, preferred a "silencer" on his dog tag.  Radar, Tas, and Gimli have hated silencers.

Echo has had a "dog tag" for about two days, now.  She has HATED the dog tag. She "attacked"/chewed on it constantly.

I put a "silencer" on it, tonight.  Once the "tacky-ness" of the rubber wore off, she, finally, forgot the dog tag was there.

The picture above shows Echo crashed out in my lap, with her dog tag, in a silencer.

For those of you that don't know, the grey thing on her collar is the "dog tag".  The black border on the grey thing is the "silencer".

Echo's tag the following things on it: her name, my name, my cell phone number, Amy's cell phone number, and our address.

This is not unusual for us;  For instance, we decided to not have Gimli "chipped", because dachshunds "papered" under the club he is "papered" with are required to have unique codes tattooed in their right ear. (Gimli is "papered" through the Dachshund Club of Northern Bavaria. ... To put things in perspective:  the AKC defers to the Dachshund Club of Germany, as the ultimate authority on Dachshunds ... and the Dachshund Club of Germany defers to the Dachshund Club of Northern Bavaria as the ultimate authority on dachshunds. ... In Germany, dachshunds are, still, raised to be hunting dogs.  Gimli's papers are full of show and field trial champions.)  My "insane barker" is a precious commodity.

Anyway, once the rubber of the silencer stopped being tacky on her fur, Echo forgot the silencer, and the tag were there.

I was pretty happy with that minor triumph.  Teeth marks in the dog tag would defeat it's purpose.  She stopped trying to chew on the dog tag, once the "silencer" had begun to do it's work.

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Echo is smart, which is good.

Because she is smart, it's all too easy for her to become bored.  ... Bored 13 week old puppy, NOT A GOOD THING.

On the other hand, tonight, I found a way to do "my part" in the house, and deal with Echo's boredom.

We played with ice.  I shot the video with my phone, holding it normal, like a phone.  So, the video is sideways.  Sorry.