Follow That Hound!

How are you? Its me, Unkle George. Today we’re going to lern about getting along wiff others.

Der has been a noo member added to ma fambly. Let me tell yu about him!

Furst off, it is KNOT a houndie. Dat is rite! Sometimes yu habs to live with other animals! I no, I no, it is hard to beleeb dat Mama Caffie wood ever let that happen, but it does happen.

Here he is

Check out da size of those earsies!

Won thing to remember: if the hooman brings it home, they think it is theirs and they do KNOT want you to eat it or skwash it or ennything like that. Even when it is nawty and tries to steel yur ice creem!

Tonite ma hooman was playing wiff dis little fellow (oh, ah am sorry, ah did KNOT say his name, witch is Mister Bigglesworth). She had a tempting feather on a string, and boy was it driving me CRAZY wanting to catch it. Ah am swifty and strong, and dis kitteh is just silly! Shore, he can leap and catch, but he is no match for me, da mity Chile!

Old Chikken Arms (dats my hooman, in case yu forgot) played and played wiff him–to show her ah was in da spirit of things, ah got out some of ma toys to encourage her to play wiff ME insteed!

Alas, it was no use. She just kept swinging dat dum feather around, and saying gud boy Georgie, juss a minute.

Even ma best pal, Swifty, try to distract her by roaching!

It was no use. Chikken Arms is so enthralled by dat noo kitteh, she completely ignored and abused both Swifty and me. But here is da lesson part: do KNOT take out yur frustrashuns on da small and week. Be kind, and let dem lean on yu.

They will reward yu wiff frendship, and yur Mommy will lubs yu even more, and gibs yu mooshies!

Ah hope dat yur Monday is brite and sunny!

Lubs,
Unkle George

Pssssssssssssssst! Georgia, come a leetle closer! I need to tell yu something!

Dis weekend, yur fuchur fambly is coming to meet yu! Dat is very eggsiting, and yu only habs WON chance to make a gud first impression. Its important that this eggsperience is a gud won for them. Dont be afraid–yu are KNOT going anywhere yet, but yu want them to go home feeling all sunny in der harts! Here are some tricks to making peeple fall head over heels fur yu. OK, ah admit it, yu habs dat puppy cuteness going fur yu, and it will be impossible for dem KNOT to feel like sunshine when they see yu. But it never hurts to put on a gud show!

Tip Number 1: Greet dem wiff enthoosiasm, even if dey are KNOT carrying snaks. Dis makes hoomans feel all warm and fuzzy all over! Iffen yu can muster up a smile, dats the BEST thing of all, but a perky face like dis gets em every time!

Tip Number 2: Hoomans go CRAZY fur us when we lay on are backs. Greyhound peeple even made up a silly name fur it–dey call it roaching. All dogs do this, but only Greyhound peeple give it a name, so be shore to master dis skill. Use it early in da relashunship, and they think yu are WONDERFUL!

Tip Number 3: Eggspress yurself. It makes yu seem hooman-ish, and dey eat that up! Here I am telling Chikken Arms what ah think of da noo toy she got me! As ennyone can see, ah did KNOT like it!

Tip Number 4: It makes dem feel gud to feed yu treets. Dey do KNOT understand that most of us will eat ENNYTHING with great gusto, and it makes them feel that they are being generus when they give us a treat, and that makes them feel reely gud about themselves, so make sure yu show interest in everything they are putting in der mouth, and show yur appresheashun when yu get something!

Tip Number 5: At some point, someone will try to talk yu into sitting on yur afterburner mussles. Dont fite it! Just do it. Generally, this drives them wild with a sense of accomplishment, and also, yu will get more treets!

Above all, leetle won, let the hoomans make fools of themselves, and be pashent. For each act of kindness yu do them, they will return da favor with a comfy bed, gud food, and lots of skritches and cuddles!

All ma lubs,  Unkle George