My mom had to do something totally boring. Since we no longer have cable TV, she plays videos when she needs to get through something tedious. Today she was watching Marley and Me, a video from the library.<\/p>\n
The movie was a great escape but an awful example of dog rearing. These people were clueless. Even I could see that. Hey, I would chew up the household if my mom didn’t make me stay in a crate when she goes out. I would jump on people and knock them over, except she keeps me on a short leash and squirts me when I get derailed. <\/p>\n
My mom is strict but fair. She read that an obedient dog has more self-esteem. I have awesome self-esteem. <\/p>\n
Marley was just being a dog. He had ZERO discipline. Deep down inside, his owner thought it was cute to watch Marley destroy property and scare people. <\/p>\n
But what got my mom was the way they left Marley with a house-sitter who wasn’t a true dog person. What’s wrong with a kennel where they’d also throw in some obedience training?<\/p>\n
“I do admire Marley’s intestinal fortitude, though,” she said, giving me The Look. “Marley ate and ate. And apparently he never woke his owner up in the middle of the night, the way you do every few months.”<\/p>\n
True. If I ate like Marley I’d be waking Cathy up at 2 AM every night. When I eat more than my official portions, my tummy starts doing the tango. Not good. <\/p>\n
Oh yes…they also left their three young kids alone while they went looking for Marley after Marley escaped on a rainy night. Enough said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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