Best laid schemes

Bea

Hola chicas y chicos, 

Het is ongelofelijk! मुझे भूख लगी है, very very hungry indeed. But you know that already. I just needed to vent. Yes, just like you twopaws, us goodnouts need to bark up the relaxing tree once in a while as well. 

Like now. And you now it, now is my favorite place to be. But still if it’s an affamé maintenant, that is almost giving me a hole in my little tummy, then it might just be my second favorite place to be. 

Did I just hear something. Random sounds 

No. I mean…no. Let me check the door. The other door. The other door. The other door. The door again. No. But maybe, if I sit real quiet in the gooddown…Something might happen. It’s really weird. There is this strange yellowish thing on the floor that smells all glorylike. And when I say glorylike, I MEAN it. We’re talking carotte, we’re talking cream Käse, we’re talking naudanlihatahnaa, and real good beef in there! What else are we talking? Well that’s it, but come on. If that ain’t glory, nothing is. But somehow…I don’t want to eat it. I could eat, but with no twopaw giving me the go…It’s just not how I roll.

Did you hear that? Those random sounds give me the creeps...

Let me just check the door. The other door. The other door. The other door. The door again. No. But maybe, if I sit real quiet in the gooddown…Something might happen. I watched cuddles spread all the glory on the yellow thing and put it right all right next to my down. Then she disappeared. Like poof. She was gone. And Ows too. He was running around the place like a chicken. Collecting all sorts of stuff, then he put on his second paws and poof. Poof poof. And the yellowy thingy with the glories. Is that supposed…

COME ON…

I see right through you twopaws. How cattish do you think I am? I completely get it. It’s a test. 

Did you hear that? 

Let me just check the door. The other door. toinen ovi. The other door. Die andere Tür. No. But maybe, if I sit real quiet in the gooddown…Something might happen. Yes! 

Oh my good. Cuddles. Ows. Poof Poof. They’re back! That’s amazing. I thought you’d never come back. For reelz this time. You were gone for EVER! But now you’re back. Both und das ist my favorite place to be. यिप्पी!

Come on guys. I need to show you! But watch out! Goodest girl alert! The yellow glory tray? Remember? Untouched! UN-touched. Zero percent cattish here! But please excuse me now, I am off to munch the bunch away, good day and अलविदा!!

Ows

A couple of weeks ago we were fortunate enough to get a surprise package from a German start-up, that produces a new kind of dog food made from insects. They liked a reel we made on Instagram and sent us a box full of new stuff they just got in. Among a lot of treats and food we got a green lick mat. We were waiting for a good moment to introduce it to Bea, because we were certain she’d love it. 

Last friday afternoon seemed to be the perfect time for the introduction. We needed some groceries and wanted to go shopping together. Of course we know how Bea reacts to both of us leaving, even for just a couple of seconds, so we wanted to keep her busy while we were gone. We have tried similar tactics before. Sometimes we give her a carrot or something to chew on, but without fail she leaves whatever treat we give her untouched until we return. Except for carrots, she loves them so much, they don’t stand a chance. Anything else…she takes to her place and waits for us to come back. 

The licking mat seemed a good idea, because it combines a couple of features that are right up Bea’s alley. Smelling, licking and the treat-aspect. Also the suction cups on the bottom are a plus too. Perfect, right? Just look at it:

Beef pastry, plain cream cheese and carrot peel. Every dogs dream, right? So Maddy prepared the mat as you see it in the pic above, I grabbed a jacket, my keys and my cell, we smacked the mat on the floor and skedaddled. Maybe 15 minutes later we came back and low and behold…the mat was unlicked. It just sat there as though Bea never even looked at it. Of course Bea greeted us like we had been on a three month exploration through the sub saharan territory and right after she almost jumped on the mat and licked it clean in seconds. 

The best laid schemes of mice and men, right?