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		<title>You&#8217;re supposed to be a retriever.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Gracie (feigning disinterest):  (No thanks.)
Me: &#8220;It&#8217;s not an invitation&#8211;it&#8217;s a directive.  You&#8217;re supposed to be a retriever.&#8221;
Gracie (disinterested):  (Part retriever.)
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		<title>It&#8217;s not like I enjoy reaching down your throat.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our conversation today centers on a piece of dried rawhide, approximately 1 3/4&#8243; by 3&#8243;, which is lodged in Gracie&#8217;s throat.  She is unable to swallow it or cough it up, and she doesn&#8217;t exactly want me to know of her distress.  She sits in her &#8216;box&#8221;, quietly clearing her throat, saying, in effect, &#8220;Ahem&#8230;&#8221;  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dogdialogues.wordpress.com&blog=4508881&post=58&subd=dogdialogues&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is it you want?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Allen</dc:creator>
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Gracie (expectantly): (Gimme something!!)
Me:  &#8220;Go away.  Raus!  That&#8217;s German for get outta here.  My dad used to say that all the time to our dogs when I was a kid.  It means get in your box.&#8221; (For nine of Gracie&#8217;s 10 years, the referenced &#8216;box&#8217; is nothing more than the corner where her puppy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dogdialogues.wordpress.com&blog=4508881&post=46&subd=dogdialogues&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On &#8220;our&#8221; daily walk.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Me:  &#8220;Let&#8217;s go.&#8221;
Gracie (ecstatic):  (Yeah let&#8217;s go, let&#8217;s go right now, Look!  I&#8217;m running around in circles, oops I crashed into the coffee table, put on the leash put on the leash, get a bag, you need a bag, put on the leash.)
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		<title>Your leg is not broken.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:11:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gracie:  (My leg is broken and it hurts.)
Me:  &#8220;Your leg is not broken.  You have arthritis in it.  Remember a coupla years ago, when you were forbidden to run the fence with Sam next door, and you went and ran the fence with Sam anyway and tore your ACL?  At 4:30 in the morning?  You [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dogdialogues.wordpress.com&blog=4508881&post=34&subd=dogdialogues&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m not your doorman.</title>
		<link>http://dogdialogues.wordpress.com/2008/08/18/im-not-your-doorman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:40:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gracie:  (I need to go out.)
Me:  (Here we go.)  &#8220;You need to go out?  Or are you just irritated, and you accidentally scraped your claws against the door?&#8221;
Gracie:  (I need to go out.)
Me:  &#8220;Go out then, go pee-pee, stay out.&#8221;
2 minutes later.
Gracie (frantic) : (I need to come in.  I need to come in.  I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dogdialogues.wordpress.com&blog=4508881&post=18&subd=dogdialogues&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I know what you&#8217;re thinking.</title>
		<link>http://dogdialogues.wordpress.com/2008/08/14/i-know-what-shes-thinking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:43:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bruce Allen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gracie, our ten year old Lab mix bitch, is not a terribly bright dog.  We&#8217;ve had her forever, and she&#8217;s the top dog since the former top dog passed the way of all things.  I work out of our home, and the dog hangs out with me most of every weekday.
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