My Dog Has Outsmarted Me!

It's amazing how dogs catch onto routines so quickly. Sadie knows that when I wash my face at night, I'm getting ready for bed, and she'll go wait for me on our bed. Or in the morning, when I brush my teeth, she knows I'm going to be leaving for work (or somewhere) soon. Every morning, she comes into the bathroom with me. For the longest time, she would then follow me back to our room where I'd get ready. Sadie stays in my room during the day. Because I'm still living with family, she doesn't have free roam of the house when I'm away. Usually she will behave, but sometimes, she decides to pull out all the trash or something equally annoying.

She knows that once I get her in that room, I'm going to leave her in there. So she's decided to NOT follow me back to my room after I shower. Instead she will lay on the couch in the living room. This then forces me to coax her back into my bedroom before I leave for work. This used to be as easy as asking her if she wanted a cookie. She'd come running, because what corgi says no to food??? But my smart little corgi has put two and two together. She knows that the cookie means she has to go in my room. So guess what? SHE IS REFUSING TO COME GET A COOKIE!

Oh trust me, she wants that cookie. I see her contemplating the ramifications. She will look the other way, and then keep checking out of the corner of her eye to see if it's still there. How has my dog become smarter than me??? So now I basically have to pick her up or REALLY trick her with the cookie. Once she's off the couch, she will follow me if I have the cookie in my hands. It's just a matter of getting her off the couch. We will both be happy when we get our own place again, just for the fact that we won't have to play these silly games! What a punk!!

"Who, me?"

Smarty Pants

Sometimes Sadie is too smart for her own good. Her newest “trick”? She knows where I keep her treats — on the top shelf of a bookcase in my room. Since we’re staying with family right now, I just have one room. I have some treats in the pantry, but Sadie has a lot of treats. I know...bad. But they’re from Christmas mainly, and they last a long time. I don’t give her too many. Anyway, now she knows where they are...so every time she comes into my room. She will sit at the foot of the bookcase and quickly glance up at the treats and back to me. It’s actually pretty funny. It’s like she’s trying to be subtle about it, but it’s quite obvious what she is doing. I have to see if I can get it on camera sometimes. But because it’s so darn cute, I’m usually forced to give her a treat...after I stop laughing of course. Oh these corgis, they keep us on our toes, don’t they??

By the way...I am thinking of starting a photography blog to post all the miscellaneous pictures I take with my new camera. Sadie is the main focus of my photography, but I’m trying to branch out as well so I can truly master my new camera. I will post a link to the blog once I get it all set up. I hope you’ll check it out!

Have a great weekend!

Xoxo,
Laurie and Sadie