Slicker
06-20-12, 02:31 PM
Slicker, or City Slicker which was his AKC registered name, was put to rest Monday afternoon. It is amazing how all those little things he did that annoyed you while he was around are now missed. Some of them include:
Drooling on your leg while eating
The clicking of his nails on the hardwood floors which, after 12 years, pretty much destroyed the finish on them
Laying his head on your lap and panting hot air on you when it is 90+ degress outside because he has to not only be in the same room but also touching you if possible
Making me walk up the stairs a half dozen times per night so he can go outside and check if there are any racoons in the yard
Laying right behind my office chair while I work so that it is almost impossible to move back from the desk to stand up
Getting dragged along behind him for walks because, as a hunting dog, he felt the need to be 20 yards ahead of us at all times
Always stepping in water in the kitchen or patio because he had the ability to drip several gallons of water from his jowls as he walked away from the bowl after getting a drink
His staring out the living room window so he can bark at anyone walking down the street. This was of course done with his nose pressed up against the window which got dog snot all over it. We planned to market that stuff as a new type of super glue!
Having to kick him off the couch in order to watch TV because ke took up 2/3 and our cat took up the other 1/3
Picking up the throw pillows off the floor because he would push them off the couch if they were in his way
His ability to get pancake batter all over his forehead and ears while licking the bowl
His ability to leave "land mines" all over the yard placed strategically in a way that required a parkour expert just to mow the lawn
His ability to learn words so quickly that we had to speak pig-latin so he wouldn't know what we were talking about. He then learned that, too.
His ability to fetch the Sunday Chicago Tribune newspaper (about 10 lbs) grabbing it by the corner of the plastic bag and then spilling out the contents across the entire driveway and yard on his way back to the house -- and then want a treat for doing such a good job
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Drooling on your leg while eating
The clicking of his nails on the hardwood floors which, after 12 years, pretty much destroyed the finish on them
Laying his head on your lap and panting hot air on you when it is 90+ degress outside because he has to not only be in the same room but also touching you if possible
Making me walk up the stairs a half dozen times per night so he can go outside and check if there are any racoons in the yard
Laying right behind my office chair while I work so that it is almost impossible to move back from the desk to stand up
Getting dragged along behind him for walks because, as a hunting dog, he felt the need to be 20 yards ahead of us at all times
Always stepping in water in the kitchen or patio because he had the ability to drip several gallons of water from his jowls as he walked away from the bowl after getting a drink
His staring out the living room window so he can bark at anyone walking down the street. This was of course done with his nose pressed up against the window which got dog snot all over it. We planned to market that stuff as a new type of super glue!
Having to kick him off the couch in order to watch TV because ke took up 2/3 and our cat took up the other 1/3
Picking up the throw pillows off the floor because he would push them off the couch if they were in his way
His ability to get pancake batter all over his forehead and ears while licking the bowl
His ability to leave "land mines" all over the yard placed strategically in a way that required a parkour expert just to mow the lawn
His ability to learn words so quickly that we had to speak pig-latin so he wouldn't know what we were talking about. He then learned that, too.
His ability to fetch the Sunday Chicago Tribune newspaper (about 10 lbs) grabbing it by the corner of the plastic bag and then spilling out the contents across the entire driveway and yard on his way back to the house -- and then want a treat for doing such a good job
935