Old Dog, New Tricks.

So I taught my dog to fetch my slippers, imagining some better world where I could come home after a hard day's work, sit down, take off my shoes, and have my slippers brought to me automatically. Here's how it worked out:

1. Slippers can be brought to me anytime: When I come home from work. When I get up in the morning. When I'm taking a shower. When I'm sitting on the can. When I'm having an argument. When I'm writing. When I'm leaving for work, etc...


2. Slippers are happily brought to my general vicinity, but if I can actually use them at that moment, my dog will stay playfully just out of reach, never quite willing to relinquish them, but apparently taking great joy in showing me the fact that she has them.


3. There is no guarantee that the slippers will arrive particularly dry.


4. Sometimes my dog will try to fetch my slippers, even while I'm still wearing them. She's a big dog (85lb), so this can be quite dangerous. Especially if she does this while I'm puttering around before I've had my morning coffee.


5. Sometimes I only get one slipper.