Tuesday, January 17, 2012

It Doesn't Pay to Be a Greedy Dog


When you have several dogs as we do, it’s fun to watch how they operate. Scamper is a real cutie with a great personality and he has developed a method by which he thinks he can get an extra treat. I came home this evening from stocking up on their favorite bones. They seem to know when I drive in that treats are aboard. Five of our eight dogs were patiently waiting for me to exit the car.

I say patiently, but actually Scamper wasn’t as patient as the others. He likes to stand on his hind legs and tap me with one of his front paws. He will also stand and push the other dogs away so he can be the first to get his treat. There is a method to his desire to be first. Scamper is pictured below.
 
Scamper runs and hides his treat and comes back to get in line for another. If I don’t give him another treat, and I don’t, he runs to see if he can steal one from the other dogs. He won’t usually take the entire treat, just the pieces that are not presently being chewed.

Tonight he tried this; while he was trying to steal from Misty, Snoopy ran and took Scamper’s treat. I’m always looking for real-life examples to use in my business classes and I think I have a lesson from Scamper’s actions tonight.

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