Crazy Dog

The other day Alyssa was walking down the stairs and Demi decided to go down too, right past her. There is a "rule" in our house that Demi isn't allowed to go up or down the stairs when people are on them (he is an 80 pound Doberman after all). And quite frankly he is usually really good about it. So when he did it Alyssa yelled "Crazy Dog!!" and Todd (who was right behind Alyssa) immediately yelled at him. Apparently Alyssa thought she must also correct him, it went something like this:

Alyssa: "Pup Pup, you crazy dog. Look me in the eyes (holding his head in her hands so he will look in her eyes), now look at me pup. No go down the stairs people on the stairs, you crack my head open, you crack your head open. No go down stairs, you hear me?"
Todd: "Alyssa, I already corrected him"
Alyssa: "I corrected him, pup pup come here"
Repeat entire above conversation twice.

I was sitting on the playroom floor watching with Aiden and trying not to laugh. She was so serious and trying to explain to a dog why what he did was dangerous (they could have cracked their heads open, guess we have said that about the stairs a time or two). Now she finally knows how it feels to talk to someone you think is completely not paying attention to you. However, she did know what to do to make him listen. Perhaps she does learn a few things from us.