Chupakabra Rosie Strikes Again

Well my dog, which we have decided is a direct descendent of a Chupakabra, is still on her rampage through life. This week she has decided to take pictures off the refrigerator and chew them up. She chewed up a picture of my niece in her angel Halloween costume my Mom had made especially for her. I can't replace the picture because I took it with a digital camera and due to a computer crash, I lost the picture. Needless to say I am not happy with Rosie this week.

Rosie's exuberance in greeting people is also becoming rather lethal. She knocked my sister to the floor trying to get in front of her, because Rosie always wants to be the leader.

After this incident my sister concluded Rosie is out of control. She looked up ways to keep your dog from jumping on people. One suggestion was to cross your arms in front of you and say no. This did not work.

The second suggestion was put about 20 pennies in a tin can. Every time the dog begins to jump on someone rattle the can. This is supposed to scare the dog and eventually they will quit jumping on people. I will let you know how this one turns out. Cross your fingers and pray for me.

Well that is all about Rosie for now. Check out the great new items in C & P Treasures. In the coming weeks we will be listing Fall Decor items, Halloween costumes and Halloween decorations. Check us out.

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Rosie Possibly Related to Chupakabra?

Just thought I would update everyone on the adventures of Rosie the Wonder Dog. Yesterday I viewed the videos of the cop who caught a supposed chupakabra on his dashboard camera. As I watched the animal run down the road I couldn't help but think this thing looks like a dog or a coyote to me. When it turned around slightly and showed its long snout, I thought, well it's a kind of a mixed up breed of coyote and wolf maybe.

Then I looked over at Rosie. Rosie has a long snout. We were told at the animal rescue they believed she was part terrier. So given her long snout, sharp teeth and penchant for chewing through anything she can find, I have decided maybe the other half of her parentage is chupakabra.

Anyway as I was cleaning up in the kitchen last night I kept hearing something rattling in the utility room. I finally decided to investigate. There was Rosie helping herself to a bottle of water from the case of water stored in the utility room. She just looked at me as if to say "What?". I had to laugh in spite of myself.

Then after I had shooed her out of the utility room, I went back to my cleaning. A few minutes later I turned around and there was Rosie chewing up three paper bowls she had pulled out of somewhere. It was at this point the chupakabra theory didn't seem so farfetched. Rosie is a breed all to herself!

Well more about Rosie in upcoming posts if I survive. Check out some of the great new items at C & P Treasures.










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My Dog Rosie aka Gator Girl

I thought today I would share some of my adventures with Rosie. Rosie"s picture appears here next to my profile. Rosie came to live with us in March 2008. My 5 year old niece wanted a puppy. Since I strongly believe in adopting pets who need a home, I contacted several pet rescue operations in our area.

We looked at pictures of several dogs and decided to take a trip to a nearby town to meet some of the dogs we were interested in adopting. We looked at several puppies and dogs but Ally, my niece, didn't seem to take to any of them. Then the lady told us there were two little puppies who had been found in the trash. A woman had been fostering them at her home, bottle feeding them. Well we went to her house to see them.




When we drove up the two puppies were in the front yard playing. When we approached them the little black and white one ran up to Ally and began to bite her toes. Ally fell in love with her immediately. The puppy was tiny but had a big potbelly from being bottle fed. So Ally scooped her up, named her Rose and we took her home.

That was only the beginning of our Rosie adventures. Ally and Rosie played very well together and all was well at first. Ally is my brother's daughter. He and his wife are divorced so Ally is only with us every other week in the summer and every other weekend during the school year. So Ally had to go back to her Mom's at the end of the week. So it was decided Rose would stay at my house since my brother works nights and sleeps during the day.


Well Rosie began to grow and grow. She is now bigger than our Cocker Spaniels. So every time Ally returned Rose was bigger and rowdier. She loves to jump and chew. So now she is too much for Ally to handle. So it has come to pass that Rosie is now my dog.

We call her Gator Girl because she has the sharpest teeth I have ever seen on a dog. Any shoe left in the floor is chewed up. This has been a source of contention, since Brittany, my other niece who lives with me, never picks up her shoes or anything else for that matter.

Rosie lopes through life at a happy, unaware of her annoyance factor, pace. She has a constant grin on her face even when she is in trouble. She does not understand the word no. She thinks it means "Let's play some more."




I would pit Rosie up against Marley any day. I think she could take him. I have come home to discover some amazing things Rosie has been up to including, shredded catalogs, shredded bills, chewed up shoes, clothes from the laundry scattered through the house, plants knocked over, the bottom of the dresser chewed up, the bathroom cabinet also chewed on, the curtains pulled down and last but certainly not least one day I came home to find she had crapped on the couch. That is right, she went number two on the sofa. I simply couldn't beleive it, There was Rosie greeting me with her usual goofy grin as if to say "Look what I did!"

We have read every dog behavior modification tip but nothing works with Rosie. Admittedly we work a lot and are not home enough to really reinforce the training but I am not sure it would ever take with Rosie.

With all this I know it sounds strange but I love that naughty dog with all my heart. You just have to laugh and go on.

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