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incredibly well mannered --

when we leave we place a card table across the hallway to keep spaniel in the back of the house -- computer room, 1st bedroom, and the bathroom. so far this seems to work for her - no messes, nothing chewed up. and no need to crate.


she does not get up on the kitchen counters, stays out of the cupboards,  does  not  bother with  any  of the  stuff  sitting  around.

the water bowl in the kitchen is not  played in or dumped.  and  she does not make a mess when  she  drinks out of the 20 gal fish tank.

she is very neat  with  her  food  and  pans.  no mess, no  fuss.  cleans  up  her  breakfast and  supper.  eats her kibbles 1 bit at a time.

when she is inside -- she has learned to go out into the kitty pen  when  she  needs  to  go  and  NOT   to  potty  on  the  good  rug.  or  just  to  chase  the  snow flakes.

she  is  a  lap  baby  so  she  can  get  up  in  the  chairs  but, not  on  the  couch. 

she  can   have  a  wash rag or a sock  to  chew  on  and  knows  not  to  pickup  any  thing that  happens to be  lying  around.

does not chew up cords, books, magazines, plants, etc.

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This little  doggy  loves to  run.  and  run, and  run.   simple joy of running.  and running.  the yard is now her race track all  along the  fence around the pine trees, and thru  the  rows  of  bushes.  round and round  all  130'  x 200'  back yard.  add  bunnies  and  she  does not want to stop running and  then  you  have  to  pick  her  up   and  carry   her  inside.

She has  figured  out  how  to  work  the  doggy doors out to the enclosed kitty pen.   Doggy door 1 (built into the  outside wall under window in the computer room)  goes outside  into a plywood box with a 2nd door that has a ramp down into the pen.   spaniel likes to jump up on this box and look  thru  the  window into the computer  room.    --  knock, knock let me in....

Inside --  the living room  opens into  the  kitchen  and  the  hallway  creating  a circle  that she  has  mastered  running  at  full  speed,  usually  with  a toy locked  in her jaws.   favorite play is to lay all  sprawled out (frog style) with a plushy  squeaker  chewing and  squeaking  non stop --  squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak,  

there is a panel (36" sq)  with a 6" hole across the 2nd bedroom doorway --  cats  can go in and out but not the spaniel.  this has  created a game of "get the Kitty"  --  kitty  in bedroom, spaniel in hallway,   woof, woof,  yowl, howl,  hiss.

spaniel   is  so   silly  - when  she  plays with the kitty  she  drops down in front and has her tail end sticking up - wiggling and scooting, she  uses her big fluffy  paws  to   bat  at  the  kitty  all  the  while  doing  her  best  to  not  be  scratched.  kitty  usually  runs  the  spaniel  all the  way  down  the  hallway  into  the  bathroom.  (little Kitty  is  the  Boss).

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