Wrapping Presents with Dogs
1. Gather presents, boxes, paper, etc. in middle of living room floor.
2. Get tape back from puppy.
3. Remove scissors from older dog's mouth.
4. Open box.
5. Take puppy out of box.
6. Remove tape from older dog's mouth.
7. Take scissors away from puppy.
8. Put present in box.
9. Remove present from puppy's mouth.
10. Put back in box after removing puppy from box.
11. Take scissors from older dog and sit on them.
12. Remove puppy from box and put on lid.
13. Take tape away from older dog.
14. Unroll paper.
15. Take puppy off box.
16. Cut paper, being careful not to cut puppy's foot or nose that is getting in the way as he "helps."
17. Let puppy tear remaining paper.
18. Take puppy off box.
19. Wrap paper around box.
20. Remove puppy from box and take wrapping paper from his mouth.
21. Tell older dog to fetch the tape so he will stop stealing it.
22. Take scissors away from puppy.
23. Take tape older dog is holding.
24. Quickly tape one spot before taking scissors from older dog and sitting on them again.
25. Fend off puppy trying to steal tape and quickly tape another spot.
26. Take bow from older dog.
27. Chase down puppy and recover roll of wrapping paper he ran off with.
28. Take scissors from older dog who took them when you got up.
29. Give pen to older dog to hold so he stops licking your face.
30. Remove puppy from present and hurriedly slap on tape to hold the paper in place.
31. Take now-soggy bow from puppy and tape it to the gift, since the sticky stuff on the bottom no longer sticks.
32. Take pen from older dog, address tag and affix while puppy tries to eat pen.
33. Grab present before puppy opens it, and put it away on a high shelf.
34. Clean up mess puppy and older dog made playing tug-of-war with remnants of wrapping paper.
35. Put away the rest of the wrapping supplies, give each dog a treat, and tell them what good helpers they are.
2. Get tape back from puppy.
3. Remove scissors from older dog's mouth.
4. Open box.
5. Take puppy out of box.
6. Remove tape from older dog's mouth.
7. Take scissors away from puppy.
8. Put present in box.
9. Remove present from puppy's mouth.
10. Put back in box after removing puppy from box.
11. Take scissors from older dog and sit on them.
12. Remove puppy from box and put on lid.
13. Take tape away from older dog.
14. Unroll paper.
15. Take puppy off box.
16. Cut paper, being careful not to cut puppy's foot or nose that is getting in the way as he "helps."
17. Let puppy tear remaining paper.
18. Take puppy off box.
19. Wrap paper around box.
20. Remove puppy from box and take wrapping paper from his mouth.
21. Tell older dog to fetch the tape so he will stop stealing it.
22. Take scissors away from puppy.
23. Take tape older dog is holding.
24. Quickly tape one spot before taking scissors from older dog and sitting on them again.
25. Fend off puppy trying to steal tape and quickly tape another spot.
26. Take bow from older dog.
27. Chase down puppy and recover roll of wrapping paper he ran off with.
28. Take scissors from older dog who took them when you got up.
29. Give pen to older dog to hold so he stops licking your face.
30. Remove puppy from present and hurriedly slap on tape to hold the paper in place.
31. Take now-soggy bow from puppy and tape it to the gift, since the sticky stuff on the bottom no longer sticks.
32. Take pen from older dog, address tag and affix while puppy tries to eat pen.
33. Grab present before puppy opens it, and put it away on a high shelf.
34. Clean up mess puppy and older dog made playing tug-of-war with remnants of wrapping paper.
35. Put away the rest of the wrapping supplies, give each dog a treat, and tell them what good helpers they are.
In truth, Nessa is an older dog and prefers to take a merely supervisory role when I wrap gifts. Of course, if the gift wrapping were taking place in the front yard, it would take about three hours to wrap anything, because I'd have to throw the frisbee every two minutes ... after picking it up off the wrapping paper and wiping away the accumulated drool.
You dog people will understand.
Have a good day. Enjoy your last few opportunities to spend some quality time at the mall with 756,000 of your closest friends.
More thoughts tomorrow.
Bilbo
6 comments:
Hey there, Bilbo,
I have something similar for the cats.....I will have to find it and post it on my little blog :-)
Love to you, Agnes, Nessa and all the family this season
cq
WV - butrat......snigger
Very cute
It seems I have seen that scene before.
My son now has a dog that is the slobber queen of the world.
Huh. I never thought of that. I always wrap my presents with paper. How do you get the tape to stick to them?
I wondered about that, too, as I've always used paper.
Very, very funny post!
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