whenever we try to get our dogs excited for something weāve been saying ādo you want [activity / treat / etc]ā and only now weāve realized that they donāt actually understand [activity / treat / etc] in isolation. we can say āice creamā a million times to no response, but ādo you want ice creamā works.
however, ādo you wantā also works.
āwantā by itself, also works
weāve conditioned our dogs to beg for the root of all suffering - they will not be escaping the cycle of samsara - we goofed - their karma is fucked - absolutely fucked
Meanwhile my husband and I have a silly little āitās wet food timeā song we sing the BBQ Crew every night.
Fast forward 3 years since its introduction and they now think the following things mean āitās wet food timeā
1. Singing any song around that general time of night
2. Saying The words: Wet.
3. Food.
5. Or Time.
6. Because we needed SOME code word we started using āWFTā to each other and itās now cursed.
7. As is taking in too deep of a breath during the usual Time, which will be interpreted as possibly singing the Wft song in question.
8. Saying anything in a high voice or singsong way
pokemon has given us a lot of fun takes on mundane life in the pokemon world over the years but āwork-from-home pokemon trainerā has gotta be up there as one of my absolute favorites. sorry can you come in to the office today deborah from finance says sheās supposed to battle you. yeah she says itās important.
