In 1960, Richard Burton starred in the Broadway play Camelot and sang about “How To Handle A Woman.” Remember that? If you do, you’re older than dirt like me but that’s not the point.
The song established that handling a woman was best achieved by simply loving her. Sweet sentiment but I think we can all agree that nowadays most husbands/boyfriends would get pounded silly just for saying they planned to “handle their woman.” Again, not the point.
Here’s the point. I got a problem. Maybe you can help.
The backstory is that Reiko has worn a collar with an attached lead since I first got her. It was put on her while she was under sedation at the Vet’s office, Having the lead attached is a safety device that would allow me to stop her from getting into a precarious situation since she runs away whenever I approach.
The update is that she managed to crap directly on said lead. I mean, a heaving mess right smack on the middle of the lead. It was lovely, just lovely.
Then she scampered back into the house dragging the lead around the living room, dining room and kitchen before I could grab it and halt her mayhem.
I tried to close in to remove the disgusting thing but she yanked hard and slipped entirely out of her collar. That was a good news/bad news event.
Good to get rid of the filthy lead but now I have a pup sans collar running around. That’s unacceptable – too risky.
At some point, I have to get her back in a collar and back on a lead. The only way I can see that happening is if I grab her while she sleeps. Based on what happened the last time I grabbed her, I’ll wear my welding gloves for protection.
The obvious problem is that such a move might be a traumatic event that will destroy what little trust has evolved over the past 7 weeks.
So, to paraphrase Richard Burton, give me a big hunk of Liz Taylor, alcohol and lots of it, how to handle a woman, a Mauzer?
Any ideas?
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