I don’t dislike Tanner, but he makes liking him difficult when he barks incessantly. Specifically, each time a zoom is beginning, or when it is my turn to speak during a WebEx meeting, or when John is simply reporting for work….like he does every day.
Yesterday was by far one of the worst “Tanner needs out again” days. It is a game my kids and me play. We are the ones home with him (not my husband) and we take turns leaving our screens to let Tanner outside to gawk at a squirrel or pretend he will tackle a deer. But yesterday he took off, leaving my youngest in tears. This is not unusual. But he returned a muddy mess. The true definition of dirty dog.
He tricked John and snuck into the house before the kids could hose him off. He refused a bath and barricaded himself under my bed…for three hours. He finally made his way downstairs and when my husband returned home, not a bark to be heard. Not a whimper, a whine, a yelp. Nada. Rabbits were dancing outside the sliding glass window to taunt him and Tanner acted like a nun in church. No barking here.
Who knows what today will bring, well who are we kidding, we know it will bring barking. Just no mud rolling, ya jagoff!
Rachael Rennebeck is a Pittsburgh jagoff (the term of endearment version of jagoff of course) who cofounded YaJagoff Media, LLC. With decades of experience eating, drinking, shopping, living, and being among yinzers, we birthed the Pittsburgh-centric company encompassing all things related to the 412, oh, and the 724.
