They know not what they do

Things they understand:

• Sit
• Stay
• No
• Come here
• Treatie
• Fetch it up
• Are you hungry?

Things we wish they understood, know they do not, and yet still have the nerve to say out loud to them anyway:

• Get out of there
• Don't get dirty
• Don't leave the porch
• We're tired of throwing the ball now; give it a rest
• Go to sleep
• Oh no, it's way too early to get up
• Don't pee in the house (that one is for Dad's dog)
• There are plenty of balls and toys around, you don't need that exact one that's in the armadillo hole
• Cows are our friends
• Cow poop is not food
• When you're looking for your ball, look under the couch
• This thing that you have about being over-protective, it's okay at 5:00 in the evening but really not so okay at 5:00 in the morning
• When you drink water, there's no need to push your entire face in the bowl and then walk around the kitchen dripping everywhere
• Leave that O'Possum alone